With thousands of college students once again arriving in Washington for summer internships, everyone who lives here has resumed making fun of those interns. It’s just so easy to do.
Yes, it’s often cruel and unfair. And, yes, most interns are dedicated workers who contribute so much to our city. But for every handful of amazing interns, there’s THAT intern.
As in, the intern who wears flip-flops to work. Or the one who hooks up a lot. Or who is always late. Or who stands on the left.
For the past two summers I have documented such blunders in a daily feature called “That Intern.” (A full archive is below.) This summer I am quasi-retiring from that gig so that I can devote my energy more fully to reporting and writing.
If you want this feature to continue on an occasional basis, then you have to do the work. You can submit your write-up to johnsonj@washpost.com. Let me know if I can attach your name or if you would rather be identified as “A Campus Overload Reader.”
For those who might go into withdrawal without their daily fix, here’s a full archive:
The Twitter intern, aka the Twittern
The badge-never-comes-off intern
The instant Washingtonian intern
The OMG-look-at-my-red-badge intern
For more info, check out the Post’s Intern City page. You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
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