You're Insane! No I'm not...Yes I am!
A few weeks ago, we asked you kind folks to submit the Top 11 reasons you can tell your summer intern is insane. Well, as a sneak peek -- here's the entries that didn't make it to the Top 11...
June 20, 2003
A few weeks ago, we asked you kind folks to submit the Top 11 reasons you can tell your summer intern is insane. Well, as a sneak peek -- here's the entries that didn't make it to the Top 11 of our upcoming June 26th issue, but were just too wonky not to share...and there be LOTS of them!
All of the problems assigned have the same resolution in the notes: ID-10T (User was an idiot) or PBCAK (Problem between Chair and Keyboard). -- Bill Hellar
I found "ANY KEY" cut outs glued on all the computer keyboards 'ENTER' keys outside the MIS Dept. -- Tony McBroom
Our Arcnet network has been mysteriously resurrected. -- Jason Hicks
He keeps asking you if your sweater is y2k compliant. -- Matthew Nappi
She keeps a copy of the End-User License Agreement in her Day-Timer, and quotes from it any time you do anything which could even remotely be construed as a violation. Moreover, she records every one of these conversations in a little black notebook, to be used as evidence when Bill requests it. -- Dave Baldwin
Walks around saying "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" while interning at HP. -- Bruce Shellenbaum
Mistakes the vibrating sound of the beeper he forgot in his desk for a bad hard drive and reformats his PC. -- Andrew Blumhardt
Summer intern makes two photo copies of everything, files original, shreds one copy, and stuffs the other copy into interoffice mail, addressed to himself. -- Tom Przybylski
Summer intern insists on being called "Mr. Sneed," even though her name is Laura. -- Tom Przybylski
Summer intern takes time off from interning with you in order to go on The Late Show with David Letterman for her big break: A two-minute "Is This Anything?" segment. David and Paul decide it isn't. -- Tom Przybylski
Summer Intern adamantly refuses to remove tinfoil lining from his Chicago Cubs baseball cap. -- Tom Przybylski
After viewing the movie Matrix Reloaded, intern insists on attempting to reboot company's servers by sticking a 10-base-T cable into a socket at the back of his neck. Intern says that the servers "like it better" that way. -- Tom Przybylski
Worker refused to be in work area because the last three digits of the scanner's serial number were 666. -- Michael Rocus
Keeps sacrificing the company's goldfishes to the mighty Windows NT server god. -- Stefano Papayannis
His desktop wallpaper is a picture of Steve Jobs face pasted over Jennifer Lopez's body. -- Stefano Papayannis
His pen pal is the viagra spammer stefano papayannis
He's still waiting for Bill Gates to send him the money he's giving away in those chain emails. -- Stefano Papayannis
When somebody calls him for tech support says he can't do anything about it since The Matrix controls all computers. -- Stefano Papayannis
Uses an abacus to backup files "in case the whole system crashes". -- Stefano Papayannis
Every time he surfs the Internet sends a royalty check to Al Gore. -- Stefano Papayannis
Last orange alert he sealed our server room with duct tape. -- Stefano Papayannis
We haven't seen him since he went on a sales call trying to solve the traveling salesman paradox. -- Stefano Papayannis
After spending most of a full summer with a bright, articulate, charming but particularly contrary intern, you come to understand they have been trying to do their best to work with challenging "objections" rather than objectives. Where did communication go bad? -- Raymond V. Hall
When asked about an ATM network, he brings out his debit card and states "I know all about them !" -- Vincent M. Locurcio Jr
Wears an ID tag saying simply "Minion". -- Rich Pilcher
Uses Visio to plot which circle of hell they're working in. -- Rich Pilcher
Responds to every piece of junk e-mail he receives, believing even spammers need love. -- Rich Pilcher
Demands to be paid in old trade show swag - thinking the Novell 3.1 Intro T-Shirt will garner instant street cred. -- Rich Pilcher
Has a bit of a crush on the MSN butterfly guy. -- Rich Pilcher
Spends hours trying to get to the end of recursive "GNU's Not Unix!". Rich Pilcher
You made the mistake of telling him to run the patch cord from the computer to the data port, instead of telling him to plug the patch into the computer to the data port. -- Robert Foster
He actually thinks he has to work. -- Ted Haddox
He moves his mp3 collection onto the corporate ftp server. -- Ted Haddox
Everything starts magically working. -- Ted Haddox
