an angry hornet.

you know, sometimes you just can't help it. i'm mad as hell right now, and i'm not quite sure why.

i've done a pretty good job of not letting the annoying (see: stupid) people at work bother me, but there is one in particular that i've been training the past couple of days that i really could live without. my least favorite of all annoying work people. she has the same title as me. i'm training her on gas chromatography, but keep getting bogged down in the fact that she doesn't know basic things a senior scientist should. like, what is a seperatory funnel and how do you use it? now, if you don't know what that is...don't sweat it. but it's something one uses in your very first organic chemistry class in college. and if you weren't in organic 1, how is it you can be a senior scientist performing complex analytical methods? which points to the hiring practices and philosophy of this company. the philosophy being, teach them just what they need to know and nothing more, which is why i can barely pay for a laptop with my tuition reimbursment much less a sememster of classes in a masters degree program.

see, i told you i was angry. i apologize but i required an early morning vent to avoid doing it in inappropriate ways.

happy friday.