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Badger Feb 2016 11:28am, 3 Feb 2016 6,794 posts	Quote Pin Badger Why on earth do you think you can get me to reformat the figures for your article? How is it part of my job to do that? You are being PAID to write this article - are you going to pay me for the time it's going to take to do jobs which, frankly, are core competencies for a working scientist who publishes regularly? No, thought not. Drop everything to rewrite an article that somebody else is a year late with, in a week? Not. A. Chance. [If it wasn't my boss asking me to do it, that would have received a diplomatic "I regret that my current workload prohibits me taking this on with such a short deadline. Best of luck finding another sucker"]
XB Feb 2016 11:56am, 3 Feb 2016 3,267 posts	Quote Pin XB I used to respect you but not any more. You're rude, insensitive, and ignorant.
halfpint Feb 2016 12:32pm, 3 Feb 2016 20,517 posts	Quote Pin halfpint I have all the answers and can make things alright for your family.
Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2016 1:04pm, 3 Feb 2016 621 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I'm confident that when we move into our new house that the phone and broadband will be working and BT won't have messed that simple job up.
HellsBells Feb 2016 1:15pm, 3 Feb 2016 20,417 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells I'm not at all hungry
Carpathius Feb 2016 2:29pm, 3 Feb 2016 8,597 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius Biscuits? What biscuits? [Thanks for the hugs, needed last night.]
mulbs Feb 2016 2:49pm, 3 Feb 2016 11,682 posts	Quote Pin mulbs [hope you're doing better today Carp. Now can I have one of those biscuits that you haven't had?]
decorum Feb 2016 2:49pm, 3 Feb 2016 337 posts	Quote Pin decorum Feminine hygiene products have such boring packaging. [If they were for blokes we'd demand descriptive gems like: 'You Little Bleeder' ... 'Shark Bait' ... 'Halloween Scare Scene' and so on ]
Mazlin Feb 2016 3:03pm, 3 Feb 2016 770 posts	Quote Pin Mazlin If you didn't spend so much time trying to micro manage people who didn't ask for your input in the first place, you'd probably be less stressed.
ChrisHB Feb 2016 3:11pm, 3 Feb 2016 12,435 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Good to see that the Guardian has a reasonably accurate understanding of technology: "which involves a small diesel engine charging batteries which power a diesel engine"