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happychemist) wrote2005-06-17 05:01 pm
happychemist) wrote2005-06-17 05:01 pm
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Does Not Play Well with Others.
Less than a month after I took the trouble to clean the MonoS column, I went to use it today to find that the sucker was more than dirty; it was completely jammed and clogged. Someone has managed to render it completely useless.
It only takes one person to mess it all up for everybody. I've always had this problem in lab; I always try to keep things clean. But if just one person is careless and messy, well, that doesn't really help the rest of us, does it?
I am tempted to go and order a new column. Well, I suppose we'll have to get a new one no matter what. But would it be wrong to hide it and keep it for my own exclusive use? Yes, I understand it is an expensive piece of equipment that everybody needs to use. (It's like going out and buying a copy machine for yourself just because somebody continually messes up the one the whole building uses by always pouring orange juice in the ink tray...ok...maybe not exactly like it, but close.) However, I hardly think it worthwhile to have my research continually interrupted because somebody else in the lab is a sloppy person.
It was a less than ideal day at work, to put it mildly. I need a vacation.
It only takes one person to mess it all up for everybody. I've always had this problem in lab; I always try to keep things clean. But if just one person is careless and messy, well, that doesn't really help the rest of us, does it?
I am tempted to go and order a new column. Well, I suppose we'll have to get a new one no matter what. But would it be wrong to hide it and keep it for my own exclusive use? Yes, I understand it is an expensive piece of equipment that everybody needs to use. (It's like going out and buying a copy machine for yourself just because somebody continually messes up the one the whole building uses by always pouring orange juice in the ink tray...ok...maybe not exactly like it, but close.) However, I hardly think it worthwhile to have my research continually interrupted because somebody else in the lab is a sloppy person.
It was a less than ideal day at work, to put it mildly. I need a vacation.
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But I mean, that's like... how my family works. >_> Not sure if it actually works in the real world.
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As the person who is usually called to sort out the "orange juice in the ink tray" problems (more usually jammed paper, but pressing on...), I can empathize and sympathize entirely. Makes one want to do harm. Grr.
*hands you chocolate*