The other interns pursue similarly energetic agendas. One woman's tiny host agency in Washington appears on the verge of breaking up while she's there. Various interns travel to New York, Albany, Amherst, Philadelphia, and Charlotte to interview people and make contacts. They comb Hopkins's MSE Library for information. At one point, Etchart offers the group an afternoon off, but nobody wants it.
Several interns laugh, but nobody disagrees.
Is very funny for me because they pay money to talk about how much they eat. The interns must quickly adjust to daily American life. Back home, they depend on public transportation, but here, in many places, it is inadequate or even non-existent. They go into stores like Home Depot, and the choices overwhelm them. They can't believe how much paper Americans use.