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100CalorieLoren	Omg. People are crazy. What should I do?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 169 (04/15/2009 6:08 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Backstory: I'm doing an internship in africa this summer. I leave in 3 weeks. I got the internship through a program which connects students in the US with non-profits in S.A. All of the interns live together. One kid made a fbook group for all of us to talk about where we're working, etc. I've had some problems so far, and I wrote this on the fbook group: "I'm a little annoyed here. Just last week Kim emailed me saying that my iternship was no longer available and I have to switch, and I just now got another email from her saying housing is no longer available." I was told my intership was unavailable a month before leaving. Wouldnt you be annoyed?! I guess there was a misunderstanding with the housing. The program direction called my house and literally SCREAMED at my mother saying that I was personally attacking Kim. He said that they only take 15% of the ppl who apply because they don't want trouble makers, and that I was publically defaming them. Now I need to personally apologize to Kim. He sent me a bunch of emails saying that I must speak to him on the phone tomorrow. My mom said he sounded like he was about to kick me out of the program. WTF. I am 22 years old?! Don't call my mother and talk to her like that. She was laughing when she told me because he was so ridiculous. Edited By: 100CalorieLoren 04/15/2009 6:11 PM. Edited 1 time.
xxGirlxxFixerxx		#1	[-]
Posts: 1826 (04/15/2009 6:11 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well first of all why didn't your mother had you the phone, if she knew the call wasn't for her? Second, I don't think you should have posted anything on that group, he was right, you should have contacted them and dealt with them.
waitwhat		#2	[-]
Posts: 541 (04/15/2009 6:13 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	So you don't have housing and had to switch your internship at the last minute and you're the bad guy? I think what you posted was unprofessional if this internship is really important to you, so you may have to suck it up. But they need to get it straight because you have valid concerns here. And if you're paying for this, that's bullshit.
100CalorieLoren		#3	[-]
Posts: 170 (04/15/2009 6:13 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I wasn't home. Its not like this was group was affiliated with their group on facebook. One of the interns for just us. I received a few msgs from other interns stating the same thing, that they were extremely annoyed with how things are run as well. All I can think of is that he knows they're having problems but he doesn't want anyone to know.
EJFiederer		#4	[-]
Posts: 13016 (04/15/2009 6:15 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I don't get the whole thing! So, everything was good to go until you posted on Facebook?
100CalorieLoren		#5	[-]
Posts: 171 (04/15/2009 6:18 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	These people have nothing to do with the internship. They are a professional service, which I PAID $1,200 for them to find me the internship and assure me housing and safety while there. I don't work with them, I'm working with an organization that they set me up with. EJ, I've been working with this service for about 5 months now. They emailed me a month ago telling me that the internship I'd been planning on was no longer available because they didn't have space for me. I posted on the wall for the interns that I was annoyed.
EJFiederer		#6	[-]
Posts: 13017 (04/15/2009 6:22 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	So you posted that your internship fell through and now the organization that fucked it up is angry? Is that it?
daeZ23		#7	[-]
Posts: 273 (04/15/2009 6:22 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Id be more than just annoyed, you paid for assurance and now they just call you up and say, oops no room for you!? I'd be pissed the fuck off.
100CalorieLoren		#8	[-]
Posts: 172 (04/15/2009 6:23 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Yes Isn't that absurd!? I have to call and apologize to Kim, and the director, for saying that I was annoyed. What in the hell? I really want this internship, so I guess I just have to kiss ass.
daeZ23		#9	[-]
Posts: 274 (04/15/2009 6:26 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I mean really....their mad cuz your were annoyed becuz you paid for getting the internship then they said there was no space for you then you just said you were annoyed. They need to chill OUT.
souldawg		#10	[-]
Posts: 11628 (04/15/2009 6:26 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well how did you respond? Was it maturely posing a question or did you try to flame their asses on fb? Professionally if you did the latter, not a smart move, annoyed or not.
xxGirlxxFixerxx		#11	[-]
Posts: 1829 (04/15/2009 6:28 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well in their defense, they are a business and she wrote on a public website, and it wasn't something good, so they have every right to be upset. On the other hand, I understand why you are upset, that wasn't very good of him to behave that way. Poor customer service.
EJFiederer		#12	[-]
Posts: 13018 (04/15/2009 6:28 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Quite ridiculous! I would have been pissed too and just might have turned to venting on a board of people in the same situation. Nothing you said wasn't true and that's what I would throw back at the guy. I would be like, "Hey fucktard! Do you have housing for me??? What exactly did I say that wasn't true?" (in my head!) The reality is that you have to do what you have to do to get this intership done!
100CalorieLoren		#13	[-]
Posts: 173 (04/15/2009 6:29 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	What I wrote above is literally all I've said. When the director emailed me the next day, I wrote back that I was sorry for the misunderstanding and that I looked forward to getting there and getting started with my internship. Apparently that wasn't good enough, because he then called my house and screamed at my mother. I don't live there, but it was listed as my contact number since my cell is iffy. I live a half hour away at school. What annoys me the most is that the kid set up the intern group so we could just get to know eachother and talk before getting there. It is not a group affiliated with the service. If you facebook search the service, the group I'm in isn't listed. I'm allowed to vent my frustration there. If they don't like it, then don't eff up. Edited By: 100CalorieLoren 04/15/2009 6:32 PM. Edited 1 times.
Samantha James		#14	[-]
Posts: 11599 (04/15/2009 6:34 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	100CalorieLoren wrote: Now I need to personally apologize to Kim. You don't have to do anything but die. Everything else is negotiable. You sure as shit don't have to apologize to anyone for anything if you don't want to. Sidenote: If you don't have enough discretion to know what you should and shouldn't post on Facebook, you need to get rid of that shit.
100CalorieLoren		#15	[-]
Posts: 174 (04/15/2009 6:45 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	If I pay for a service, and the service is not up to par, then I have every right to post my complaint. Its not as if I created a facebook group slamming them, I simply stated that I was annoyed, thats all. I also wrote it on a group that was not connected to the service.
AudaciousAudrey		#16	[-]
Posts: 24200 (04/15/2009 6:49 PM) Biggest Know It All '09 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	So do you have anything left? Are you still getting an internship? If everything has fallen through I would definitely not apologize to anybody and leave my comments up for everyone to see.
100CalorieLoren		#17	[-]
Posts: 175 (04/15/2009 7:11 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I'm still going, I accepted another internship that they found me last minute, which isn't really something I want to do but I already bought my plane ticket and I really want to go. I have to apologize because I'm going to be working with these people for the whole summer.
The last migration		#18	[-]
Posts: 7929 (04/15/2009 7:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I would back out of that situation as quickly as possible. Do you really want to be stuck in Africa with lying, backstabbing people?
Samantha James		#19	[-]
Posts: 11604 (04/15/2009 7:15 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well, you don't have to. You just want to. But adversity builds character.

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