Confronted By Your Hollywood Boss
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Whether induced by the magic of grabbing our first pipette or the vapors from the ether bottle that was left open, many of us daydream about how our career in research will unfold. While the ending may vary, most fantasy scripts include completing graduate school in three years, curing a major disease, and winning a Nobel prize. But in our rush to bask in the glory of our own scientific greatness, one person is often neglected in our visions – our boss.
Dreaming should be fun, but as Mitch Hedberg said “I hate dreaming because when you want to sleep, you want to sleep. Dreaming is work. Next thing you know, I have to build a go cart with my ex-landlord.” So to make the task of incorporating your boss into your utopian research vision a bit more palatable, imagine that your PI walks into lab possessed by a famous Hollywood character. Knowing their personality, which lines would you be most likely to hear?
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Any other famous lines you’d be likely to hear from your boss?
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popcorn
wrote on August 15, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Stupid is as stupid does. (Forrest Gump)
popcorn
wrote on August 15, 2011 at 3:20 pm
May the force be with you. (The Empire Strikes Back)
gelmonkey
wrote on August 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! -A Few Good Men
fishguts
wrote on August 18, 2011 at 2:10 pm
"You have failed me for the last time" -Darth Vader
Grad Student
wrote on August 31, 2011 at 6:37 pm
"what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul" – Principal in Billy Madison