Irony

I'm just going to avoid studying for a bit longer and talk about yesterday's irony.

I never wear open toed shoes to lab. Its just not good lab safety protocol. You have to worry about dropping chemicals and other objects and truthfully, I break glass a lot. So only on quick weekend trips to the lab do I even consider wearing open toed shoes. And mostly its for my own safety. Pretty sure that I could get away with a lot in my lab, because overall its casual. I give the other student across the hall a hard time for his sandals. But no one else comments. I see my boss wear sandals now and then, but then again he's the boss and has other bad habits. But sometime this month I saw Mrs boss wear sandals in lab. She's the one I real watch for appropriate lab habits. And I assume that she wasn't actually doing much benchwork (she actually makes good use of her lab coat).

So yesterday morning, I didn't want to wear close toed shoes. I knew I was doing no benchwork, only sitting at the computer all day and I really wanted to wear flipflops. So I did, being sure that it would be no problem. Within 15 minutes of arriving at lab, my boss tells me the safety inspector is coming...dun dun dunnnn...on Thursday (whew!). So we have to make sure things are labeled well and all of that. And that of course all of my work with cholera is done in the hood. A bit later as he pops in for something else (or something), he points out that my flip flops will be "illegal" Thursday. Pretty sure that was the actual word I used. I assured that that was the first time during the week that I had worn them. And he believed me and understood that it was because I knew I wasn't doing benchwork (I don't think he would have cared otherwise). But its one of the points of it being a problem having the students desks right beside the lab benches. Because I can't eat or drink at my desk either. Which I never do during the week either (unlike my boss).

But anyways...the irony of the day...the first time I ever wear open toed shoes to work, I have to worry about the safety inspector.

[I am being surrounded by cats, who apparently feel neglected b/c their owner has abandoned them...]