Today I was prepared to do work. I wore jeans for the first time to work and I was ready to take on whatever "C" threw at me. Boy, was I in for it today.
Some of the assistants had a meeting across town, which one of the directors left some documents that were needed for that meeting. I was the lucky intern to deliver them. "C" looked up on Google maps the best way to get there and was explaining to me which subways to use. Thankfully, "K" was sitting at his desk next to her and suggested that I just take a cab and take the company credit card to save some time. I wanted to thank "K" for the nice suggestion but felt that would have been too obvious that I don't particularly like taking the subway! "C" agreed on this (jumping with joy in my head), and I was given the credit card along with instructions to get every receipt when using it.
I felt like the typical intern, getting the credit card to go out and run errands.
Everyone had an errand for me, once they knew I was going across town. After I drop off the documents needed at the meeting for "B" (director), I was than told to go to Macy's and pick up a pair of Hue socks for Lucky Magazine's photo shoot for "C". We did not have the socks they needed for the shoot in our showroom.
Also, "K" needed a box picked up from a UPS store to fit a suitcase to send back to Kipling. The dimensions needed to be the right fit for the suitcase, which later I will explain why this became an issue.
Now, after explaining all the errands needing to be done while I was out, let me start with when I left the office to catch a cab....
I was pretty lucky and grabbed a cab that was sitting right outside the office building. I gave him the address and away I went. I had to meet "B" at the address by 11:45 a.m. I left at 11:15 a.m. so I was sure to get there on time. It only took about 15 minutes to get there between traffic and one-way streets, so I was early.
I was bringing "B" documents from the company Satya, which is a jewelry brand our company does PR for.
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| Look Book for Fall 2014 Collections |
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| First cab by myself |
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| Prepared with my walking flats |
I was hoping that the cab would drop me off right in front of the building I was meeting "B" at. But why would that happen? That would not be challenging enough. I was dropped off around the corner from where I was supposed to be. I had to figure out which way the number of the buildings were going, up or down. I first walked the wrong way, so I turned around and walked around the corner and finally found the right address.
As I waited outside this building, I was of course people watching, what else was I supposed to do? I was looking and admiring all the fashionable women and men walking in and out of this building, trying to figure out why everyone looked to fabulous. I Googled the address to see what exactly I was standing in front of. Little did I know that I was standing right in front of Hearst Corporation... one of the largest fashion and lifestyle magazine publications in the world. Magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and many, many more are produced just inside this building which I am now delivering documents at.
Talk about an interns dream and perspective on how surreal interning is.
I waited until 11:45 a.m. when "B" showed up and I handed her the envelope of Satya documents she needed. She was thankful I came to give them and made sure I knew had to get back. I told her I was making a few more errands.
As I walked away in shock that I was actually standing in front of Hearst Corporation and didn't even know it, I got a text from "K" letting me know that there was a UPS store just around the corner form where I was.
I go in and was overwhelmed with lines of people and all different kinds and boxes to choose from.
I was given dimensions and none of these boxes were big enough to hold a suitcase.
In a panic, I texted "K" back telling him the bad news. He suggested I go to another one closer to the office after my errand at Macy's.
Off I was then to 34th Street.
I decided to walk from 56th and 8th to 34th and 6th so that it didn't look like I was taking advantage of the company credit card, grabbing cabs right and left. It wasn't too bad weather wise, just a tad overcast, but I was prepared with flats and an umbrella just in case.
On my walk to Macy's I was enjoying the scenery and the change of pace. I had no time limit which made things much easier to do after having one to meet "B". I took my sweet time getting there.
I went down the avenues first to get them out of the way.
Than the streets:
I finally made it to Macy's.
"C" gave me a picture of what socks I was looking for. I was told to grab a pack if they had any, but if not, just one pair.
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| They are floral socks, not black |
I had to go all the way up to the 6th floor to go to hosiery and to then find the Hue section. I found the socks, not in a pack, but single pairs, grabbed one and made the purchase.
After I felt like I deserved some Starbucks, which was in Macy's, so cool!
I went inside, asked the man working there if they had the size box I needed and they did! I texted "K" that and he was very happy and said buy one. I didn't realize just how big this box was actually going to be until he pulled it out from the back room...
I felt bad taking a cab back to the office when I was only 15 streets away. This box would not have fit in a cab anyways, that's how big it was. I looked like your typical intern walking through the streets of NY.
On my long walk back, I passed the Javit's Center:
When I reached the office, I was sweating, my feet hurt, and I was starved. At this time it was already 1:45 p.m. I'd say it was a long morning.
I was relaxing for about 5 minutes until "C" had asked me to help her with a pull that was urgent to be sent out ASAP. I helped her with that and then ate my lunch. 10 minutes later, "K" asked me to help him with sending out messengers for pick-ups of goody bags for our clientele. Inside these good bags were MCM hand bags. These were not your average hand bags though. They were circular, with oddly shaped handles and the map print in tan that MCM is quite known for.
This was given to all the publications and blogger's that our company works closely with, just as a thank you.
Now, booking messengers is a process, which is done online. Each individual person with a specific address but be submitted separately. There were 35 gift bags... it was 2:30....they close at 5 p.m.... the pressure was on.
I ended up finishing the messenger requests just at 4:30 p.m. when I get a call from the company Success Express asking me how many more requests I had left because they close soon. Luckily I was done. It was amazing to see after every submission, someone would show up and walk off the elevator asking for the bag to the certain address. It was like magic, one click and BOOM, they were there and ready for pick-up.
Every time someone came in to pick-up a bag, they went to the wrong room and other interns would bring them to me to collect them. By the last pick-up, one of the male interns patted me on the back, telling me I did well under pressure and props to me for sending out the requests right. That felt pretty good, getting noticed by a peer.
Before I left for the day at 5:30 p.m., "C" wanted me to gather the rest of whatever Betsey Johnson runway looks we had left in the studio for Fall 2014, and to package them up to send back to Betsey's assistant. This was not going to be done before I left. There were just too many looks to sort through and organize.
As I was trying to quickly gather each look and label them for the garment bags, "C" came in and was watching me. She made a comment that really just made my day. She said, "I know your going on vacation next week and will be in on Monday to make-up for Tuesday/Thursday, but I don't know what I am going to do without you on those days!" This made me feel so appreciated. I said to her, "Awe, I can do anything you need me to on Monday, but I am so sorry I won't be able to be here the other days!" She said of course your allowed to have vacation but that she relied on me to be there for when she needed assistance. This truly touched me and made me feel so great and needed.
As I left the office that day, I was pleased with the days results. Many people never really are acknowledged for doing a job correctly in my life, only if you make a mistake or did something wrong, but to be noticed for hard work and that fact that I would have an impact on someone else and their job is really one of the best feelings to experience.
I truly was so happy and excited to continue my journey interning and helping "C" do her work and just show what I can do.
You never know what experiences can lead to even bigger ones, and I just hope that by putting hard work into something, will eventually pay off and better my future plans.
I am grateful to have gotten this internship and be able to say I interned there.
From the conversation "C" and I had on Thursday, I am going away next week for 6 days. I will be interning Monday to make up for the days I will be missing and plan on writing a post at some point for Monday's day, but the other days I will not be.
Please don't forget to look for Monday's posting and then the following week, it will be back to normal posting days.
Thanks for following my blog and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it!
XOXO
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