Dear Supervisor

I have only been at this internship for a whopping two and a half weeks. In that time I have read more books than I have for my entire time at college. Why is this? Because you suggest books for me to read absolutely nothing else. You see, unlike the majority of college students, I take this internship VERY seriously. Because I am going to be in this field for the rest of my freaking life! So please, let me, I don’t know, do something! It’s not like you’re even PAYING me when I know this place has more than enough money to!

And please, stop telling me that I know more about this job than you do, I get it, you’ve only been here a short while and I’ve actually taken classes on this profession, but you might not realize this – I WANT YOUR JOB! That’s right, I’d actually like to get paid for putting in 40 hours a week! Imagine that! So don’t tell me how qualified for the job I am because I know ok? I know and it is annoying for you to constantly bring up how PREPARED I am for a job in this field.

It isn’t bad enough that I thought my schooling was a joke, that I have spent so much money on a degree that I don’t even really NEED. But now I have to deal with this – an internship that I had to PAY MY SCHOOL to do, thus loosing money, drive 40 minutes to get there 5 days a week thus loosing even more money, to sit there and pull my hair out thinking about how much I’m going to hate my life and my job if I wind up like you.

So please, if you’re going to make me go through the process of getting hired at a non-paying internship and pretending that I could really be of use, put a little effort into it as well and give me something to do! Do you know how many people would kill for this type of a situation? I’m pretty much a work SLAVE, I have to do what you tell me to, but yet…you ruin the opportunity to do so and instead tell me to read a book. I just don’t get it!

Oh, and if I do get the job that you keep hinting about at the end of this year long internship, I will have no problem with telling YOU what to do.

Love,
Your ever helpful bookservant