Krazy Krystal's Laboratory

I've just taped this up on the wall in the lab...

Once upon a time there was a scientist who decided to work late on a Friday night to help out a friend with a big huge experiment that was going on in the lab. There was just one thing she had to remember to do before she went home, and that was to split her parasite culture. After a long and tiring day, that finished off around 11pm with some very cold pizza that got lost on it’s way to the IIU, the scientist went to warm up some parasite media. She turned on the water bath and then went back to chew on her unsatisfactory and mostly disappointing pizza, which sadly, was the highlight of her Friday night. All the little scientist had to do before heading off home to get some well deserved rest was feed her parasites. As she took her media from the waterbath she thought “Gee this media feels warm” and then realised that SOMEONE HAD RE-SET THE THERMOSTAT ON THE WATER BATH TO 70°C AND NOT TURNED IT BACK TO 37. The poor tired scientist let rip a string of colourful adjectives that cannot be re-printed here and then tried very hard not to cry.

If you care about poor tired little scientists, then could you please use the incubator on the bench for all your non-37 degree waterbath needs. It works. I swear it does. But if you really really have to use the waterbath near the sink could you please pretty please set it back to 37°C when you’re finished. That or provide hot pizza within 35 minutes of the customer calling.

Thank you.

posted by Dr Krystal @ 4:43 pm