your blonde colleague states that she is going back to school to join the CIA

You post one more random thread on Archinect.

Oops, sorry... that's when you're not "working" enough at work.

...the principal says during my review "as soon as we get some work, we'll get you that experience."

Meanwhile, he goes back to looking at porn and playing solitaire. No joke.

Your boss has you putting together IKEA furniture.

Hey General acres and pdigi;
No gratitude to your boss for keeping you employed even though there is no work? Now you want him to educate you too? Be a self starter and set up your own learning program. Study for the LEED exam, learn new software, research IPD and what it will mean for your future.

Oh, and try helping your boss put together that IKEA furniture and chat with him about his experiences. You can still learn something from him.

(not at an architecture firm) but:

...your significantly more experienced coworker asks you what the symbol for "pi" is.

Easy archie.

It was an unpaid internship. I learned what I could when I could. I'm still keeping myself busy while unemployed, so don't worry about me.

It's kind of difficult to chat with someone about the profession when you're a one-many assembly team.

when u work at big^^

when you ask that question

when they tell you to sort out the flat files again

...when you're taking modeling advise from the janitor whose been working for the building for serveral years.