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His 2nd to last day we took him out to lunch.

While we were looking over the menus, he turns to Charles and asks, "Do you hit on waiters a lot?"

Charles decides to have fun with it and says, "Yeah, I hit them when
they get my order wrong."

Intern: "No, no. Hit on."

Me: He has quite a temper when they get an order wrong."

Intern: "No, no. Hit ON, you know, ask on date?"

Charles: " No, I'm married."

Intern: "Well what about before?"

WOW this kid doesn't let up when he thinks he's onto a good conversation topic.


I basically spent the entire lunch avoiding eye contact with Charles because I was afraid I would not be able to stop laughing.

Later on, the intern asked if we had any feedback for him on what he could improve. I said, "yes, everything" and then started laughing so he would think I was joking, and then quickly changed the subject.


I know what you are thinking. Is it wrong of me NOT to tell him that he sucks? Maybe, but why do I have to be the bad guy here? He already thinks that I'm the "demanding one," and do I really want to be the one he shoots first or mails the anthrax to?

I'm telling you, I don't think this kid would be all that stable in a stressful situation. The fact that he was leaving the internship quietly was a good sign and I wasn't about to change that.