Friday funny

I’ve been saving this for a miserable wet Friday just like this one!

Recent conversation…

New colleague: “How’s it going?”

Me: “Meh”

NC: “What’s up?”

Me: “I’m having some issues with [PI’s] ethics”

NC, eyes widening dramatically: “OMG! What did he do???!!!”

Me: “…”

Me: “[PI’s] Research Ethics Board application”.

(Issues now resolved! And still no juicy gossip. But we got a grant we submitted in September! It was the most exciting proposal I’ve worked on so far in this job – which is saying a lot, because my department does some really cool stuff – and the one I was rooting for the most. Yay!)

Happy Friday, everyone!

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7 Responses to Friday funny

  1. Alyssa says:

    LOL! And congrats on the grant 🙂

  2. ruchi says:

    Cath, no one likes a gossip tease.

  3. Amelie says:

    That would have made for some interesting gossip indeed… and yay on the grant!

  4. Cath@VWXYNot? says:

    Thanks all!

    Ruchi, yes, she was most disappointed!

  5. bean-mom says:

    Awesome job on the grant, Cath. Here’s to exciting projects!

  6. Thanks, Bean-Mom! My main job today is to turn the proposal into a flowchart and progress tracking spreadsheet. I actually really enjoy this (yes, I’m a freak) and it’s fun to go back through the proposal again, this time knowing that we’ll actually get to do it!

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