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Asked by jpriestley to Andrew, Marianne on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: Scientist. This question was also asked by jamesbiscardi, adrianfear.
Question: What is the worst part of your job?
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anon answered on 17 Jun 2010:
The worst part is cleaning up the cell culture room. Someone has always spilled some luminous nastiness down the back of the culture cabinet and then left it to develop its own consciousness.
Seriously, the worst part is when someone copies your work (plagiarism) or worse copies your work and publishes it first…! It’s pretty bad if someone beats you to the answer you were looking for but if they copied you that really makes for an angry/bitter scientist.
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Andrew Maynard answered on 24 Jun 2010:
Hi jpriestly, jamesbiscardi and adrianfear,
This was a lost question I’m afraid – I’ve just found it!
The worst part? Probably the paperwork!
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buzzers commented on :
has that ever happened to you?
andrewleitch commented on :
I’m afraid it has. They copied (exactly) one of my papers and submitted it to a funding body. I’m waiting to hear what will happen to them.
gavinburt commented on :
your job must be boring mate!
Andrew commented on :
Luckily the highlights make up for the paperwork. Although the real trick is to con someone else to do the paperwork – I haven’t been able to do that yet!!
buzzers commented on :
😮 sounds like the scientist business can be hard work.