there comes a time when you realize that the institute of higher learning that you spent years getting a degree to work at thinks you're an idiot. and maybe you are or i am, see i'm already confused. i was required to spend the last two days taking online tutorials about basically online shopping. my degree courses in biology and chemistry didn't cover that but i tend to have confidence in my higher reasoning skills and keen observation to be able to figure most things out. but rather i spent five fairly insulting hours being taught to order pens from officemax. who knew it would take a whole module to learn how to change a shipping address. blah blah blah top scientific community, trusted with thousands of dollars worth of scientific equipment, but god forbid i order the wrong pens, or gasp, have it sent to the wrong attention. and just when i couldn't imagine it getting any worse, the simulation were all based on american idols... clay aiken needs to order purina mouse chow, fill out the purchase order to allow a comment for the receiver to make sure to put it in fridge. eeks. but don't let simon cowell see you ordered too many pipette tips, you'll never hear the end of it.
the really sad thing is i typically spend most of my days wasting time doing stupid things anyways but i actually had work to do and was extra offended that some higher up assumed that i could spare five hours of my day without any notice. but nevertheless i have my printed out certificates of completion, which i personalized with an extra "kick ass" and "so so bored" and can now hang them up with pride at my bench. all things considered, not too shabby.
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