Hello and welcome to the Joyride blog tour! I'm thrilled to participate in the promotion for this new book by the lovely Anna Banks. My review of Joyride will be posted tomorrow. In the meantime, check out this guest post by Anna, and enter to win Joyride!
Meet Anna!
Would You Hire Anna Banks?
So. I’ve had a lot of freaking jobs in my relatively short life ;) Here is a resume of my most memorable ones. You can decide if you’d hire me or not.
Taco Bell
This was the only job I ever walked out on. I was about 18 years old when I worked here and while Taco Bell is a good company to work for overall, don’t get me wrong, it might have been my least favorite job. But it was one of my first jobs, and one of my first glimpses into what real-life working was. Here are some cray-cray things that happened while I was there, that made me realize people were crazy:
1.) A customer paid all in pennies. Not rolled pennies. Nope, loose pennies intermingled with lint and hair and what looked suspiciously like dried boogers. $14 worth of disgusting pennies.
2.) A customer claimed that there was a lizard in his Mexican Pizza and demanded a refund, but could not provide proof of the lizard. It was apparently still alive and ran off—and, AND! the Mexican Pizza was entirely eaten when he demanded a refund.
3.) A man, obviously high on something, came through our drive thru wanting to return his Big Mac. After explaining to him eleventeen times that we weren’t McDonald’s, he called 9-1-1 to “report a robbery”. He was arrested, to say the least.
Job Skill Acquired: Ability to keep a straight face while utter ridiculousness is being spewed at you by someone who barely made it to the restaurant clothed and alive.
Real Estate Assistant
Sounds boring, right? Well, I learned a few things anyway, and not just how to list a property for sale. We also handled rentals, and here is the downside to that:
1.) When someone gets evicted, all their stuff is put out to the side of the road. People freaking line up to pick through it when this happens. These vultures came in to the office to inquire if we knew of anyone getting evicted that month. Once, they almost got into a brawl over the evictee’s lingerie! Used underwear, people.
2.) Part of my job was to show potential renters around different properties. Some of those properties were absolute squalor. There was one property that had a hole in the living room wall, and I had to be the one to explain that the landlord had no intention of fixing it. Loser.
3.) I had a client who tried to pay his rent in the form of home-grown marijuana. Needless to say, a property inspection was conducted and said client had to get rid of his “garden”.
Job Skill Acquired: Humility. No matter how bad you’ve got it, chances are you’re not living in a house with a hole in the living room in the dead of winter, or being evicted as scavengers troll through your belongings.
Cleaning Vacation Rentals
O. M. G. This lasted one day, and here’s why:
1.) I had the misfortune to clean the penthouse. Apparently, when you have a lot of money, you lose your freaking mind. There were live crabs in one of the bathtubs, Spaghettios thrown against the wall and left to drip down it, and one of the bunk beds was smeared in FRESH human feces.
2.) The girl training me informed me that you only change the sheets if they look dirty. Seriously.
3.) Did I mention human feces?
Job Skill Acquired: None. I didn’t even go back to pick up my only paycheck.
What are your employment horror stories?
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About Joyride:
Joyride by Anna Banks
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: June 2, 2015
Summary (from Goodreads):
A popular guy and a shy girl with a secret become unlikely accomplices for midnight pranking, and are soon in over their heads—with the law and with each other—in this sparkling standalone from NYT-bestselling author Anna Banks.
It’s been years since Carly Vega’s parents were deported. She lives with her brother, studies hard, and works at a convenience store to contribute to getting her parents back from Mexico.
Arden Moss used to be the star quarterback at school. He dated popular blondes and had fun with his older sister, Amber. But now Amber’s dead, and Arden blames his father, the town sheriff who wouldn’t acknowledge Amber's mental illness. Arden refuses to fulfill whatever his conservative father expects.
All Carly wants is to stay under the radar and do what her family expects. All Arden wants is to NOT do what his family expects. When their paths cross, they each realize they’ve been living according to others. Carly and Arden’s journey toward their true hearts—and one another—is funny, romantic, and sometimes harsh.
The Giveaway:
Win a copy of Joyride! USA/CA only. Ends 05/26.
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May 7- The Reader Bee
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May 9- The Young Folks
May 10- Love Is Not a Triangle
May 11- The Eater of Books!
