Summer Intern

[SSGT.]

My Summer Intern from TA&M started Monday and quit Friday at lunch. Seems I'm living too far in the past.

On Monday Jason was told he needed to buy a belt to keep his pants around his waist, because our customers, the livestock or I wanted to know or cared to know what color boxers he was wearing, then sent him out to the barn to muck stalls.

He continued to show up with his pants damned near falling off and I continued to send him to the barn. Yesterday morning he complained all he was learning was how to shovel horseshit. I told him having clean stalls for our patients was an important part of their healing process, and as long as he continued to wear his pants around his ankles that's all he was ever going to do.

When he went to lunch, he told me he didn't think it was going to work out between us because I was living 50 years in the past.

In Jasons defense my barn hasn't been this clean since the day I built it in 1996.

 

[Kobold]

Ah the things we do for fashion. Jason sounds like he’s going to have a rough road ahead of him. Good luck to that dummy.

 

[Briarcutter]

My Summer Intern from TA&M started Monday and quit Friday at lunch. Seems I'm living too far in the past.

On Monday Jason was told he needed to buy a belt to keep his pants around his waist, because our customers, the livestock or I wanted to know or cared to know what color boxers he was wearing, then sent him out to the barn to muck stalls.

He continued to show up with his pants damned near falling off and I continued to send him to the barn. Yesterday morning he complained all he was learning was how to shovel horseshit. I told him having clean stalls for our patients was an important part of their healing process, and as long as he continued to wear his pants around his ankles that's all he was ever going to do.

When he went to lunch, he told me he didn't think it was going to work out between us because I was living 50 years in the past.

In Jasons defense my barn hasn't been this clean since the day I built it in 1996.

Good for you! Living in the so called"past" isn't always a bad thing.

 

[VDL_Piper]

You’re getting old once upon a time
this was Gangster

Now this is Gangsta

 

[jguss]

Jason sounds like he’s going to have a rough road ahead of him

I just heard from Jason. He's a CEO at a startup and his options are already in the money to the tune of $40 million. I have no idea what the startup does, and frankly I suspect Jason doesn't either. If he's the man I take him for he'll cash in his chips and quit next Friday.

 

[pappymac]

My Summer Intern from TA&M started Monday and quit Friday at lunch. Seems I'm living too far in the past.

On Monday Jason was told he needed to buy a belt to keep his pants around his waist, because our customers, the livestock or I wanted to know or cared to know what color boxers he was wearing, then sent him out to the barn to muck stalls.

He continued to show up with his pants damned near falling off and I continued to send him to the barn. Yesterday morning he complained all he was learning was how to shovel horseshit. I told him having clean stalls for our patients was an important part of their healing process, and as long as he continued to wear his pants around his ankles that's all he was ever going to do.

When he went to lunch, he told me he didn't think it was going to work out between us because I was living 50 years in the past.

In Jasons defense my barn hasn't been this clean since the day I built it in 1996.

With that attitude he wouldn't have made it to Friday working for me.

 

[Sig]

As you know, I've had my share of veterinary interns. Mine come mostly from Cornell, my alma mater.
Most have been great, but some make Jason look respectable.
I once had a guy that stole three Golden Retriever pups from a client.
Had another who set my barn on fire smoking a cigarette.
But in the end, one has taken over most of the duties at my practice and is completely taking over when she finds the right place. If I was half as sharp as her I'd be much better off in life.
It astounds me that she is choosing to take this route. There are MUCH more lucrative and prestigious areas both in geography and veterinary practices that she could have followed. She will never be wealthy or famous around here. Much of our clientele are humble hobby farmers, farms barely holding on, and blue collar families. I've been paid in hay and manure many times.

 

[greeneyes]

Drinking. Drugs. Women. Even other career interests. But imagine explaining to your parents you had to pass up a veterinary internship because it "didn't align with your fashion sense."

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[SSGT.]

Much of our clientele are humble hobby farmers, farms barely holding on, and blue collar families. I've been paid in hay and manure many times.

Pretty much the same for us. My youngest daughter is following the old man's footsteps. (without the 20yrs in the Marine Corps) and is in the process of taking over from me. When she does my plan is a lot of fishing and bouncing grandkids on my knee, maybe help her once in a while if I get bored.

 

[Briarcutter]

20yrs in the Marine Corps

Thank you for your service.

 

[brian64]

My Summer Intern from TA&M started Monday and quit Friday at lunch. Seems I'm living too far in the past.

On Monday Jason was told he needed to buy a belt to keep his pants around his waist, because our customers, the livestock or I wanted to know or cared to know what color boxers he was wearing, then sent him out to the barn to muck stalls.

He continued to show up with his pants damned near falling off and I continued to send him to the barn. Yesterday morning he complained all he was learning was how to shovel horseshit. I told him having clean stalls for our patients was an important part of their healing process, and as long as he continued to wear his pants around his ankles that's all he was ever going to do.

When he went to lunch, he told me he didn't think it was going to work out between us because I was living 50 years in the past.

