tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post1306960563803104847..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Is washing your own dishes a good thing?Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-73417506671686315102011-03-14T04:57:29.351-04:002011-03-14T04:57:29.351-04:00Washing your own glassware is not necessarily a wa...Washing your own glassware is not necessarily a waste of highly-paid research time. You can be thinking over a problem while you do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-35284105536176602832011-03-12T19:46:02.075-05:002011-03-12T19:46:02.075-05:00I always felt washing glassware to be a great exam...I always felt washing glassware to be a great example of the lack of respect most biotechs have for chemists. 4 years UG, 4-6 years grad school, 0-2+ years as a pdf, and you're cleaning dishes like a totally unskilled high school dropout (yes, fine, some if it is delicate and expensive, but so are the crystal cabernet glasses where I ate last night). Whenever I get wistful for those days back in the lab, I just think of that (well, along with many other things) and am sooooooooooooooooooooooo thankful to be out of biotech.bbooooooyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-62755361448584077792011-03-12T17:01:23.998-05:002011-03-12T17:01:23.998-05:00@geernst
I totally agree with you about the luck ...@geernst<br /><br />I totally agree with you about the luck thing. If you get a hood previously occupied by an unskilled chemist, reactions just never work the same as a good karma hood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-80555866664565637352011-03-11T21:12:01.154-05:002011-03-11T21:12:01.154-05:00Even though was we had a glass washing service at ...Even though was we had a glass washing service at AZ I always, always, always washed my own glassware, so the good luck would no be washed off by those unskilled in the art. Are chemists superstitious? Um, maybe a little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-15036137092526806272011-03-11T20:58:17.771-05:002011-03-11T20:58:17.771-05:00I WAS kidding.I WAS kidding.Leigh Krietsch Boernerhttp://www.ljkboerner.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-1422122004525896272011-03-11T18:00:05.447-05:002011-03-11T18:00:05.447-05:00....and so you know where they are when you need t.......and so you know where they are when you need to set that next thing up...See Arr Ohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-68798672995266168312011-03-11T15:36:41.217-05:002011-03-11T15:36:41.217-05:00You do your own dishes so that you know that they&...You do your own dishes so that you know that they're clean.Arjunhttp://subnaught.org/cgi/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-75528497284607553712011-03-11T09:24:44.818-05:002011-03-11T09:24:44.818-05:00Everyone should wash dishes when they start out.Everyone should wash dishes when they start out.ka48309https://www.blogger.com/profile/04754482736116609797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-30008308006987118902011-03-11T09:20:16.916-05:002011-03-11T09:20:16.916-05:00I interned at a biotech that had a guy come by eve...I interned at a biotech that had a guy come by every other day and take your glassware bin to a dishwasher, but all it did was bake the organic crud onto the glass. It was easier to just clean it yourself the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-41935622071498142932011-03-11T08:39:54.065-05:002011-03-11T08:39:54.065-05:00as prospective graduate students, not servants.
A...<i> as prospective graduate students, not servants.</i><br /><br />And the difference is...? (kidding! kidding!)Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-83980501819912764732011-03-11T08:36:49.165-05:002011-03-11T08:36:49.165-05:00My undergraduate boss told me that if he just want...My undergraduate boss told me that if he just wanted dishes washed he'd have bought a dishwasher.<br /><br />Undergraduates in lab should be thought of as prospective graduate students, not servants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-79429010971660115212011-03-11T08:32:22.894-05:002011-03-11T08:32:22.894-05:00You know, I never asked my undergrads to wash my d...You know, I never asked my undergrads to wash my dishes. I don't know why.Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-91043221039960550422011-03-11T08:26:50.741-05:002011-03-11T08:26:50.741-05:00Isn't that what undergrads are for?Isn't that what undergrads are for?Leigh Krietsch Boernerhttp://ljkboerner.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com