The High Price Of Being Cheap Mofos
I don't believe in "interns."
Yes, I believe they exist -- in unpaid positions by cheapskates who want to get something for nothing.
Sometimes "something for nothing" comes at a high price. For example, when an NTSB intern confirmed names -- prank names -- as those of the pilots of the crashed Asiana flight. From HuffPo/Reuters:
"The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6," the NTSB said in a statement."Earlier today, in response to an inquiry from a media outlet, a summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft," the NTSB said.
The crash of the Boeing 777 plane resulted in the deaths of three teenage girls in a group of students from eastern China who were visiting the United States for a summer camp, one of whom died on Friday in the hospital. Over 180 passengers and crew members were injured.
On Friday, an anchor for Oakland, California, station KTVU read a list of the supposed names of the pilots of the South Korean carrier on its noon broadcast after an employee apparently called the NTSB seeking to verify them.
The names appear to mock the events of the crash. The prank names were: Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.
If someone is doing more for you on the job than standing around absorbing your aura they should be paid something. It's just the right thing to do. It also tends to get those working for you to take their jobs more seriously.
So. Does low or no pay excuse the intern?
Radwaste at July 13, 2013 2:00 AM
@Rad: "So. Does low or no pay excuse the intern?"
No, but it looks like the NTSB got what it paid for.
The comments at the HuffPo story, are pretty amusing, in a way, ranging from "Funny," to "That's not funny and you're degenerate," to "Obama!"
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at July 13, 2013 5:09 AM
You'd think that the third name would have clued them in that something wasn't kosher with these names.
Where's Bart Simpson when you really need him?
"I'm lookin' for Amanda Hugginkiss. Why can't I find Amanda Hugginkiss?"
I once got one of the receptionists at the gym I worked at to page "Anita Mandalay."
"Anita Mandalay, please come to the front desk."
The prize day was when someone paged, "Buster Cherry." The receptionist, utterly clueless, kindly offered to page the person a second time.
A man in the free weight area, lying on a bench under two 80-pound dumbbells, dropped his weights and sat up, shaking his head.
"No, that is wrong," he said. "She did not do that twice."
Patrick at July 13, 2013 6:49 AM
"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"
"Is your refrigerator running?"
We kill us!
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at July 13, 2013 7:08 AM
You apparently have never heard Dirty Laundry. They generally have to be hit with a clue stick.
Jim P. at July 13, 2013 8:08 AM
And of course...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a6_1373705659
Eric at July 13, 2013 9:22 AM
It's too bad Mr. Completely wasn't driving the fire truck.
Jay J. Hector at July 13, 2013 11:25 AM
I'm sorry, but I'm so old that being PC is still a struggle most days. I'm chortling and wiping coffee off the screen.
Wun Hung Lo started it. And we better "PaulaDeen" him but good when we catch him.
bmused at July 13, 2013 12:02 PM
I would say Bill Clinton got more from an unpaid intern than anyone else in history.
Patrick at July 13, 2013 12:27 PM
Was the intern's name Mike Oxbig? Mike Hunt?
OK. I'll stop now.
BlogDog at July 13, 2013 1:17 PM
No, BlogDog. It was Hugh Jorgen.
Actually, it was Monica Lewinsky. And I maintain Bill Clinton got more out of an unpaid intern than anyone else.
A hooker to service the President would be a pretty pricey deal. Yet, Monica did it for free.
(And yes, I'm aware I'm calling Monica Lewinsky a whore. So, what? She is a whore.)
Patrick at July 13, 2013 3:13 PM
This is an excellent argument in favor of having interns: when you need to blame an embarrassing mistake like this on someone, who better than some anonymous, young, inexperienced person who isn't even a real employee? (Yeah, call me cynical, but I'm not convinced it really was an intern who did it.)
JD at July 13, 2013 5:13 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/07/the-high-price-11.html#comment-3800726">comment from JDYou could also just invent an employee.
Amy Alkon
at July 13, 2013 5:56 PM
JD, I'm pretty sure that's why they keep Asok around.
Sosij at July 13, 2013 7:30 PM
I agree about unpaid anything - work should always be paid. Hell, I believe people should be paid for the time they spend in the car driving to work.
The names - hilarious, but I can't believe they actually read them on air - that is truly testament to the failure that is our education system.
Lobster at July 13, 2013 11:41 PM
um, I see nothing wrong with the names, Why is everyone laughing?
Sum Dum Goy at July 14, 2013 7:10 AM
And yes, I'm aware I'm calling Monica Lewinsky a whore. So, what? She is a whore.
I'll object. Facts not in evidence. Whores get paid either prior to, or at the completion of their work.
I R A Darth Aggie at July 14, 2013 7:42 AM
And yes, I'm aware I'm calling Monica Lewinsky a whore. So, what? She is a whore
Technically everyone is a whore
lujlp at July 14, 2013 7:56 AM
And now the airline is suing, so there's that...
Flynne at July 15, 2013 7:42 AM
Well they need all the money they can get to pay off the lawsuits filed against them.
Although it should be entertaining to see the argument by which a corperation can sue a news station for parroting a government approved press release under the notion that offending asians in general harms the corperation itself
lujlp at July 15, 2013 8:13 AM
I don't care about internships, but I would love to buy a case of beer for the man who pulled off this hilarious prank.
MikeInRealLife at July 15, 2013 4:23 PM
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