Alonzo Bowden

Right.

And then you're like, sorry, I'm trying to keep my numbers up.

Exactly.

Marcus Anderson loves to travel but hates to pay for it, so he's mastered the crying hack.

Marcus, a freelance videographer, does over 200 nights a year at hotels and said he got tired of being nickel and dimed with room charges.

One recent work trip, he filmed an acting class as they learned to cry on cue.

Marcus decided to try it.

Turns out he has a gift.

Now, whenever he interacts with hotel staff on business trips, he is actively sobbing.

I've had charges removed, I've been given upgrades.

Once I got a free room when my card was declined, I just told them I maxed out my card on my travel for the kids' game, and the kids lost.

He almost got caught once.

Just as he was getting his sports tiers ready, the desk manager at a Boise Holiday Inn asked how his kid's piano career was going when Marcus remembered he'd used the piano story there before.

How do you get through it all?

By crying, of course.

Do competitors talk?

Do you talk to, like, you said it's 150 people, and I'm guessing the top group you expect to win.

Do you guys, like, talk smack to each other before you jump in the pool?

So in the swimming world, sorry, Peter.

It's okay.