Taken collectively interns are a huge source of free labor all in the name of getting work experience and the hope of a job. This in the light that corporate America has more money than most small countries and is hoarding trillions of dollars. Corporate America with all their wealth should have paid apprenticeships – they can afford it.

Most interns depend on their parents or going into debt so someone is footing the bill for all of this free labor and it is not those hoarding trillions, some of it in off shore accounts where they pay no taxes.

Steve Elliott
St. Louis Missouri

Jeez.

Second, I can point out four ways to reduce your NYC costs. Trust me, as a full time unpaid intern in NYC as well, its important to avoid Starbucks at all costs. yeah, the 75 cent coffee on the corner is basically glorified water, but it does the trick. cheaper. And if you aren't willing to give up your starbucks, trying brewing your own coffee at home and just taking a thermos. Also, not only are water bottles eco-friendly, but cheaper. We're not in mexico. NYC has better tap water than most cities. Also, don't you work at a magazine? Surely they have copies of old issues lying around…trust me, expanding your knowledge of not only the magazine, but the issues within it on your free time will always get you extra kudos from your boss. Besides, you work at the magazine, their stuff has got to be pretty entertaining.

And i have to say you are very lucky. With a credit card that the rents pay for, at least. Which is why I think you complaining about the money issue is kind of insane, really. Perhaps your parents should be complaining instead. I hardly think they would be sympathetic to your problems in that department. I know I'm not.

I think you missed the part where I said that I'm doing some really cool stuff in addition to making copies and faxing things. Have a sense of humor! I'm just playing around. I wouldn't even bother writing about my internship at this magazine if I wasn't proud of it, and I promise you that my sarcastic attitude is only for collegecandy, and not for the office. My attitude happens to be really positive, I'm putting myself out there and helping any editor in need, and already winning praise for all that I'm doing to contribute to this publication. And yes – my parents do pay for my credit card. So what?

She's allowed to vent. Even if she should be "Grateful" for having an internship, she's allowed to complain. Have you never complained in your lives? Pretty sure you should be grateful for everything YOU have, too.

And since you mention that this internship is unpaid, I assume that taxi and those mojitos were purchased with a credit card that mommy and daddy pay for?

Grow the eff up, get over yourself. If your attitude in the office is anything like your attitude in this article your employer will want nothing to do with you after your internship and neither will any other company worth a damn!