Sleeping intern gets Photoshopped into a meme by coworkers

Mistakes were made. So were memes.
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Brian Koerber
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The sofas over at iris Worldwide are super comfy.

Last May, an intern at iris' Atlanta office sat down on one of those cozy couches, and soon fell asleep. Working with creatives has its fair share of annoyances, one of those being that they're great at Photoshop. In good fun, his coworkers decided to Photoshop him into his own meme.

Fast forward to present day, and their couches are still super comfy. Another intern fell victim to its sleepy grasp, and again, his coworkers Photoshopped him into his own meme.

He's gonna feel that one.

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He doesn't even have to look at his feet!

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The Simpsons would be proud.

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Things got weird.

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Definitely Hufflepuff.

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Executive Creative Director Simon Candy said that the whole thing is all in good fun.

“Interns who join us in the iris Bunker program are fully immersed in our culture to get a true agency experience — meaning that resting your eyes for just a second can result in a full-on Photoshop battle. It’s all in good fun, though, and part of what makes agency life so unique and entertaining,” Candy explained. 

Stranger Things just got stranger.

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Don't Wake Daddy.

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This intern is now royalty.

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He'll be fine.

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The iron throne never looked comfier.

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It was a pretty boring process.

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Tom, please stop jumping on the couch he's trying to sleep.

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Kellyanne Conway finally found a new friend.

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Top that, Uma.

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They had to rest somewhere.

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Sleeping in space actually sounds really nice.

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Sorry, La La Land.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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