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asimplechordWednesday afternoon I ran a Western. The Idiot did also.
I noticed when I was setting my transfer up that he had left his gel box out on the bench, full of used buffer, along with the paper liner for the membranes he used for the transfer. (Usually we dump out the buffer and rinse the apparatus off, because the salt will crystalize if you let the water evaporate, and that's not good for the electrode, which is a very narrow platinum wire. Once it's broken or corroded, the apparatus is no longer useful, and rather than selling the parts to fix the electrode, GE Biosciences would rather fill landfills with the old apparatus and sell you a new one. For $400.) I figured he was just busy, and he'd come back and clean up his mess when he was out of the tissue culture hood.
He didn't clean up after himself before I left.
I came in the next morning, and it was still there. I decided to see how long it would sit there, thinking that *surely* he would realize it was his mess.
Oh no. It was still there when I arrived this morning. Still there now, long after he's gone for the day. There is a crust of salt on the gaskets.
I've taken all the other gel boxes and given them to other lab members for individual use. If he wants to use one, he can clean the one he abused. He is not a child, and we are not here to clean up after him.
When is he going to be out of my workplace and my life? However soon it is, it won't be soon enough!
ETA: 22April09, 7pm. Still sitting there. It's been a full week.
ETA: 23April09. Got tired of it being in my way. Moved from the gel-running station to his bench. He appears not to have noticed its presence.
I noticed when I was setting my transfer up that he had left his gel box out on the bench, full of used buffer, along with the paper liner for the membranes he used for the transfer. (Usually we dump out the buffer and rinse the apparatus off, because the salt will crystalize if you let the water evaporate, and that's not good for the electrode, which is a very narrow platinum wire. Once it's broken or corroded, the apparatus is no longer useful, and rather than selling the parts to fix the electrode, GE Biosciences would rather fill landfills with the old apparatus and sell you a new one. For $400.) I figured he was just busy, and he'd come back and clean up his mess when he was out of the tissue culture hood.
He didn't clean up after himself before I left.
I came in the next morning, and it was still there. I decided to see how long it would sit there, thinking that *surely* he would realize it was his mess.
Oh no. It was still there when I arrived this morning. Still there now, long after he's gone for the day. There is a crust of salt on the gaskets.
I've taken all the other gel boxes and given them to other lab members for individual use. If he wants to use one, he can clean the one he abused. He is not a child, and we are not here to clean up after him.
When is he going to be out of my workplace and my life? However soon it is, it won't be soon enough!
ETA: 22April09, 7pm. Still sitting there. It's been a full week.
ETA: 23April09. Got tired of it being in my way. Moved from the gel-running station to his bench. He appears not to have noticed its presence.
