I think your theories from yesterday have been overthrown, jendaby

[trinityvixen]

The folks who posited "JAFO" as an answer to my "Quel de Fuck, NG?" post from yesterday are probably closer to the money.

He just asked me if I knew anything about pipettes.

::headdesk::

Specifically? He didn't know how to read the numbers on the micropipettor so that he could pipette the amount he wanted

Maybe I should show him this:

Now, maybe that is all impenetrable nonsense to non-science folks. However, if you watch at 1:25 or so, you'll see exactly how to read a micropipette in order to select exact quantity of solution you wish to aspirate. You twist the numbers until they read, top to bottom, the number. NG was sure that it read bottom to top.

He had two weeks of training with his predecessor before he started. WTF?

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[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Two weeks of training in *what*? Maybe you should see if he can fetch. :)

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Wait a sec. Are we talking about the standard chemistry lab equipment that most of us were exposed to in college and most likely high school as well? This guy is trying to work in science and he doesn't know how to do this? And also has apparently never used Microsoft Office? What, pray tell, is he able to do?

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily. He may be completely incompetent and rather dim, but that could mean he finds intelligent capable women highly attractive. ;)

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

It annoys me that with all sorts of qualified people out there looking for jobs, they keep hiring from the bottom of the barrel.