So according to today’s workforce, young people who are about to graduate college and need jobs apparently must work for free before they are allowed to actually work for money. And anyone who is lucky enough to call themselves an intern knows the struggle all too well.

1. Interns Get All The Throw Away Jobs

You’re either making copious amounts of copies, mailing collection letters, filing, or shredding documents.

2. Outfits, hmm.

You aren’t sure if you need to dress black tie formal, or a bit more casual like everyone else. Typically, you try to reach a middle ground and end up wearing skinny khakis and a striped shirt.

3. Raiding The Office Supplies And Kitchen

From the food you don’t like to the 12 staplers and 7 notebooks that you really don’t need but are nice to have… just in case you need to sell them to buy food or pay rent…

4. Being Scared To Use Your Phone At Your MAKESHIFT Desk So Having To Make Regular Bathroom Trips To Text

‘I have a weak bladder, promise…’

5. Complaining about having no money and then spending all your hard-earned expenses on the $1 section in Target

‘No thank you, I do not want to see my bank balance.’ *cries*

6. Only Job Where Men And Women Get Equal Wages - $0.00

Take that patriarchy!

7. When Clients Ask You Questions And You Don’t Know The Answer But You Pretend Like You Do So You Can Seem Cool

“Oh yeah, you can definitely do that…just let me ask my boss so I know I’m right.

“Yeah, you can’t do that.”

8. Really Awkward Meetings

What exactly are you supposed to be doing? Most of this is about payroll or employee of the month

9. No One Wants To Take Breaks With You

Except for the other interns who are even weirder. Hope you like your granola bar with a side of loneliness and crippling self-consciousness.

10. Having To Take On A Second Job On Top Of Your Unpaid Working Week Just To Afford The Occasional Night Out…And Rent

Good luck finding time for that night out, though.

All in all though, the ones who actually are able to get internships are the few lucky ones out there.