On Thursday night of the second week of training, five of us were sitting in one of the guy's room studying together. The group consisted of Ken, me, and three other guys that had either a wife, kids, or both. We were taking a break for a couple of minutes just chatting.
"I can't wait to go home this weekend and see the wife and kids," said Henry.
"I can't wait to go home and get laid!" blurted Alex. "This is the longest I've gone since we were married."
That made us all laugh.
Then, Gino said seriously, "It's really nice of this company to fly all of us home halfway through the 4 weeks of training. It shows they care about their employees.
We all agreed.
Gino added, "I can't believe you two aren't going home. Aren't you going to be bored staying the weekend by yourselves?"
Ken and I just looked at each other and smiled. Apparently, our discretion had worked.
"Bored?" Ken exclaimed. "Two single guys in a great city like Dallas? Plus, we don't have a wife or kids waiting at home for us."
"And," I added, "I live in Chicago, and it's January! Have you ever been in Chicago in January? You wouldn't leave Dallas for that!"
"And since we saved the company some money by not having to get us plane tickets, they have given us some nice vouchers to use this weekend around town. Again, a very generous company to work for," Ken concluded.
After a little while, we finished up our work and headed back to our rooms. As we were opening our hotel room door across from one another, Ken said, "See you in the morning. One more day of training for the week, and then we can begin our crazy weekend of fun."
"Yep, see you in the morning. I can't wait to cut loose and sleep in until my hangover goes away," I responded.
"Exactly!" Ken said.
And with that, we went into our own rooms and hit the hay, exhausted from the long day.