Take It Off

We know you are excited to work for Senator X on the Hill. We know you are a true badass for landing an internship with the State Department.

We all want to be you.

But for heaven's sake, take off your damn nametag at the end of the day. Don't "accidentally" forget to remove it before happy hour, for this makes you a tool, not an employee who is so wrapped up in his job that he just didn't have the time to remove the tag that flops against his chest all day.

Nametags are a pain in the neck and should be considered a collar given to you by your political owner.

Here is the truth about name tags:

* During the many very important errands you run every day, you walk so fast that your tag flies behind you and you have to reach to your side to retrieve it in order to present it to the Capitol subway guard.

* It gets in the way when you go to the bathroom so you sling it over your shoulder along with the tie cutting off your air supply. (Ladies, this goes for you too, sans the tie.)

* You look like an inmate in the picture.

The bottom line is, the people you are meeting for drinks/coffee/dinner after work know what your internship is, so stop being an attention whore. And please, for God's sake, if you have worn it to the bar/restaurant and STILL no one has noticed it, quietly remove it, don't ostentatiously look down and say, "Oh, I totally forgot to take this off."

It's just painful and blatantly awkward.