Interns & Temps

PhD-level analyst: Oh, the copier is printing the whole five hundred pages of that report! I only want the first page! Stop, stop, stop! Why wont it stop?!
Temp: You have to actually press a button. It doesn’t work on voice command…

75 Washington Avenue
Portland, Maine

Overheard by: brian brinegar

Intern: Where’s will-call? I have to drop off tickets.
Security dude: Will Call? Who’s that? [Calls manager over] Manager chick: You’re looking for Will?

662 6th Avenue
New York, NY

Female trainee, after listening to instructions from several minutes: Hang on, I need to write this down but I'm peeling an orange at the moment.

London
England

Product Manager #1: It’s Spring Break.
Product Manager #2: How come we don’t get Spring Break?
Intern #1: Because you’re no longer young.
Intern #2: Or pretty.

777 4th Street
Los Angeles, California

Temp: It's so silent in here.
Boss: Don't ruin the magic.

East Circle Drive
East Lansing, Michigan

Hissing sound comes from reception area.

New graphics intern: Is that compressed air?
Admin: Oh, yeah.
New graphics intern: Sweet.

Washington, DC

IT intern: Hey, I read your article. I liked it.
Reporter: Um… Which one?
IT intern: Ummm, I don’t know. I was in the bathroom.

101 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Andréa Cecil

Intern girl #1: What’s that smell?
Intern girl #2: What smell?
Intern girl #1: It’s like… Grape Popsicles.
Intern girl #2: Ah, yes. That’s the smell of the law.

City Hall
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Rachel

Intern #1: I love that street, there's all those great restaurants there.
Intern #2: I know! And there's that tranny park at the end of the block.
Intern #1: What?
Intern #2: I can't repeat what I just said.

Manhattan, New York

Secretary: Aw, look at you. You look so ethnic today.
Intern: Huh?
Secretary: You look like you should be seating people at a Chinese resturaunt.
Intern: Hey!
Secretary: No, in a good way…

72 Wall Street
New York, NY