"When I said to burn me a copy, I didn't mean to set it on fire, I just wanted you to take it to the copier and make a copy." -- Sherwood A. Van Dyke
Recommends using MS products for everything. -- James Smallwood
Says their 7 year old daughter keeps hacking the system so that??s why he is behind on updating the database...actually was said!?! -- Michael
Replaces company website text with repeated copies of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy..." -- Dave Skalon
Brings a "blue dress" to work everyday. Asks for "Mr. Clinton??s office". -- Marvin Duran
Walks around the office saying "call me Monica", to all white haired executives. -- Marvin Duran
You find your vintage Pets.com sock puppet boiling in a microwave-safe dish in the break room. -- Tim Barrett
All the keyboards have been switched to DVORAK to encourage "thinking out of the box". -- Tim Barrett
You find toothpicks snapped off in the locks of the server cabinets. -- Tim Barrett
The intern is wearing a wig of dreadlocks that used to be the CAT5 cable in the sales department. -- Tim Barrett
Intern is hanging out by the water cooler wearing a "My parents went to Mainland China, and all I got was this lousy case of SARS" T-shirt. -- Tim Barrett
Explains eating a bran muffin every morning as "defragging the colon" -- Rich Pilcher
Your cusTomers call to thank you for ditching the corporate website and hosting an Unreal Tournament 2003 server instead. -- Tim Barrett
His favorite food is a diet drink and a candy bar. -- Bob Ledford
Puts mouse on floor, attempts to use it as a foot switch. Calls Help Desk to ask where the "Any" is located on the keyboard. Leaves Help Desk voicemail that "PC is broke and needs repair" but gives no hint of the problem. -- Walt West
Thinks everyday is a holiday and working for pay is wonderful if you don't have to do anything for it like real work. -- Bob Ledford
They keep showing their FOID card to everyone on their first day of work. -- Richard LaPenes
Looks at the server room, asks "where are the Macs?" -- Mark Jass
Keeps asking why the C programmers act so normal. -- Mark Jass
Still a ee/cs major looking for good job with startup and expecting a hiring bonus -- Rodger Woock
He wears green antennae and introduces himself by saying "I am a Martian from the planet zorrrg" -- Ryan Moore
Recommends that you outsource your 10,000 mailbox e-mail system to AOL, complete with a cost analysis report. -- John Wiley
Continually whispers "When your this big, they call you Mister!" while polishing their workspace. -- Matt Winegarden
Sends out an e-mail to all co-workers (and management) inviting them to attend a Rites of Summer Solstice Celebration. -- Carol HammondKeeps barking commands at his computer. Only problem there is no voice recognition software on it and it's doubtful it would recognize "Get Coffee" as a command. -- Mike Donahue
He draws a small lightning bolt on his head, wears a cape and has regular conversations with someone named 'Dobbie'. -- Rob Mullin
Rants regularly about fluoridation of water. Rob Mullin
Brings in one of those really old large white cell phones and has long technical conversations with someone named 'Bill'. -- Rob Mullin
Frequently stops mid conversation to remind you how much they like kittens. -- Rob Mullin
Refers to your project group as the 'away team'. -- Rob Mullin
Has that ?1000 yard? intern stare. -- Rob Mullin
Has heated lunchroom arguments with himself about whether to use a fork or spoon when eating his chunky soup. -- Rob Mullin
He paints his fingernails different colors on each hand (emphasis on 'He')!. -- Bill Stevens
You find him in the data center after-hours jumping up and down with nothing on but his bikini underwear, playing dance music on the server cdrom and screaming,"Back the truck up, babay!". -- Lance Johnson
She comes in each morning with a new piece of jewelry, computer / network jewelry. Today it is the mini-belt made of twisted punch cable. -- Ron Poulson
He stares at you intently from his cubicle, rubbing his hands together and whispering,?? Soon...soon..." -- Sean Maggard (Edelman PR)
Continuously talks about Star Trek, and how it would be neat if the computers here could do the same things as the USS Enterprise. Occasionally, you might find this employee at his or her desk saying, "Computer, give me last months reports..." -- Andrew Peeples
Enters into the cold_as_North_Pole air conditioned server room in shorts, goes to the hot_as_heck outside in a coat. -- Harry Ruiz
He actually wants my job! -- Ken Leyba
Claims to have a first edition copy of "Microsoft Bob for Dummies" signed by Bill Gates. -- Daniel E. Stafne
Still believes Alan Greenspan is infallible. -- Daniel E. Stafne
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