See, there are a lot of reasonable explanations for pitstain's seemingly improbable encounter--if you're a gullible DUmmy, that is.
Yeah, nice try. In two of those, he wasn't 'furloughed' then in the sense of what this is since he is not a federal employee, but a contract employee and I know of nobody else who uses that term except for a federal employee in reference to their position. In my information, seasonal employees are also given 30 days notice so well there's that:-P and from what I read on the NPS, NOBODY has yet been given their notice so there's that.
ALSO, intern is a position someone can take who has even been in for many years. An intern in the feds is merely, in many cases, just a trainee for a higher level position who will be the bitch boy/girl for a couple of years on their way to full grade. A former coworker of mine is an intern currently--think of it like a long term trainee because of the GS level they are being trained for requires extensive training. He will be furloughed like anyone else without the title 'intern'; he won't be let go unless other employees are too. I think this person thinks an intern is a temp like the private world, but one can be a permanent fulltime employee AND be an intern. Like I said, in many situations it is merely a longer term training status; you just lose the intern once you get the certs and move into the full grade.
As for his last scenario of not knowing the difference between the two: possible, but given the amount of information out there even newer employees have been told the difference between a furlough and a RIF. There enough paper explaining it out there, even for the public, to makes ones eyes bleed.
I get your point Delmar, and yes, any excuse to validate the pittstain.
