{"id":1711,"date":"2009-03-31T19:02:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T19:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/03\/31\/obnoxious_scientist_alert\/"},"modified":"2009-03-31T19:02:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T19:02:59","slug":"obnoxious_scientist_alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/03\/31\/obnoxious_scientist_alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Obnoxious scientist alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived at the gym this morning sopping wet and dishevelled after cycling through a downpour<sup><a href=\"#fn15331101164f04ccbd45983\">1<\/a><\/sup>, and already slightly out of breath after climbing the stairs.<br \/>\nI scanned my membership badge &#8211; kept on the same lanyard as my work ID &#8211; and was preparing to move into the main area when the usually silent desk staff asked me if I&#8217;d heard of their new special offer.<br \/>\nNo, I hadn&#8217;t, so they immediately launched into a detailed explanation of how much money I&#8217;d save by bundling 12 sessions &#8220;just in time for Spring!&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8220;Sessions of what?&#8221;, though? I asked, while a puddle of rain water formed around my feet.<br \/>\n&#8220;Tanning!&#8221; With a smile and a nod towards the window, silently challenging me to think of something that could possibly be better on such a miserable morning.<br \/>\nBefore I could stop myself, I replied &#8220;no thanks, I work at the Cancer Agency&#8221;, and waved my work ID badge at them.<br \/>\nAfter a stunned silence, they decided to find it funny, although they cast a nervous glance or two towards the manager&#8217;s office&#8230;<br \/>\nIs there any way to stifle this kind of impulse?<\/p>\n<p class=\"footnote\"><sup>1<\/sup> The sun came out a few minutes later and it&#8217;s been a beautiful day ever since. Karma?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived at the gym this morning sopping wet and dishevelled after cycling through a downpour1, and already slightly out of breath after climbing the stairs. I scanned my membership badge &#8211; kept on the same lanyard as my work &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/03\/31\/obnoxious_scientist_alert\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}