03-10-2015, 08:29 PM
Stage 3, Day 1,
Bad night of sleep. I went to a really informative and insightful seminar about cultures, relating to my work. Then I get back, and we a bit more work, and I take a short break. We then have a meeting, and we're asked to talk about a certain client, in a sense off the cuff, in another sense, someone we talked with 2 weeks ago. My colleague and I recalled what we could from our memories. The error was that we could have simply taken the file and read our notes from back then, allowing a more accurate recall.
Anyways, the meeting is over, and our host calls us: "a shame to our field" by doing that. We were apparently supposed to know that we should consult a stray document (among 15-20) that we were shown on our first day of placements. That really hit me hard, but pissed me off more than anything; could you think of anything more terrible to say for a striving intern; that their mistake was shameful and that they bring shame to the field in which they're trying to succeed?
Anyways, this woman has shown an extreme level of un-professionalism by resorting to that, and has only her number of years of experience to fall back on. She's made several inconsistencies between her expectations of me, and her own rationalizations, enough for me to aptly describe her as a hypocrite, and I literally cannot wait to be done with this internship on Friday. It maddens me that I still rely on her for a decent grade, though my professors know her reputation and would probably hear my side of the story as well.
Anyways, I channeled that anger into an immediate sit-down with her (an informal 1-on-1) where I acknowledged her frustrations and took into account the mistakes on our part, but made clear why we were completely un-knowing as to how to properly execute. She seemed to get it, and we parted on a similar page. I would not have done this during Stage 2 (very important to note).
I immediately headed home, and I even made this big hand gesture to show a driver that they were about to go the wrong way down a 1-way. I get home and immediately greet the woman in my life. She baked for me. We have really good sex, then head to the bar. My work friends were there; they paid for everything, but got me relatively drunk. I went back home after 3 -3.5 hours and then had a much more romantic romp with my girl. Both were great. Spent the rest of the night doing a bit of research for nutrition.
Bad night of sleep. I went to a really informative and insightful seminar about cultures, relating to my work. Then I get back, and we a bit more work, and I take a short break. We then have a meeting, and we're asked to talk about a certain client, in a sense off the cuff, in another sense, someone we talked with 2 weeks ago. My colleague and I recalled what we could from our memories. The error was that we could have simply taken the file and read our notes from back then, allowing a more accurate recall.
Anyways, the meeting is over, and our host calls us: "a shame to our field" by doing that. We were apparently supposed to know that we should consult a stray document (among 15-20) that we were shown on our first day of placements. That really hit me hard, but pissed me off more than anything; could you think of anything more terrible to say for a striving intern; that their mistake was shameful and that they bring shame to the field in which they're trying to succeed?
Anyways, this woman has shown an extreme level of un-professionalism by resorting to that, and has only her number of years of experience to fall back on. She's made several inconsistencies between her expectations of me, and her own rationalizations, enough for me to aptly describe her as a hypocrite, and I literally cannot wait to be done with this internship on Friday. It maddens me that I still rely on her for a decent grade, though my professors know her reputation and would probably hear my side of the story as well.
Anyways, I channeled that anger into an immediate sit-down with her (an informal 1-on-1) where I acknowledged her frustrations and took into account the mistakes on our part, but made clear why we were completely un-knowing as to how to properly execute. She seemed to get it, and we parted on a similar page. I would not have done this during Stage 2 (very important to note).
I immediately headed home, and I even made this big hand gesture to show a driver that they were about to go the wrong way down a 1-way. I get home and immediately greet the woman in my life. She baked for me. We have really good sex, then head to the bar. My work friends were there; they paid for everything, but got me relatively drunk. I went back home after 3 -3.5 hours and then had a much more romantic romp with my girl. Both were great. Spent the rest of the night doing a bit of research for nutrition.
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