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adarraliselle

The internet doesn't go out when the power does...

Nov 21, 2010 08:00

You guys, I left work at 9:30 last night. I was back in this morning at 6:30, due to a scheduled power outage. I have to be here to shut down the freezer and refrigerators and start them back up while they switch to backup power, and then again this afternoon when they put the toys away. I had planned to do this and work in the intervening time. ( Read more... )

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msschein November 21 2010, 16:56:57 UTC

That sucks! I'm sorry.

Actually, why is this your life? Shouldn't they have a full time paid staff member to deal with the lab equipment? What's their plan for when you graduate? (Or is the plan to never let you graduate?)

adarraliselle November 21 2010, 20:25:47 UTC

Some labs do have a more staff. They mix media, handle the ordering, and do all sorts of nifty things. There is no money for that right now though. I have no idea what they are going to do when I graduate. No idea at all. I am, however, considering changing my cell phone number when I finish.

msschein November 21 2010, 21:30:08 UTC

Fair enough. Their problem once you're gone. I hope it features prominently on your CV under "Hire me, I'm amazing, and full of both practical and book knowledge, and a I'm workaholic."

crinkledpaper November 22 2010, 18:24:07 UTC

How annoying. Don't they realize that people are working in your building? Ugh.

adarraliselle November 22 2010, 23:56:00 UTC

Oddly enough, not really. First of all, they don't realize people work every day. Second, they think that if we aren't there, nothing needs to be on. Third, they don't understand that a lot of the equipment has a complicated shutdown procedure. It took like three months of emailing to get this across.

Btw, they finally just called it off. So, waste of time AND we get to do this all over again.