Alissa McCarthy is a human resource intern at Verizon. She is a rising junior at Cornell University, studying Industrial and Labor relations with a minor in business. Over the next few weeks, Alissa will share her day-to-day experiences, surprises, and learnings that she encounters during her internship at Verizon. In the following post, Alissa expresses her typical thought process before starting a day at work.
After a few weeks of my internship, it was fairly easy to settle into a routine. Wake up, go to work, go home, watch “30 Rock” re-runs, go to bed. As interning at Verizon requires a good deal of hard work, a lot of sleep is always welcome. Needless to say, the moment my alarm goes off in the morning it takes a while to mentally prepare for the day. Here’s how it usually goes…
1. If I skip breakfast I can sleep for 10 more minutes.  | 2. Never mind…I’m starving.  |
3. Thanks, Dad, for telling me I look “grown up.” (But I look no older than I did yesterday.)  | 4. I wonder if it’s possible to permanently burn your tongue on coffee.  |
5. It’s so much easier driving in sensible shoes than in heels. Thank you business-causal dress code  | 6. Today will be the day I get stuck in the elevator. Time to put that elevator speech to use.  |
7. I probably forgot something important.  | 8. You can never turn on the radio without hearing Cheerleader.  |
9. Tomorrow I’ll wake up earlier and go to the Verizon gym (can’t let that free membership go to waste).  | 10. Who am I kidding? No I won’t.  |
11. I look good today. Might as well put my complementary selfie stick to use.  | 12. Wow, that’s a lot of emails.  |
13. Ready for another day in the real world.  |
The fast paced and highly engaging work environment at Verizon makes the days move at lightning speed. It’s hard to believe that I’m already more than a third of the way done. Waking up early and listening to repetitive songs on the radio are easy prices to pay for what my experience here has to give.
