--- title: Resourceful Girl Goes to a Bar In Search of a Glass of Milk description: A resourceful little girl went to a bar in search of a glass of milk after finding none in her bag — and got just what she was looking for. canonical: https://time.com/5667412/girl-bar-for-milk/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-03T16:01:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:08.342Z og:title: Proactive Girl Goes to a Bar In Search of a Glass of Milk og:description: Ask and you shall receive og:url: https://time.com/5667412/girl-bar-for-milk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc86df47e3dba1275/698a024a457a525bc6d62ba2/girl-gets-milk-from-bar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Cropped Hands Holding Milk Glass og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Proactive Girl Goes to a Bar In Search of a Glass of Milk twitter:description: Ask and you shall receive twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc86df47e3dba1275/698a024a457a525bc6d62ba2/girl-gets-milk-from-bar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Proactive Little Girl Walks Into a Bar Because She Needs Her Milk > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 3, 2019 4:01 PM UTC  Photo Taken In Chiang Mai, Thailand Photo Taken In Chiang Mai, ThailandSasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 3, 2019 4:01 PM UTC A little girl took [a proactive approach](https://time.com/5656468/girl-scares-grandpa/) to ensuring that she was drinking her preferred beverage this weekend when she took it upon herself to go to the bar for [a glass of milk](https://time.com/5244870/milk-history-mark-kurlansky/) during a day at the pool. In a video post shared by her father, who tweets from @IAmBenAnderson, the little girl, Myla, can be seen sitting at the bar with complete assurance before receiving a glass of milk from the bartender. In the caption, Anderson explained how the situation developed. “My daughter is actually something else,” he wrote. “We told her there was no milk in the baby bag so she got out the pool and took herself to the bar to go and ask for some and the bar staff actually served her a glass.” In a later tweet, he explained that she first asked for a bottle, but then decided that “a glass is fine,” upon being told that there were no baby bottles available. A good reminder that refreshment comes to those who boldly ask for it — even for the smallest of us. See this resourceful little girl in action below. > [](https://twitter.com/iambenanderson/status/1166009557505720320) > [](https://twitter.com/IAmBenAnderson/status/1166010658669903872) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5667412/girl-bar-for-milk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5667412/girl-bar-for-milk/"},"headline":"Proactive Little Girl Walks Into a Bar Because She Needs Her Milk","datePublished":"2019-09-03T16:01:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:08.342Z","description":"Ask and you shall receive","url":"https://time.com/5667412/girl-bar-for-milk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc86df47e3dba1275/698a024a457a525bc6d62ba2/girl-gets-milk-from-bar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc86df47e3dba1275/698a024a457a525bc6d62ba2/girl-gets-milk-from-bar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cropped Hands Holding Milk Glass","caption":"Cropped Hands Holding Milk Glass","creditText":"Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5667412/girl-bar-for-milk/","name":"Proactive Little Girl Walks Into a Bar Because She Needs Her Milk"}}]}] ```