Interns & Temps

Office peon orienting a temp: And this, well, it may look like a copier, but it’s really–
Temp: –A space ship?

1166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York

NASA intern: Okay, kids, let’s put on our pirate costumes and play spaceman!

Research center
California

Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl

Cute intern reading UPS package label: Hey, Gerald*, you got a big package!

Hollywood, California

Overheard by: fatty

Temp at day’s end finding her car’s been running since lunch: Oh, my! I must have forgotten again!

Sweeten Creek Road
Asheville, North Carolina

Hot intern #1: You know why I love wearing miniskirts on Mondays?
Hot intern #2: Maybe. Why?
Hot intern #1: Because I can air things out after a weekend of hard work.
Hot intern #2: Oh, hey, I wonder if that would work for me…

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: not getting any

Trainee: Would you mind closing that window? The cold air is making my skin peel off.

London
England

Intern on third day of work: This is probably something I should have asked the first day, but… where’s the men’s room?

Madison Avenue
New York, New York

Trainee: My boyfriend likes this perfume. He says it smells like the inside of a clean woman.

Training class, Cosmetic company
California

Interning scientist #1: Dammit, I can’t find my spleen! I lost my spleen!
Interning scientist #2: Well, I have extra spleens — you can have one of mine if it works.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: HK

Chick: Hi, I’m here for the interview…
Employee: Alright… What’s your name?
Chick: I’m here for an appointment at 3:30.
Employee: Oh, it’s noon right now, so… not for a while!
Chick: Oh, is it? Ohhh my gosh, I’m so sorry. I’m, like, really blazed right now.

Northlake Boulevard
West Palm Beach, Florida

Overheard by: cool, im hungover.