昨晚离开实验室前配了media,用了3.5支FBS,并在实验室白板上写明了,需要再
aliquot。由于配media取用FBS的时候正好被T看到,我当时心就抽了一下,有不详的预
感。T是负责aliquot FBS的人。晚上收到T的邮件,发给实验室所有人,如下:
People,
We seriously need to work on communicating more effectively on things that
need thawing time and aliquoting, like the FBS. It just so happened that I
looked yesterday before I left the lab at the FBS aliquots and we had 5. I
took out FBS to thaw this morning and right now at 6pm we are down to 1
aliquot. We are going through medium like crazy, which means all the items
required to make it.
PLEASE if you take FBS and there are only 6 or so aliquots left, PUT IT ON
THE BOARD!!! Give your fellow lab members time to make these things and DON
'T LEAVE ONE ALIQUOT. That literally only screws the next person that comes
along that wants to make both bottles of medium.
I'm tired of telling you people this. Next time I find the person that does
that, that person is going to be stuck with the task instead, or worse,
scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush.
大致意思是,你们怎么这么快就用完了,尼玛怎么也不在白板上提前写出来!!!T是
博士生,跟我一年进实验室,上一样的课。平时一直很嚣张,管东管西,前三年一直有
意无意针对我。我隐忍了她3年,从第四年开始才知道应该fight back。她当时目击我
在用FBS,她第二天肯定也会去向老板报告是我用的(这之前已经出现过好几次了)。
如果我不反击,老板能找到的也是我。然后我就回信了,也cc给了所有人:
Good evening,
Please elaborate more on your responsibility of being in charge of
aliquoting FBS before throwing out angry words. I was the one that is making
media 6pm tonight, the scene of which you actually came across. There were
5 bottles left before I took any. I was making one 500ml bottle media for
XXX cells which requires 75ml of FBS, and one 500ml bottle media for YYY
cells which requires 100ml. Therefore I took 3 complete bottles and one half
bottle that was left over by someone else. Therefore, there is only one
bottle left. I IMMEDIATELY wrote FBS on the white board. Now I am at home
and the word "FBS" is still on the board which you can check 2am early next
morning. You should have first checked the white board before you became
naturally angry.
It is common that people use stuff for their work. It is nonsense if people
do not dare using stuff just because you will be angry. The fact that
people have agreed to share the responsibility of all lab chores shows that
people feel it fair to everyone. Even though you are not happy with your
chores, you should not have thrown anger to everyone in the lab before
checking the white board. Please be gentle.
大致意思是说,我明明写在了白板上。另外你的态度太过分,让人用东西都有心理负担。
然后早上接到T的邮件,没有给所有人,只发给了我和老板两个人:
JJYY2012 it is my lab chore to aliquot the FBS. I am asking for people to
write it down earlier because FBS requires time to thaw and heat inactivate.
I aliquoted it last night before I left at 6:30pm & I had erased it write
after you wrote it on the board. If someone else rewrote it up there after
again, the chore is done. Obviously people go through medium like crazy, I
am asking everyone to remember to be considerate of everyone's time and
needs. I don't have any medium right now either, so I would have to wait for
someone else to thaw FBS if it wasn't my lab chore.
Stop taking everything as a direct attack on you. The lab as a whole needs
to work together.
本来我想这件事就了结了,这个回信已经看出来她没有一开始这么强硬了,我就歇战了
。没想到老板又回了一封,居然还cc给了所有人:
JJYY2012,
I am not sure why you thought this email was addressed to you only.
I do not believe the intention of the email was that you or anyone else can
not use what they need to do their work. The intention is to get everyone
share the responsibility for the lab to function properly.
I have indicated this numerous time that we all need to be courteous to our
colleagues when we use shared resources and not to leave the next person who
comes to use something we are out of.
I ask you guys again please communicate and try to share responsibilities so
we all can get our jobs done efficiently, effectively, and with a joyful
attitude.
I do not like to have people in my lab who are not happy to be in the lab.
BOSS
气死我了。之前都已经停战了,主要是老板的邮件让我十分失望。他知道平时T是多么
嚣张(不止我一个人complain过),也知道我平时沉默少语很少惹是生非(除非fight
back),为什么打压的对象还是我???这还有没有公平了!!要不是没有学位、没有
绿卡,我早就走了!何必为了这么一点点工钱,每天还要受尽委屈。
我和T做实验实力半斤八两,性格差异很大,她典型美国人,有什么说什么,口无遮拦
。我平时就像做完自己的事情然后走人。老板有时候吃软怕硬,他知道美国人难对付、
亚洲人好吓唬,就动不动来吓唬吓唬你,弄得我也不是很喜欢他,esp不喜欢平时向他
陪笑脸。前三年我低眉顺眼,T老是看我不顺眼,在一次lab meeting上(也是为了这些
屁事)争执后,我后来见T就再也不打招呼了。我这个人也倔......想想在美国,像T这
么倔、有个性,混得倒也挺好,为什么我倔了,老板却要打压我呢???