One time in my thirties I was at a happy hour get together for oil distributors when one of my customers got super drunk. I got a cab that was going to drop him off and then me. The problem was that the cab driver was trying to run up the fair by taking the long way and going by my clients house. I told him to take us back to the club and he called the police. When we got there I explained to the policeman about him running up the fair. The policeman was on my side until my client waked up out of a stupor and asked the policeman if he knew who his dad was and that one call to the mayor would get him fired.
That my friends is how I got to spend the night sober in a drunk tank. What an experience. I would recommend that if you are going to spend the night in the drunk tank that you be very drunk.