@Nu Kua said:
I'm not bashing the interns. This is how everyone on the team communcates. They've just picked it up from the permanent programmers.
At least they talk to each other. Where I work (all permanents or contractors, no interns) it would have gone something like:
Intern Programmer 2 to self: This task says I need to create categories but I'm not sure what they are. If I ignore that bit then maybe someone else will do it. Intern Programmer 2 doesn't ask the person who created the task how to create categories.
Intern Programmer 2 doesn't ask Programmer 1 how to create categories.
Intern Programmer 2 doesn't assign the task to someone who knows how to create categories.
Intern Programmer 2 marks work as complete.
QA asks Programmer 2 why they didn't create the category and then helps them do it.
Actually, I made that last bit up, there isn't actually anyone doing QA.
The sad part is that despite this, it's not the most WTFy place I've worked.