Today, I was at work in a lab. I spent all day growing a large bacterial culture. I went to retrieve it, only to find that someone had turned the incubation shaker up too high, and my flask had flown off and shattered. Not only did I lose all my work, but now the whole room is a biohazard. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at the microbiology lab, I discovered that the guy who took the shift before me didn't sterilize the work space very well. I am now blowing chunks from both ends from a very nasty strain of E. Coli. My company blames me. FML
Today, I woke up earlier to food prep for lunch later. Just as I was preparing the ingredients, I dropped a thick glass saucer on the kitchen counter and it shattered like a hail storm - everywhere in the kitchen. I ended up spending more time cleaning it out and obviously logged in to work later than usual. FML
Today, I was teaching my microbiology lab class as a graduate TA. Some dumbass frat boy dared his friend to drink a tube of E. coli and the idiot did it. Now everything in the lab is contaminated with vomit. FML
Today, I was at work, nonchalantly spinning my keys around my finger when they flew off and hit a glass cabinet. Broken glass showered passing customers. I don't think I'll have a job to go to tomorrow. FML
Today, I was making a shake at work when the cup fell off the blender. I went to catch it, and instead caught the teeth of the still-spinning mixer. When my hand was still bleeding five minutes later, my supervisor told me to clock out until it stopped. I lost money for getting hurt on the job. FML
Today, I tried to open my water bottle, which is like trying to open a pickle jar, and after several seconds, it exploded all over my desk and clothes. Then, when I was going to get paper towels and a change of clothes, I slipped on the puddle and hit my head on my desk as I came crashing down. FML
Today, I started to make a protein shake to have a healthy breakfast. It exploded. Turns out, my mom lost the rubber gasket and put the blender back, so it looked ready to use. By the time I cleaned it all up, it was time for me to leave for work. I'm now eating chips from the vending machine. FML
Today, I started a new job and wanted to seem organized, so I brought a homemade lunch in a container. I went to heat it up, but forgot to remove the lid completely. The container exploded in the microwave, covering the inside with sauce. I spent my lunch break cleaning it while my coworkers smirked. FML
Today, I reheated leftover pasta at work. I forgot to crack a vent on the container and it exploded in the microwave. Sauce coated the inside, so I spent my lunch break scrubbing while coworkers waited awkwardly to heat their food. The smell is still hanging in the office air. FML
Today, I found out how acidic some of the chemicals I work with are. After a chemical shower, minor burns, and having to throw away my clothes due to a biohazard, I had the pleasure of running across the parking lot to my car, wearing only a lab coat around my waist. FML
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cpc1233 0
and thus resident evil 6 begins.
darkwar4ever 0
Oh wow, that really sucks. FYL. :/ This happened to my dad once, but it was for something else, and not with bacteria.
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sikanderimran 0
wow, all the scientists frequent FML.
fyourlife33 0
haha cause our labs are so damn boring we dont have anything else to do
fmlcomment 2
What were you working with that made the room a biohazard? If you were just growing up bacteria for cloning it shouldn't be infectious or really a problem at all...it smells like crap and it has to be cleaned, but it won't make anything a biohazard. Unless they had virus or something as well? But yeah, you lost today's work...that's the beauty of bacteria vs other live models. The whole population grows in a day.
tert 0
I'm pretty sure E. coli counts as a biohazard regardless of what it's being used for. At least...we had to put an orange hazard sign on our door when we started using them for cloning. Maybe the rules vary, I don't know. I'd say FYL more because holy god that must smell horrible.
evilscientistme 0
E coli's only BSL-1. and spend more time around them, there are many other fouler-smelling things out there in the world ...
grimmelok 0
I H8 SCIENCE
Associate 0
So? But it pays well and is fairly immune to most layoffs and recessions. Since you can't seem to write properly, I suspect you'll have a difficult time earning a meaningful wage.
Shyman4ever 0
Lmfao that's hilarious!
Associate 0
I think we also need to consider that an additive might have made it a biohazard. Some shakers change speed when they warm up. Once the motor is at operating temp it can spin faster. So it may not have been anyone else's fault, but simply unfamiliar with the equipment. I've had a few crappy shaker/incubators that had to be adjusted to or three times if they were started cold and brought up to some set speed and temp.
Leaveittosteven 0
At least you have a couple trillion new friends
fam0usco0kies16 0
what the hell are you saying ?????
sofiesmurf 0
haha you totally work in the life science square!
Ladyzeppelin_fml 0
I have a Bsc in Microbiology so this was lank funny to me. The process of growing bacterial cultures is a pretty tedious job most times and contamination can occur so easily I freaked out in the laboratory more than once. Usually from my own stupid mistakes though lol. The craziest of all has to be the my 2nd yr chem pracs where on one occasion I forgot to use the Fume hood and almost passed out from the ammonia I was using. Then there was one afternoon a mate of mine didnt dry out his flask properly and was heating some sodium in it, i thinkit was sodium (well it was one of the alkali metals which are highly reactive with water) and the thermometer that was well plugged into the flask suddenly bulleted across the room and shattered on the opposite wall. Everyone hit the floor not knowing what had happened. Crazy times for crazy scientists. But i sympathise. Find the mofo who increased the speed on your incubator and why dont you introduce some nice contam into his work.. perhaps a staphyloccocus of sorts. That'd be fun:) But good luck with the culture. Oh and really guys. Scientists are actually alot more fun than you think... PEACE, LOVE, ROCK AND ROLL
rustyrox 0
I'm in ochem and I got annoyed when someone threw out my samples needed to collect the melting points... I can only imagine! I'm sorry :(