talk to me. please.

I work at a business and I have an intern. The intern reminds me of a younger…well, me. I will call the intern into my office and offer them a stool. It is here that I will gently prod them for details of what they did the night before, or what they are planning for the weekend, or where a good restaurant might be. I laugh a lot and say things like “get out of here!” “ahh, to be young”. It’s all under the guise of office banter, but I couldn’t be less concerned with the actual job they’re doing at the business. I pay the intern in fish sticks and internally reminisce of days gone by.