Life of a Lab Rat

There is, as in any organization, a pecking order. Lab ManagersHead of Department at the top and Honours Students somewhere in the basement, with the cockroaches (two levels below the redbacks).

So it's always really funny when an Honours Student finds something wrong with a piece of equipment and sends a stinky letter to the entire Cage rather than doing something sensible like finding out who is responsible for that piece of equipment, or—Heaven forbid—talking to their supervisor about it. (The right to send grumpy emails comes with age. And entertainment value).

Earlier this week we had a real doozy:

17th September

To the people who moved the $EQUIPMENT,

I have been at $OTHER_PLACE for the
last 12 hours [doing $STUFF] and popped back to [use $EQUIPMENT]
to find out the $EQUIPMENT has been moved and i need a
key!! Please tell everyone a day in advance of changes happening to the
building.

:(

You're way ahead of me, aren't you? One serving of humble pie coming up:

sorry everyone,

i missed the email sent [] on the 12th. I will organize to
get a key.

On the one hand, my opinion of people increases when they admit their mistakes. On the other, Honours Students get assessed in a few weeks by members of this Department.

'Nuff said.