I was an intern, my 4th time interning in this field, they made it clear (early hiring) that I was on the short list to get a full time position.
They send me out for some routine mundane shit, that I felt like was make-work (go grab some supplies from a different building, why wouldn’t they keep supplies in the same building we were working in?)
I’m leaving the auxiliary building (100 yards from the main building) and some guy in a hazard vest runs up to me "someone just fell through the roof, go get help. “You got it man, I’m on it” semi shuffle my 260 pound ass back to the main building, “guys someone just fell through the ceiling, they need medical aide”.
The guy who sent me out for the supplies looked at me like ‘wtf are you talking about new guy’ "yeah, this guy in a hazard vest just ran up to me and said someone fell through the ceiling"the way his face went white and he ran for the phone made me realize this wasn’t hazing,
We got the rest of the day off, there was counseling, years later I started to talk to other people about it, how I thought it was a hazing, it became a bit of a gag, when I was sent for things after that a few of the guys would say “and donjuanme, this isn’t hazing”
I was an intern, my 4th time interning in this field, they made it clear (early hiring) that I was on the short list to get a full time position.
They send me out for some routine mundane shit, that I felt like was make-work (go grab some supplies from a different building, why wouldn’t they keep supplies in the same building we were working in?)
I’m leaving the auxiliary building (100 yards from the main building) and some guy in a hazard vest runs up to me "someone just fell through the roof, go get help. “You got it man, I’m on it” semi shuffle my 260 pound ass back to the main building, “guys someone just fell through the ceiling, they need medical aide”.
The guy who sent me out for the supplies looked at me like ‘wtf are you talking about new guy’ "yeah, this guy in a hazard vest just ran up to me and said someone fell through the ceiling"the way his face went white and he ran for the phone made me realize this wasn’t hazing,
We got the rest of the day off, there was counseling, years later I started to talk to other people about it, how I thought it was a hazing, it became a bit of a gag, when I was sent for things after that a few of the guys would say “and donjuanme, this isn’t hazing”