Helicopter parents are insufferable.

I just had a mom call in demanding to talk to someone in hiring or HR about internships. I put her on hold and asked the VP what I should do. He said get her name and contact number and have her email him with a resume. Seems fair, right?

I give her his email address and say that the best way to contact him is by email because he’s in meetings most of the day, but that he is the person to talk to. She starts going on and on and on about how she wants to talk to someone on the phone, she doesn’t want email. Then she starts babbling about internships for high school kids. My guess is that her kid was supposed to have some sort of internship set up by now for their school, kid slacked off, and mom is scrambling to try and get something for her kid.