May 12- Xpresso Reads
May 13- WhoRU Blog
May 14- Bewitched Bookworms
May 15- A Book and A Latte
May 16- Green Bean Teen Queen
May 17- Gone With The Words
May 18-Bumbles and Fairytales
May 19-Fiktshun
May 20-Curling Up With A Good Book
May 21-Swoony Boys Podcast
May 22-A Reader’s Adventure
May 23-The Irish Banana
May 24-Exlibris Kate
May 25-Love At First Page
May 26-Adventures of a Book Junkie
May 27-Dana Square
May 28-Rather Be Reading
May 29-Paper Riot
May 30-Mundie Moms
May 31-Mary Had A Little Book Blog
June 1-Alice Marvels
June 2- MacTeenBooks Blog
I've never worked at a place I didn't enjoy, because my life is awesome :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway
I also have enjoyed all of the jobs that I have done. They may not have been the most fun, or the most exciting, but I found things about them all that I liked.
ReplyDeleteMy worst job was as a teacher. Maybe it was where I taught, or what I taught, but it was punishing.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't too bad, but I worked at Macy's in the sheet department, at night, while going to college.
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked at Panera, I was treated like I was hardly a person by management. I was hired as a cashier, but instead of doing the company mandated 6 week training across all positions, I was thrown out into the dining room with no training, and left there the 6 months I worked there. Besides me, there was only one other dining room closing associate and we worked alternate nights. She also ended up leaving about the same time I did, because she couldn't take it anymore either.
ReplyDeleteThe management refused to buy a working vacuum and since the place was all carpeted and served crumbly baked goods, the manager made me crawl on my hands and knees and pick up the crumbs each night since sweeping just broke the crumbs down into smaller crumbs.
The manager also used to make me do the dish position which is BOH and dining room position which is FOH at the same time to save money, and then during rush, if one of them was getting backed up she would pull me aside and yell at me that I need to do better.
Everyday I would work 9 hour shifts and 30 minutes before close I would be told I can finally take my 30 minute break, but that I would be behind schedule closing up and would get in trouble, so I shouldn't even bother.
One time during a lunch rush, someone decided to leave human feces right inside one of the stalls, 8 inches from the toilet, and then stepped in it and trailed in across the bathroom and out the door. I asked my shift leader for help because it wouldn't be a quick clean up, but was ignored. When I finally finished cleaning it all up, the dish bin and trash were full. I was then yelled at for not maintaining the dining room.
When the shift supervisor showed me the text from our manager saying I had to starting getting out earlier at night if I wanted to keep my job, I handed him my letter of resignation and told him minimum wage was not worth it.
Mandy's Books and Beauty
I've only ever worked at 3 places (Cvs Pharmacy-still there, Braums Ice cream and Dairy-the worst from this was havin to scoop ice cream, and Barnes and Noble- I loved this job, but sadly it wouldn't pay the bills.)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say the place I work is the worst. It's just some of the people that comes into the pharmacy will be rude or disrespectful. I don't like to face with that kind of attitude and it really brings my mood down.
ReplyDeleteRight now I work at a book store. It's fine, what kills it is the customers.
ReplyDeleteThe hardest job I have had to endure is the first job I ever had, working at a frozen yogurt shop. The hours were terrible
ReplyDeleteI worked for a thankfully brief period of time as a chambermaid in a hotel. Holy moly it was gross and such hard work too!
ReplyDeleteBussing tables. People are assholes.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! Some of those jobs sound horrible (with funny anecdotes though). Sounds like a great book :)
ReplyDeleteWorking at H&M during sales season! People are rude, they throw on the floor the clothes that are not their sizes and walk on them, and sometimes you also have to break a fight for the last t-shirt! It's hell!
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I've only worked at a movie theater, and my job is usually pretty good. The worst thing I can think of happened last October. Some crazy lady came in with a trash bag filled with trash she collected around town and insisted that she bring it into the theater with her. It ended up spilling all over the floor and she left after yelling at everyone.
ReplyDeleteI've never had an official job before, though I do volunteer work! I'm still in high school, so that's why I only volunteer. I volunteered at a county fair once and had to work in 80 degree weather in a kitchen... it was so rough!
ReplyDeleteMine would be working in a sub restaurant. I always felt dirty when i left!
ReplyDeleteI actually spent three months working for a talent agent. Every cliche and stereotype about agents? True!
ReplyDeleteYAY :D Goorgeous tour post Alyssa. <3 So glad you got to be a part of this one :) I was invited, then declined because I said I gave this book two stars, lol :p But I aaaadore Anna :) She is amazing. And your post with her is amazing :D Thank you for sharing sweetie. <3
ReplyDeleteI had one day as a mascot in a hot costume.
ReplyDeleteI can't say much about it but I once had a job in a neighborhood that was so dangerous that to do the job I had to be followed around by the police. Thanks for the giveaway! I can't wait to read Joyride.
ReplyDeleteAnn S
Tim Hortons. The owners were selfish and didn't care about their employees and the management was verbally abusive. Ya... I didn't put up with it long. Thank you so much for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteRafflecopter: Elizabeth Holme