Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (930 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 030794834X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Thanks to him you’ll know how to get the very best service from any business that makes its money from putting heads in beds. In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant, a rollicking, eye-opening, fantastically indiscreet memoir of a life spent (and misspent) in the hotel industry.Jacob Tomsky never intended to go into the hotel business. He’s checked you in, checked you out, separated your white panties from the white bed sheets, parked your car, tasted your room-service meals, cleaned your toilet, denied you a late checkout, given you a wake-up ca
Because I’ll tell you what hasn’t changed: The front desk agents, the bellmen, the doormen, the housekeepers, the room service attendants, and the managers. --Jon Foro Exclusive: An Essay by Jacob TomskyWhen I started working in hotels the computer screens glowed in one color, alien green, and the monitors were the size of boulders. I used to cash checks by picking up the phone and speaking to another human being. It will always be about service. After years of hotel work and relocations that took me from New Orleans to Paris to Copenhagen and ultimately New York City, I finally conceiv
I loved it. Blue This book is funny. Within the first day of reading it, my fiance remarked that he had never heard me laugh so hard at a book. While many books are amusing and I laugh internally while reading them, it is a rare event that I laugh out loud. This book made me laugh. Hard. If you're looking for entertainment, this is definitely entertaining. If you're looking for a conglomeration of horror stories about Things Hotel Employees Discovered About Guests, this isn't it. I anticipated the book to be this way, but ins. "A Quick Weekend Read" according to HuntleyMC. An interesting look at the world of a hotel employee. This memoir is written by a gentleman that started a the bottom as a valet and moved his way up in the hotel world.The author offers tips to the reader on how to have a better stay at a hotel and he also gives tips on how to avoid getting on the nerves of the bellhop or front desk which will guarantee a bad experience.As a frequent traveler I found it interesting to read about the inner workings of hotel and also to read about the things going on behind th. Light and fun Eva I enjoyed this book. It wasn't great literature, but it was light and entertaining, and will (hopefully) encourage you to tip more. Some of the suggestions are over the top you have to be really cheap to put all that effort into getting a free movie out of a hotel, but others are interesting (can you really get an upgrade just by tipping at check-in?).On the other hand, if you have reached voting age while remaining pure enough to be bothered by a swear word or two, this book is not for you.