India, July 30 -- Most interns spend their first day getting to know the team and settling into their new role. But one intern decided to take a different route by emailing the CEO with a simple piece of advice: "Have you tried increasing revenue?"

Roshan Patel, CEO and founder of Arrow Payments, shared a screenshot of the email on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption, "We hired a college intern. Today is his first day. Here's what he just sent me."

In the email, the intern wrote, "Hey, I had a quick idea for the company, sorry if this was already brought up, but have we tried increasing revenue?"

The internet was quick to spot the humour. X users responded with sarcastic comments, calling it the kind of "genius" advice CEOs have been...