Having A Summer Internship: As Told By Tina Belcher
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Having A Summer Internship: As Told By Tina Belcher

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Having A Summer Internship: As Told By Tina Belcher

Part of being a college student means scavenging for internships every summer, most of the time unpaid, watching the "best time of your life" happen outside while you're stuck sitting in an office from nine to five. No one that hasn't been through this struggle seems to understand it, but Tina Belcher does a pretty good job of summing the experience up.

1. On the first day of work when you're feeling ready.

2. Showing up to the office in the new "business casual" outfit your mom picked out.


3. When you get home after your first day and realize how tired you are after sitting at a desk all day.


4. Getting your list of work for the day.

And then remembering you're not getting paid for any of it.

5. Trying to fit in with your adult coworkers.

6. When you come off too strong trying to make friends with the other interns.

7. When your boss finally tells you "good work."

8. When your boss says only one intern can go to lunch at a time.


And tells the other intern they can go first.

9. When you're on your third cup of coffee before noon.

10. When the new intern sits at your desk without knowing it.

12. When it's a slow day, and you're trying to make conversation.


13. When the clock hits 5 p.m. on Friday and it's time to go home.


14. Trying to refill the printer paper without asking for help.

15. Realizing you spend way too much of your time in the office.

16. When your job for the day is answering phone calls.


And your boss asks who called, but you already forgot their name.

17. When you get assigned a new project at 4:30 p.m.

18. And lastly, being proud of yourself for successfully "boosting your resume."


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