The Other Side of the Story

Posted by PoliTech, (Yes I help as Admin here, No Angry Intern is not my sock puppet – nor me his … sheesh!)

Since Angry Intern hasn’t been around I thought I would give the other side of the story. You see, there are two sides to every coin…

How to Not be a Good Intern

“Don’t criticize your supervisor,” advised Debi Gade, News 12’s special projects producer. “You can give suggestions, but don’t undermine the person you’re working for.” Gade said one of her previous interns constantly criticized the way she did things and made her feel nervous.

“My stomach was in knots every morning and I felt so overwhelmed,” she added.

Gade refused to work with this intern any longer after the intern called in with orders. “She called me while she was out with a reporter and basically told me to have something ready for her by the time she got back to the office,” Gade said. “That was it. I just couldn’t take it any more. She started working with someone else and when I’d run into her, I wouldn’t even say hello. I wanted nothing to do with her.”

Read the rest it’s funny!

PoliTech says Shine my shoes intern scum! Shine!

Making the most of “office gofer” status

Posted by PoliTech:
I’m trying … really … trying!

MAKING THE MOST OUT OF BEING THE OFFICE GOFER

You’ll have to get used to the fact that you’re pretty low on the totem pole, which means that no matter how great of an internship you have, you’ll still be subjected to a certain amount of gofering and photocopying. Be prepared to develop intimate relationships with photocopiers, fax machines, and filing cabinets.

But being a gofer has its benefits. Doing the grunt work for various people, even though it isn’t necessarily fun, gives you a chance to interact with them and get to know what they do, and what they’re like. Part of what’s valuable about an internship is getting to understand what the day-to-day is like at that particular organization. Reading job descriptions can only get you so far-by observing what employees do, you’ll really get a sense of what their jobs are like.

Read the whole thing here

UPDATE: This post was really in reference to Paid Internships. It has been pointed out that un-paid internships seem more like exploitation. Check out the Unfair Internships blog for more on the darker side of internships.

It’s Not My Goddamn Problem

Lately I’ve been noticing in the corporate world how true the old addage “Shit rolls downhill” rings true. Need something done but you’re too lazy to follow up with your own e-mails? Fine! Ask the kid to do it. Or ask the quiet Asian guy. No, no, don’t do it yourself! I love how just because I don’t make as much as the next person how important the work THEY need to do is so much more important than mine.

If it’s one thing I’ve learned, pass the buck. Now where’s that quiet Asian guy?

News gaffes are priceless

Not quite on the level of “Dewey Defeats Truman” but worthy of a chuckle.

The Bane of My Existence Part One: Dilbert Comics

Dilbert sucks. It really does.

HA HA HA HA! THAT’S SO DAMNED FUNNY!!!  

My colleagues think Dilbert is the greatest thing to happen to them since Outlook. The company I work for even has a daily newsletter with a “Daily Dilbert.” What a crock. Some of my colleagues laugh at this horse manure all morning. It kills me to stroll in bleary-eyed and have to sit through the intermittent mild chuckles of my co-workers…god damn it, I know they’re laughing about Dilbert!

Here’s my interpretation of a typical Dilbert comic:

1. Character talks about great/stupid idea 2. Boss says something completely off the topic/or stupid 3. Insert joke about downsizing/synergy/budget cuts 4. Don’t laugh or I swear to God I’ll stab you and kidnap your family.

You want funny? Go here.

Free Cat!

http://www.digitalfog.com/gallery/free_cat.htm

Turns out I actually have work to do. But I had to post one more thing. I know this image has been out for awhile, but I find it delightfully twisted.

Angryintern declares jihad on Folgers

Yes, that’s right. I’m declaring a holy war on crappy office coffee.

 

Honestly, all I’m looking for is a caffine beverage that doesn’t taste like battery acid and make me whizz forty-seven times a day. Really. I might as well suck on coffee beans. And yes, I understand that the beverage is free, paid for by my benevolent corporate masters, but I think my tastebuds deserve a little more. I doubt the jackasses making money off my brainpower have to drink this swill.

No, the best part of waking up is not Folgers in your cup. The best part of my day lasts about four minutes in the shower. It’s all downhill from there.

I understand that this is a trite and meaningless post. But I didn’t have anything better to do in the semi-privacy of my cube except to count down the minutes to five o’clock and plot the eventual slow, painful death of my enemies.

When News Becomes Comedy

Important Iraq Interview … Must See!

That’s Not Gonna Happen!

By PoliTech and Angry Intern (over drinks).

Muslim activist groups are going apoplectic over a speech the pope made last week. Now they are “Demanding” an apology!

Let’s see here … it took hundreds of years for the church to apologize for Catholics church activities during the Crusades.

I hope they can be patient.

Muslims demand apology from Pope

Muslim leaders around the world are continuing to demand a full apology from Pope Benedict XVI after the pontiff said he regretted the furious reaction to his speech on Islam.

In his first public appearance since he made a speech last week — in which he appeared to endorse a Christian view that early Muslims spread their religion by violence — the pope said he was “deeply sorry” about the reaction and that medieval quotes he used on holy war did not reflect his own views.

So the Pope is sorry that the Muslims got mad about some stuff he said about Islam. Not sorry about what he said about Islam, mind you, just that sorry that the Islamic activists got so outraged. Oh! Then he reminds us that the church has been saying the same stuff about Islam for centuries.

Sorry indeed … Insincere? Or firm convictions? You decide.