Or something.
Maybe I'm just too Irish. Or too blue collar. Or too Marine Corps. Or something. But this story really chapped my ass.
This, from His Honor Ed Koch, probably the last mayor of New York City not to regularly roil the stomachs of the rest of the American citizenry:
Recently I conducted a seminar for twelve interns a few years out of college who were sent to me by a foundation that placed them with private firms and public agencies for work experience.
Well.
Normally, I disapprove of the cheapening of the mother tongue by means of the inroads made into its use through email, text "messaging," and whatnot, but I have come to harbor second thoughts on at least one usage item.
Mayor Koch speaks of "interns" who are "a few years out of college," yet are, apparently, in need of "a foundation" to place them "with private firms and public agencies" for, yes, you read that correctly, "work experience."
Work experience.
I hereby bestow my unqualified blessing on "WTF??"
Mayor Koch, and all other enablers of such bovine gaseous releases: shame on you.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you are a few years out of college and are still in need of "work experience," I have weeds in my back yard which need pulling -- but I would not hire you for such a task, as it is clearly beyond you, to the extent that I fear I would be unable to trust you with any of the finer details.
Stick with your foundations.
Uh, and Mayor Koch: WTF???
(Hat tip: Kathryn Jean Lopez)
Posted by Craig Ceely at December 21, 2008 11:54 PM