Thoroughly enjoyed this book -- I will never occupy hotels the same way again, and the memoir of life drifting around the globe, stuck in the life of front desk agent struck a very personal chord with me. Thanks for the great book Jacob Tomsky!
Let's call it 3.5.It was certainly compelling, although it was a little tedious towards the end with all the blow-by-blow description of the employee disciplinary actions. Definitely enlightening about how to maximize your hotel experience -- provided you've got the cash for the tipping involved. At...
As a certified nosy person, I'm a sucker for employment memoirs; I will happily sit and read about life as a doctor, nurse, vet, explorer, retail assistant - in fact I will read about anything that is different from what I do myself. So I was excited to request Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of ...
Tomsky’s writing is colorful – full of foul language, juvenile humor, and peppered with examples of how he became a “down” member of hotel staffs that are primarily Black or Latino. Many pages are devoted to skirmishes among staff and employers, and the unpleasant customers who don’t realize how the...
(Hotels have no thirteenth floor, hence I have no thirteenth chapter)I'm guessing there's at least one person who's reading this review that has never noticed most hotel elevators don't have a button for floor number 13.Dear Author, I had more fun reading your book than I have had reading memoirs fr...
Warning: Don't read this book if you can't handle crude language, irreverent talk or if you're into the politically correct. If that stuff doesn't bother, you though, you're in for a good time.I love Tomsky's in-your-face style and humor. He may not be someone I'd want to hang out with, but I'd g...
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