That dreaded co-worker(s)...(SO annoying!)

[KSUViolet06]

At my undergrad internship, I worked in the Communications & Marketing office at the University.

There were 2 other interns who were in the office at the same time. We had an area of 3 desks/computers where we could sit and work on magazine stores/proofread stuff/do podcasts, etc. I loved it and loved Intern #2, but I really disliked Intern #3.

Intern #2 was a senior. We talked a little bit, but she was polite enough to be quiet when she came in and saw that I was working on something.

Intern #3 was not as considerate. She did nothing but talk from the time we sat down to the time we left. We tried ignoring her, but she would just keep going. Even when we were both clearly working on something, she just kept talking.

She was always going on and on about the Indians and would always ask "Did you guys see that game last night?" I hate baseball, so of coure I hadn't seen it. Then she'd proceed to tell me every detail of the game. Even though I was clearly looking at the computer screen.

She talked so much that one day Intern #2 snapped and said "Do you ever stop talking?" She laughed it off and said "no haha."

Our supervisor was rarely in the office on the days that we were in. It didn't matter usually because we got our assignments from the mag editors anyway. Since the guy never came in, Intern #3 figured it was okay to do her nails, talk on the phone, and try to talk to us everyday.

It got so bad that one day, the SECRETARY came back into our area and told her "I can hear you all the way up front, and so can the University officials and other clients who come here. You need to be quiet."

She started bawling and left early that day. The next week, our supervisor decided that he needed to come in everyday and 'babysit' us because the secretary told him about #3.

We couldn't talk to each other at all for the rest of the semester. Intern #3 ended up failing internship because she never actually did any work.