Currently I am getting kicked out of my office for remodeling and kicked out of half of one of the labs my advisor has because he has given it to another professor. So obviously right now we are scrambling to find space to put all of our stuff. Then today I get an email stating that we need move our stuff out of the area where we have stored it for years...seriously who decided that it makes sense to take away 90% of a research groups space without giving any alternative location.
Anyway, while this is annoying it isn't what has forced me to vent to my readers. A little while ago I was moving some heavy boxes from the lab we were getting kicked out of to our other lab and this guy that works for the university came up and asked where I was heading with my stuff. At first I thought hey that's nice this guy that in the past hasn't been too willing to offer help (even though he is a technician and is suppose to help the researchers) is going to offer to get a door or even help carry this stuff. Then I told him where I was going and he said alright and left...at first I thought nothing of it. Then I realized he would have gotten the same email I got saying I needed to get our stuff out of the storage area...he was simply making sure I wasn't putting it where he didn't want it (he's also a guy that has never wanted us to keep stuff there). This certainly isn't that big of a deal but it is just getting so frustrating deal with people that work for an organization, like the university, that don't care about the purpose of the organization only what keeps their life simple.
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Unfortunately, the frustration that you feel and even the details in how you got there are in NO way unique. Every entity has the same type of players. The best that I can say is that you are not alone.
At least one of the problems has been resolved, Prof. Elbing!
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