Ask My Intern Monday

It’s a new Monday night thing! I have decided, after speaking to my 20 year old Intern, that Monday’s will be now officially called, Ask My Intern Monday.

Why? Because I am way out of touch with the Generation Y kids. And she is so one of them.  She is in a sorority and she goes to college. She even talks about dumping boys via text message.  She is truly a cute little mystery.  But she really seems to have her finger on the pulse of her generation. 

She also totally reminds me of a cartoon character so I am pretty sure that this will prove to be very entertaining.

So email me your questions that you wish you had the answers to about your high school or college student.
mrscallmecrazy@gmail.com

My Intern (at my real job) will answer them honestly and hopefully give you some insight into the adolescent and young adult mind.

So how did this come about?

I asked her to look up some college-aged applicants on Facebook and MySpace to see if we should even bother interviewing them. Right away, she told me that one of our applicants is an EMO.

An EMO? What the hell is an EMO?

She explained to me that EMOs are emotional. This means that they act sad and wear black eye make-up and have hair that hangs over their eyes. They also crave the attention that they get for acting like this. The guys wear skinny girl jeans and black nail polish. The girls also wear skinny girl jeans, and some of them are too fat to be wearing these pants.

ME: Do they know that they are EMOs?
INTERN: Oh, yes. And they like to be one. They do it on purpose.
ME: Do they know people call them EMOs?
INTERN: Yes, but I wouldn’t recommend calling them that to their face.
ME: Why? Will it hurt their feelings?  I mean, they call themselves EMOs, right?  They know that their emotional.  So why can’t I ask her in the interview, “Are you an EMO?”
INTERN: Well, for starters, it’s not very polite to label people to their faces. We just do that behind their backs.  And because she probably thinks it’s cool to get attention for being an EMO, so why give her that satisfaction?
ME: Is this like Goth?
INTERN: Now you get it!  It’s just like Goth used to be but with skinny jeans and flashy belts instead of baggy pants and chains.  I forgot that that’s what older people call them.
ME:  Thanks for that quick age stab.

So to sum it all up – I am sure that some of you own or know EMO teens.  You probably just didn’t know what to call them. 

Thanks to my Intern, we have that all cleared up now. *smiles*

Unless you’re EMO – then *frowns*.

Also, a bit of advice - if your complex little EMO wants a job – they need to clean it up before they apply.  Because some Hiring Manager (like me) is certainly thinking that your precious little EMO is doing drugs because he or she looks like a complete crack head. 

Boys should not be wearing eye liner and your darling daughter looks like no one taught her how to put eye liner on. 

And yes, most employers look at Facebook and MySpace profiles before we hire. 

And tell your sweet little EMO son that the girl skinny jeans are probably causing the circulation to be cut off to his ball sack and you may want grandchildren one day.

Thanks!

Mrs. Call Me Crazy
mrscallmecrazy@gmail.com

PS – If you don’t email me questions, this will not work, and I will have to go back to writing about sharts. I’m just sayin’.