The Vent and Rant Thread

[LCF]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Now that's just uncalled for!
(Plus - it isn't blue)

I was working on it:

[poohbear_nc]

I think you need to make an appointment with our resident psychrnk - it's obvious that your entire perspective has been tinted a deep azure.

Sind sie augen blaue? (I'm running away now).

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by LCF

I was working on it:

Attachment 46368

That looks REALLY un-appetizing!!!

Err, the blue chicken which didn't show up in my quote.

[LCF]

Originally Posted by omk3

Now, why on earth would you be repeatedly asked something like that?
And what colour is it anyway?

Well, it's a practical exercise where the students have to find out what substance we gave them. And rule number one is:

1. When you test if your substance has the element X always make the parallel experiment with the element X.

Now, the conversation I had about 200 times today (unfortunately I'm not exaggerating) was something like this one:

They: Sorry, do you have a second? I just ... and then ... after which I ... and added ... (30-60 seconds vocal bombardment.) Somehow they think, that if they use the words "this" and "that" instead of the actual names of the reagents I'm still able to follow their thoughts recreating their experiment in my head, ‘cause it's a well known fact, that supervisors have all the ******* experiments in the ******* 800-page book memorized.

Me: OK... did you make the Reference?

They: No, you don’t really need it, right? I mean, the Book says, that it should be "Berliner Blau" color - so is it?

Me: Is it what? (Sounding naive but anticipating what's comin’)

They: Ist das blau? (Typically the color varies between purple and green)
Me (being much more polite than I was with poohbear-nc): I don't know why don't you try doing the reference, and if it looks much different, then do the blind check too. (Same experiment, where you try to identify X, but this time without X, so you see how the negative sample looks like)

They (looking like I stole their Ice-cream): But I hate doing Refs and Blinds; they're soo lame.

Me: (If I say anything at this point, the picture I posted above would be nothing compared to it, so I just try to smile politely. But I guess it was more like this, 'cause they went away pretty fast.

The (God, thank You!!!) End.

Now, I said I had this conversation about 200 times today. We have 50 students. You do the math.

P.S.: By student I mean someone, who graduated 13th class and is now attending an university.

[kindlekitten]

well, good, now that that's cleared up. I mean it could have been so many different things! like certain body parts! and since it's a family oriented forum I won't specify which body parts! but the concept of being asked repeatedly if they were in a blau state of being was just becoming... well mind boggling!!!

[omk3]

Sorry, I mean, I completely sympathize

Also, ist das blau? Es sieht mehr lila oder grün aus... Oder vielleicht dunkelrot?





(sorry, I couldn't help it)



[EDIT] Ist das Berliner blau?

[badgoodDeb]

Just for curiosity, what substance are they testing? Unless we wouldn't really understand anyway!

[LCF]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I think you need to make an appointment with our resident psychrnk - it's obvious that your entire perspective has been tinted a deep azure.

You know... it's not such a bad idea.

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Sind sie augen blaue? (I'm running away now).

No, that would be Lady Blue.

[LCF]

Originally Posted by omk3

Sorry, I mean, I completely sympathize

Also, ist das blau? Es sieht mehr lila oder grün aus... Oder vielleicht dunkelrot?





(sorry, I couldn't help it)



[EDIT] Ist das Berliner blau?

Yep. All of it.

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Just for curiosity, what substance are they testing? Unless we wouldn't really understand anyway!

It's just a mixture of 2-4 anorganic salts.

[pshrynk]

When I did quant chem, there was an indicator that we used that went from a mauvish pink to a peachish orange at the critical point. By the time I did it ten times because the change was so subtle to me, I decided that I must be color blind. Turned out I was. In that range especially. Which is why I thank ghod for creating reagent specific electrodes.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

When I did quant chem, there was an indicator that we used that went from a mauvish pink to a peachish orange at the critical point. By the time I did it ten times because the change was so subtle to me, I decided that I must be color blind. Turned out I was. In that range especially. Which is why I thank ghod for creating reagent specific electrodes.

Isn't your avatar blue?

[nomesque]

"There's not much to do" has been consistently translating into "Holy crap, look at the huge effing workload!", lately. I'm slightly grumpy.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

well, good, now that that's cleared up. I mean it could have been so many different things! like certain body parts! and since it's a family oriented forum I won't specify which body parts! but the concept of being asked repeatedly if they were in a blau state of being was just becoming... well mind boggling!!!

Hehe... great minds think alike? That was kinda my first reaction as well. Wondering if we were refereing to bodyparts.

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

...... Which is why I thank ghod for creating reagent specific electrodes.

Oh, how I wish I had a penny for every time I've heard that old chestnut

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Oh, how I wish I had a penny for every time I've heard that old chestnut

Exactly!