Top 10 Reasons You Should Find Another Internship

1. You could run the place.
If you’re feeling more competent than your boss (“Hey, Intern, how does this Internet thing work?”) or realize you could be doing the job of the firm’s top dogs … it might be time to leave the company. Start your own!

2. You have to dress “business casual.”
What does that even mean? Does a tuxedo T-shirt count?

3. You’re picking up baaad habits.
Joe who works next to you goes to Fast Burger every day for lunch and asks if you want anything. Before you know it, you’ve gained 10 pounds. That big box of doughnuts in the break room every morning doesn’t help either.

4. You’re a business student interning for a movie director.
Or a biology major working in political campaign office. If your position has nothing to do with your degree -- or your interests -- drop it. If the internship doesn’t relate to what you want to do, it’s probably useless.

5. Looking at the woman at the next desk is … offensive (if not painful). Why would you put up with an internship where you’re surrounded by frumpy people? You can get that on campus. Why not find an internship with snaz-tastic people instead? (That way, you can get as dolled up as you’d like -- without looking like a suck-up.)

6. Loser items in the vending machine.
Breath mints? I’m going to eat breath mints and knock-off Oreos when I get hungry?

7. You’re not being paid.
Duh. Most people are barely motivated enough to go to a job that gives them a paycheck, let alone one that doesn’t. Working for free sucks.

8. Your boss takes his coffee with a splash of cream and two sugars.
If you’re fetching coffee enough to recite the order, you’re probably not learning much about the workplace. Running errands -- as opposed to doing meaningful work -- doesn’t teach you about the workplace, since you’re actually in the office less. Plus, you’ll be lacking real experiences to slap onto your resume and prepare yourself for a more fulfilling job.

9. You are the early bird special.
If you have to set your alarm at 5 a.m. for a super-early shift or unrealistically long commute, every workday will get off to an icky start. And it totally ruins your night-before plans.

10. Local lunch options are lethal.
If lunch means the “meat with rice” platter at the local Happy China Fun Box skedaddle (“Meat with rice? What kind of mea -- nevermind.”), your internship is about to give you food poisoning! If brown-bagging your own cooking is equally risky … find another internship.