The DU Lounge

My late father-in-law worked for a large pharmaceutical company back in the 1970's as a "detail man." He visited doctors in their offices in Dallas, marketing his company's line of medicines and trying to persuade the doctors to prescribe them for their patients. My wife and I had dinner at the in-laws' place one evening, and my father-in-law kept chuckling about something that had happened that day. He'd had a sales appointment with a doctor he'd always enjoyed dealing with, but on that day, the doc was absolutely furious: He ended up divulging that his practice had done particularly well during the year, and that he'd made over $1.5 million. My father-in-law asked him what he was so mad about, and the doctor---did I mention that it was Dr. Miller we're talking about?---said his rock & roll musician son had made twice that amount, during the same period of time. I was a Steve Miller Band fan before I learned about his dad, and I remain a fan to this day...