Comments on: The Interns descend… http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/06/05/the-interns-descend/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark Overmann http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/06/05/the-interns-descend/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Mark Overmann Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:12 +0000 http://workingworldcareers.com/?p=1168#comment-165 Ah, but we've all been there---been interns, and probably done some dumb things too. I was once manning the phone as an intern. A caller asked for a very important person in the office by first name, a name which is often male but can be female too. I cupped the phone and asked, "Is [so-and-so] here?" A colleague said no. So I returned to the phone and said, "I"m sorry, he's not here. Can I take a message?" The person on the other line said slowly, "Well...you can tell HER that I called." Whoops. Internships are necessary for our careers---they build our resumes, help us see what's out there, get us actual professional experience (something which most of the hapless subjects of these stories don't yet have). Interns' work, I bet, more often than not benefits the offices in which they work. The stories on dcintern.blogspot are probably the minority---and Rachel's right: I'm sure a whole blog could be filled with the inane things bosses do and say. Regardless of it all, if you're looking for an incredible, amusing time suck, and a great way to laugh at your former or current intern self and colleagues, this blog is amazing. Ah, but we’ve all been there—been interns, and probably done some dumb things too. I was once manning the phone as an intern. A caller asked for a very important person in the office by first name, a name which is often male but can be female too. I cupped the phone and asked, “Is [so-and-so] here?” A colleague said no. So I returned to the phone and said, “I”m sorry, he’s not here. Can I take a message?” The person on the other line said slowly, “Well…you can tell HER that I called.” Whoops.

Internships are necessary for our careers—they build our resumes, help us see what’s out there, get us actual professional experience (something which most of the hapless subjects of these stories don’t yet have). Interns’ work, I bet, more often than not benefits the offices in which they work. The stories on dcintern.blogspot are probably the minority—and Rachel’s right: I’m sure a whole blog could be filled with the inane things bosses do and say.

Regardless of it all, if you’re looking for an incredible, amusing time suck, and a great way to laugh at your former or current intern self and colleagues, this blog is amazing.

]]> By: G http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/06/05/the-interns-descend/comment-page-1/#comment-164 G Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:12:31 +0000 http://workingworldcareers.com/?p=1168#comment-164 Interns are the worst. Interns are the worst.

]]> By: Rachel http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/06/05/the-interns-descend/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Rachel Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:44:57 +0000 http://workingworldcareers.com/?p=1168#comment-162 I think the DC interns should start a blog entitled "Jackass bosses who don't appreciate that we're working for them for free while going more and more into debt, because all the entry level positions are being converted into volunteer positions, which is not right (just because you *can* get someone to work for free, doesn't mean you *should*)." Actually, I'm a DC intern myself at the moment and have lovely, wonderful bosses and a great office, but I haven't always. I think the DC interns should start a blog entitled “Jackass bosses who don’t appreciate that we’re working for them for free while going more and more into debt, because all the entry level positions are being converted into volunteer positions, which is not right (just because you *can* get someone to work for free, doesn’t mean you *should*).”

Actually, I’m a DC intern myself at the moment and have lovely, wonderful bosses and a great office, but I haven’t always.

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