In Jasons defense my barn hasn't been this clean since the day I built it in 1996.

The fact that someone like that even makes it to the point of being an intern says a lot about how screwed up things are. It reflects very poorly on the institution he came from.

 

[Briarcutter]

Too much of this today.

 

[ashdigger]

Several years I was asked if I would take on a summer intern. I figured what the hell, sure.

So I met with the intern. It was glorious. Hard worker, truly wanted hands on knowledge in my field of expertise.

I was actually sad when the summer was over.

Two years ago the same school asked if I would like to have another intern. I jumped at the chance to do it again.

This intern, knew everything, didn’t want to get dirty and felt the need to tell me that I work too hard and life isn’t fair.

That intern made it two weeks, only because I tried too hard to make it work.

A few weeks ago I was asked by the same school to try another intern. I told them no thank you.

My time is too valuable.

 

[anotherbob]

My Summer Intern from TA&M started Monday and quit Friday at lunch. Seems I'm living too far in the past.

On Monday Jason was told he needed to buy a belt to keep his pants around his waist, because our customers, the livestock or I wanted to know or cared to know what color boxers he was wearing, then sent him out to the barn to muck stalls.

He continued to show up with his pants damned near falling off and I continued to send him to the barn. Yesterday morning he complained all he was learning was how to shovel horseshit. I told him having clean stalls for our patients was an important part of their healing process, and as long as he continued to wear his pants around his ankles that's all he was ever going to do.

When he went to lunch, he told me he didn't think it was going to work out between us because I was living 50 years in the past.

In Jasons defense my barn hasn't been this clean since the day I built it in 1996.

interns are always interesting. Either you seem to get a kid that does have any interest in being there and is only fulfilling credits because we still use a system that is both archaic and riff with opportunities for exploitation in so many ways. Or you get a kid that really wants to prove themselves and ends up being more valuable then the people your paying to be there. Internships also like it sounds like is the case here aren't chosen because they align really well with the person actual interests but because they fulfill a mostly arbitrary requirement.
Plus to make things more interesting the people you intern with are about as much of a craptastic crap shot. Some places just see you as free labor that is basically a slave. I've heard of people and companies that use interns to do all kinds of labor that has nothing to do with their chosen field. Things like doing the personal laundry for their "boss", to make it worse they'll dangle the fact that they hold the key to you graduating or at least graduating now instead of a year from now over your head. You can get an internship with someone who is invested in their field and really genuinely wants to help their interns learn as much and be as ready to become productive members of society at large and on the micro level of given field and industry. Oh legal protections that most of us enjoy to some degree don't apply to interns in America. You can legally sexually harass interns including pro quid pro (the ole do this thing with me to pass your internship, the only protection really is that might effect a person or companies relationship with a school, maybe).
And most of the time its somewhere inbetween.
Though my personal experiences with internship are funny. When I graduated the worst students got internships with a local psychiatric facility. Where literally you'd be put in their breakroom and told to just stay there and do whatever and maybe get to talk to someone that works there on break.
And the last intern I dealt with was this 18 year old that made me feel old. She had no interest in being there my intern policy was to teach them as much as they wanted to learn, she wanted to learn nothing and kind of was just there. Well until casual friday when I wore an old Sound Garden shirt and she became my work place bestie, because in her words "Oh my God you like classic rock".

 

[anotherbob]

You’re getting old once upon a time
this was Gangster
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Now this is Gangsta
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I kind of hate this meme. For one Gangsters are kind of just shit people anyways. And essentially have always dressed like everyone else but tackier always. The guys in the first picture looked like slobs back in the day or at least that's how most people took it, with a few exceptions and guess what there are some bloods and crips that we'd all consider sharp and classy dressers too. But most importantly fashion crimes are probably the least offensive crimes any of those feckers committed any day of the week.

 

[VDL_Piper]

I kind of hate this meme. For one Gangsters are kind of just shit people anyways. And essentially have always dressed like everyone else but tackier always. The guys in the first picture looked like slobs back in the day or at least that's how most people took it, with a few exceptions and guess what there are some bloods and crips that we'd all consider sharp and classy dressers too. But most importantly fashion crimes are probably the least offensive crimes any of those feckers committed any day of the week.

First pic is Al Capone, second pic is of young guys who think it's cool to have the waistband of their jeans under their arse crack.............not covering it. I guess the term dress for success doesn't apply to the next crop.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

When I was training guys to hang sheetrock I could usually tell in 5 minutes if they were going to make it or not... And there isn't much skill in that.

There are young folks out there that are capable of things and a great many who aren't capable of doing anything beneficial at all.

Takes time to sort through em.

 

[georged]

Imagine what things will be like in another ten years when the gazillion kids who never learned a trade or a profession because they wanted to be a Rich and Famous social media "Influencer" reach their 30's.

 

[fr0st]

Doesn't sound like the lad has what it takes to be a large animal vet. So, perhaps he did learn something in the short internship. Hopefully you find someone who will appreciate the opportunity to learn.