At 04:53 PM 11/20/02 -0500, Robert Harker wrote:
>Why do you as a Director receive after hours calls from your facility?...
>"The sample will not eject" is not an emergency ... even a broken sample in
>the probe is not for well trained people. Most experimental difficulties
>fall into the non-emergency category as well.
Ooh! Ooh! Can I answer first, Jeff?
At SIUC, "I'm having trouble shimming," is considered an emergency, even at
2 AM. If a FACULTY PERSON is not 100+% satisfied, even on behalf of a
graduate student, the STAFF PERSON is wrong by default. After all, they
wouldn't be professors if they weren't perfect. I have printed out emails
from 35 of my most distinguished colleagues, all supporting my side of a
dispute with a FACULTY MEMBER, and my Deans sided with the faculty member.
After all, they can't get rid of a tenured person, but they can get rid of me!
>If you are assisting in structure
>elucidation as well then that requires at least a footnote (pers. comm.) and
>more appreciatively a co-authorship or else it is academic plagiarism.
Well, then, academic plagiarism is popular here.
>It sounds like you are due a vaycay ... Florida's nice this time of year.
>It's cool and the bugs subside somewhat. Nothing like a nice long vacation
>to jolt the NMR clients and admin folks that yes you are needed and things
>are not well when you are gone.
Yes - - so they tell me not to be gone. It upsets them.
>Whether or not they appreciate it ... good work is its own reward:)
And will your doctor write me a prescription for whatever you're taking?
Sheesh.
William C. Stevens, Ph.D. NMR Facility
Director Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4405
618-453-6498 fax -6408 U.S.A.
http://opie.nmr.siu.edu/bill.html
Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 09:22:08 MST