Last night my buddy Tony drove up from Austin to hang out with me while I’m in Grapevine, TX.  I stopped by the hotel front desk and asked about paying extra for another guest in the hotel room so as to

1) Be honest

2) Confirm that they knew I’d have another guest in my room

3) Make sure that any extra charge for another guest was not on the bill for the company I’m down here working for

The guy who I asked at the front desk asked his manager because he was new and didn’t know what the extra cost would be.  He came out with an odd grin on his face that was strangely dirty and concerned me and announced, “He says you can have the guest in your room for free tonight.”

I think this was free because the manager didn’t want to fiddle with the bill, but the perverse look of the messenger was very disturbing.  I think I shall go bathe in some bleach.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that.