Office Politics Pitfalls: Creative Ways to Blame the Interns

Overlooked the Important Report Due Date by 3 Days, Blame It on the Intern

Classic. You were busy with "urgent" meetings and forgot to delegate the task to someone who would actually do it.

Learned about the Task by Reading the Intern's Google Search History

Impressive, but clearly not enough. Now use this information to lecture the intern on how little they know, while secretly Googling the same thing yourself.

Accusing Interns of Being Technologically Challenged

Demanded That the Interns Work Overtime to Meet an Impossible Deadline

Because, clearly, 40 hours a week is not enough, and the intern is just not working hard enough.

Expecting Interns to Possess Supernatural Work Habits

Expecting Interns to Possess Supernatural Work Habits

Because 2 cups of coffee and a 3-hour work session should be enough to complete the task of coding the entire operating system.

Assuming the Intern is a Superhuman