Science humor - "How people in science see each other"

[starmaker]

My husband showed me this. I thought some of the folks here might appreciate it.

http://sotak.info/sci.jpg

[Strangefox]

  On 8/11/2011 at 5:36 PM, starmaker said:

My husband showed me this. I thought some of the folks here might appreciate it.

http://sotak.info/sci.jpg

But who is a technician??

[eklavya]

  On 8/11/2011 at 5:57 PM, Strangefox said:

But who is a technician??

one who orders things in the lab, takes care of equipments, provides training to every new face, handle safety stuff and all the 'background' stuff that happen yet grad students and post docs are unaware of/indifferent to

[katerific]

Technicians are wizards. Always get on their good side. ALWAYS!

[runonsentence]

  On 8/13/2011 at 12:36 AM, katerific said:

Technicians are wizards. Always get on their good side. ALWAYS!

No, no: technicians are Chuck Norris.

[Eigen]

  On 8/11/2011 at 7:49 PM, bhikhaari said:

one who orders things in the lab, takes care of equipments, provides training to every new face, handle safety stuff and all the 'background' stuff that happen yet grad students and post docs are unaware of/indifferent to

I wish we had a technician! That sounds like all the stuff I do in my "spare time".

I love the "how professors see undergrads" one.

[eklavya]

  On 8/13/2011 at 2:06 AM, Eigen said:

I wish we had a technician! That sounds like all the stuff I do in my "spare time".

now, now. i did that all during my undergrad and masters so i feel your pain. though, you can't argue that you (and i) are amazing when it comes to fixing machines, acting as pseudo-boss and stuff!!

[runonsentence]

Don't they also run some of the more complex equipment? I remember my partner getting calls from techs at his lab occasionally when he was running an experiment.