He claimed to be working as fast as he could. @@

You know, we need a name for that horrible feeling that you get when you go to take a sip of your coffee and you come to the devastating realization that the cup is EMPTY.

caffiene deprevasation

I once helped run a program for the agency's summer hires. (It was run by committee, and I was my division's rep.) A couple of the hires tried hard but were, shall we say, less than stellar. A couple of others seemed quite talented but were, shall we say, less than motivated. The former were more sympathetic because at least they tried.

Vortex, it sounds like your intern was closer to the latter.

AIEEE! That's what I call it.

I think they're trying to step off the consumerist grid.

Yeah, that's why Eddie, my mom's friend, troweled through the garbage too. Eddie thought that whole "working a job" thing was for the birds, too.

Does anyone know anything about how fertility is affected after thyroid issues have been resolved?

I don't know about hyperthyroidism, but I know that the risks caused by hypothyroidism go away once you correct your thyroid levels with synthroid (or a generic). My internist decided to raise my dosage level 25 mcg with each pregnancy.

For those who need a dose of Youtube-provided catness: [link] a Bengal cat playing in the bathtub.

The theatre where I spend half my life has two bengals in residence. They're lovely and do not make me sneeze.

He told me that he had done the job to the best of his ability, and that he had no experience with "clerical work".

Is his assertion that "clerical work" is so very very difficult or so very very beneath him? (Either one makes me want to stab him in the eyes with my letter opener.)

I could be sympathetic if he tried. But telling me that you didn't make the copies I needed because the copier was out of paper when there are two other offices in the building, and you had my cell phone number and knew that I was checking my blackberry is not trying. Not filling in an entire column in a spreadsheet because "you didn't know what was supposed to go there" is not trying. *sigh*

I think some people think that asking questions is a sign of weakness, too. But it's so much better than not doing something because you don't know exactly how to do it. Boy should learn that fast!

Exactly, Vortex. It's not like he was putting in overtime to try to compensate for lack of typing skills. Or (how I got in trouble with a Pretty Important Person around here once) neither your boss nor anything in the files tells you that the key decision on your project has already been made.