Have you ever done something that was – in hindsight – obviously stupid? That was, in fact, so obviously stupid it made you question how tf you got into a Ph.D. program?
Maybe you’ve unconsciously shut down all your brain cells for a second and found it to be a good idea to cool down the hot liquid in a sealed glass bottle by putting it on ice. You know, so it cools down faster. Or you simply forgot about the sealed glass bottles you’ve put into the 180°C hot cabinet to “just quickly heat up the liquid inside”. Whoopsie.
Well, it happens to the best of us. And I find, it happens more often than not on really busy lab days. Luckily, nobody got hurt so far by my stress-induced inattentiveness.
And while those moments are down-right embarrassing, they make for a good story 😆