Interns & Temps

Intern to friend: My dancing-on-the-bar muscles hurt!

Elevator
New York

Employee: Ew! You’re dousing your sandwich in tabasco sauce!
Intern: I’m dousing it in self-hatred.

4 W. Oakland Avenue
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Vivian X

Boss: Don't forget to include an STD with that mailing.
Temp: STD?
Boss: “Save The Date” card.
Temp: Oh! I thought you meant “Sexually Transmitted Disease.”
Boss: What kind of magazines do you read, anyway?

Providence, Rhode Island

Boss: Do you like your bananas al dente?
Intern: Yes, I do!

Manhattan, New York

Senior: Isn’t “Butternut Bread” a brand? I know there is Mrs Baird’s, Iron Kids… Sunbeam…
Intern: Oh, there’s a strip club around here with a one-armed stripper named Sunbeam… But we call her “Nub”.
Senior: [Silence.]

Houston, Texas

New assistant on phone: Hang on, I have to look up our address… Well, I’ve never had to mail myself to work.

Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: JuJu

Intern on phone: Uh-huh, yeah. We're staying with the nuns. Apparently you pray for an hour and then you can sleep there. I know.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

40-something male colleague: Oh, Sunday was no-pants day! Did you participate?
20-something female intern: Yes, but not intentionally!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Auditioning guy: So, what should I put down for ‘Citizenship’?
Casting intern #1: Were you born in the United States?
Auditioning guy: Yes.
Casting intern #1: Then put down that you’re a U.S. citizen.
Auditioning guy: Does it matter that I moved to Oregon for eight months?
Casting intern #1: Did you really just–
Casting intern #2, cutting him off: –No, it doesn’t matter.

MTV dating show auditions
Santa Monica, California

Overheard by: Liz

Supervisor: I'll just call you Phil.
Temp called Tom*: Please don't.
Supervisor: Fine, how about I call you Lewis?

Maylands Avenue
Hertfordshire
England