Indeed. It's been a long time since "samzenpus" has had to train for a new job. Every time I have a new job, I always make the mistake of trying to use common sense, and get slapped for it every time.
Me: "So... why exactly do we need to incubate all these triple sterilized agar plates in the incubator?" Trainer: "So we can be sure they're sterile." Me: "But they're double bagged, sealed, and have been subjected to radiation several times, they're more sterile than surgical instruments!" Trainer: "It's in the SOP that we have to do that" Me " o_O"
Especially for low-level jobs like that. What's stupid is that he likely told her to ignore common sense up until that point, gave her unclear instructions, then expected her to start thinking, and didn't correct her 6 times.
And as he's standing there watching her and not telling her she's doing it wrong, it would be reasonable to assume that she's doing it right, but for some reason it's just not working. And if she was nervous (young and first day in the job) she probably wasn't thinking clearly enough to work it out herself.
Hilarious!
(Actually, being prepared to admit to it is even more hilarious!)
Granted he was just being a dick by letting her struggle, but how much brainpower does it take to realize that putting ice cream in the microwave is never going to work? To do it once because you're nervous and not thinking clearly is one thing. Six times would seem to indicate a fundamental failure to grasp the concepts of "hot" and "cold".
Her brain may have been devoted just then to "Why the *$%@ do they microwave the ice cream? How does this even work for them? Why are they all standing around looking at me instead of telling me what I'm doing wrong?"
Bingo! Most entry-level jobs actually make you stupid, usually because of some sort of mindless authoritarian structure. The boss says to do something stupid and idiotic, because he doesn't really care and hasn't thought it out. The supervisor, fearing for his job and his relationship with the boss, accepts this order without question. The worker asks the supervisor what the point of this procedure is, and all the supervisor can say is just do it; or, in a worst case scenario, the supervisor comes up wi
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Maybe "No that's not what I meant, just heat the packet not everything."? You're not very good at training people are you?
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Indeed. It's been a long time since "samzenpus" has had to train for a new job. Every time I have a new job, I always make the mistake of trying to use common sense, and get slapped for it every time.
Me: "So... why exactly do we need to incubate all these triple sterilized agar plates in the incubator?"
Trainer: "So we can be sure they're sterile."
Me: "But they're double bagged, sealed, and have been subjected to radiation several times, they're more sterile than surgical instruments!"
Trainer: "It's in the SOP that we have to do that"
Me " o_O"
Especially for low-level jobs like that. What's stupid is that he likely told her to ignore common sense up until that point, gave her unclear instructions, then expected her to start thinking, and didn't correct her 6 times.
What an ass.
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and didn't correct her 6 times.
And as he's standing there watching her and not telling her she's doing it wrong, it would be reasonable to assume that she's doing it right, but for some reason it's just not working. And if she was nervous (young and first day in the job) she probably wasn't thinking clearly enough to work it out herself.
Hilarious!
(Actually, being prepared to admit to it is even more hilarious!)
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Her brain may have been devoted just then to "Why the *$%@ do they microwave the ice cream? How does this even work for them? Why are they all standing around looking at me instead of telling me what I'm doing wrong?"
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Bingo! Most entry-level jobs actually make you stupid, usually because of some sort of mindless authoritarian structure. The boss says to do something stupid and idiotic, because he doesn't really care and hasn't thought it out. The supervisor, fearing for his job and his relationship with the boss, accepts this order without question. The worker asks the supervisor what the point of this procedure is, and all the supervisor can say is just do it; or, in a worst case scenario, the supervisor comes up wi