having an advanced degree doesn't necessarily imply possession of common sense

[asimplechord]

Dear Person Who Complained That The Film Developer Was Not Working,

It helps if you turn the machine on.

Just sayin'.

Comments

[slashxmistress.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO!

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

We specialize in higher learning and logic here, clearly.

[madelinesimone.livejournal.com]

That totally helps.

Also, re: your subject, being in a graduate program does not imply sense. Like when people say things about the sun orbiting the Earth. Yes, seriously.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

The sun doesn't orbit the earth?

*runs away*

[a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com]

They were right though - it wasn't working. :D

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Indeed they were. But interrupting my experiment with their frantic phone call that they need to develop a film RIGHT NOW and a demand that I immediately fix the malfunction, without ever checking the power supply? Especially when we sent out a reminder *this week* that the developer was to be turned on and off for each use, rather than runnign continuously? Does not endear them to me.

[angela-snape.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Some scientists have no common sense. :)

[anglwitscbdwngs.livejournal.com]

hilarious. that's what i love about pretentious intellectuals. there's always a random piece of common sense that pops their balloon. this is why i firmly believe in stating that i am a ditzy academic. i can't spell, i have shitty grammar, and 5/5 times i will get lost when going to a new place *with* directions. degrees don't equal sense ever.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

I'm a ditzy academic too! But the thing is, the first thing I check, always, is the power. Because often with other, computer-driven equipment, the first thing to do is log out/off/shutdown and reboot, and that'll fix the problem.

[anglwitscbdwngs.livejournal.com]

what's frustrating is that because i'm an unabashed ditzy academic no one ever believes that i have the solution to a problem (unless its specifically related to my field.) i have to trouble shoot tech problems all the time (because i don't want to bother other people) so i come across a lot of common problems and know how to respond. but when something fucks up no one believes me so i just sit and watch the run around clueless.

[minuet99.livejournal.com]

LMAO!!!

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

It's funny now. After 11 hours of work, when all I wanted to do was harvest my cells and leave, getting interrupted by that? Not funny.

[behindthec.livejournal.com]

lulz!

reminds me of one time we were interviewing temps; my co-worker asked her, "what was your favourite past job and why?"

she answered, "working in the wal-mart photo center, because i'm very photogenic."

that was a year ago. we're still laughing.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Hee, that's awesome. I love it when people use words that they clearly do not understand.

[escherzo.livejournal.com]

It's always the obvious solutions that get overlooked.