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“Give Me Something Nice”
Ten Things I Learned From Reading “Heads in Beds“ A Tell-All Memoir About Working In Elite Hotels
Heads in Beds by Jake Tomsky gives readers an entertaining and informative look at what its like to work at an upscale hotel. Here are a few things I learned:
There is always a better room.
People who hang out in hotel lobbies all day are called “lobby lizards.”
Reservations made through Internet discount sites get the worst rooms.
If you want an upgrade, hand over a twenty at check-in and say, “Give me something nice.”
Slang names for a hundred dollar bill include: nugget, money shot, redhead, dirty dancer, hundo, hunnert, brick, left, ben and denny.
Hotel guests often make quirky demands, like refusing to stay in any room where the digits in the room number don’t add up to nine.
If you work at a hotel and your employer tries to fire you unjustly, even though you do your job well, the union will protect you.
If your employers try to fire you because you’re a lazy slacker, and do your job abysmally, the union will protect you.
The morbidly obese are excellent tippers.
