- Be friendly, commit to an internship, and then the day of, ghost your employer and never speak to them again.
- Continue to post your duckface selfies on Facebook so said employer knows you’re totally fine, you just didn’t care enough about your reputation to follow through on your promises.
- Be okay with people you’ve broken promises to to report your behavior back to your school. Because they will, and it may endanger their relationship with other companies and how well they can place students in internships.
- Have no issue with the fact that many industries, like event industries, are tight knit, and one day when you are looking for a job in that industry, someone will hear your name and tell that potential employer not to touch you with a 10 foot pole.
- You may not realize it now, but you may need a reference from your internship even years down the road. So be cool with the fact you won’t get it now, and it may cost you a potential job.
- Be late. Always a great excuse.
- Bring your personal issues to work.
- Claim “family emergency” as an excuse not to show up. If your family member literally isn’t dying or close to it, it’s not an emergency. We can smell a lame excuse a mile away.
- Don’t write a thank you note or email. (A note’s better.)
Good luck!