CC’s Secret Intern Diary: Free Physical Labor, All For “The Designer”

[When CollegeCandy put out a request for a Secret Intern to write an Internship Diary, we got some truly cringe-inducing stories, but “Elisa’s” experience trumped all.

Currently, “Elisa” is interning for a big, flashy 5th Avenue designer. Sounds awesome, right? Well, read the first installment HERE, and then read on...]

Who knew that a “marketing” internship actually meant “free physical labor”??

I told myself that I would start working out this summer, but I never thought that lifting and cardio would start at my internship. Apparently The Designer felt that she needed to repaint her whole store, so a few days ago we had to move everything down to the basement, and then move it back up the next day. Great… and to top it off, she’s OCD with the displays.

Shoot me now.

I now have the responsibility of “checking” the displays every morning to make sure that everything’s symmetric and clean.

Whoopee… go me. And to add to the fun, it’s still inventory week! When will this madness ever end?! How many boxes can this woman have?!

Well… at least now I get to move on to the amazing task of producing these lovely bottles.

Wait… WHY AM I MAKING THE BOTTLES?!

When did marketing have anything to do with the actual production?

This whole week I’ve made countless tiny perfume bottles, many many plastic lotions, and various other beauty products I never thought I’d be making. Not only have I been making beauty products, but now she wants brand new menus for her products… and who gets to walk 4 flights up to print them, AND glue them together? Oh of course, the intern.

To top this week off, I get to do “research” on companies that produce weird rubber stoppers with a metal ball on top. Right. Why are companies only making rubber stoppers or these stupid balls?! I swear she chooses the most complicated components possible for her blindingly white store.

Can’t really complain for now. At least I’m by the computer and able to write this blog… along with facebook chatting, my new favorite thing.

At least there’s one perk so far…

GUESS WHO I JUST SAW?!

That’s right.  Paula Abdul.

[Stay tuned for next week’s installment of CC’s Secret Intern Diaries]