extremely frustated with my supervisor
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i cant stand that freak anymore. he keeps calling me everynow and then picking on me, picking on this and that. every little thing he calls me up and claims he's not scolding but making a statement only. fark u, u are right. he just called up and made such a big fuss over small things. i told him my grp wasnt coming down today because most of us couldnt make it today, so tmr then we come down. then he sets off rambling abt planning etc. i mean he's wanting a calculation of the number of cells we need for some tests and the cells are to be grown. but the farking problem which he doesnt see is that, we barely started growing them. what's the point of giving him a bloody calculation if i dont have any cells to start with, and this is exactly what he says "nato" i can give u all kinds of calculations he wants, no prob. cells leh? zilch!
he loves to pick on me on all kinds of things, he expects me to come down everyday to check on the cells. hello? i come down everyday also no use, the cells dont grow faster that way.
once i had a test and another time a lesson. on BOTH occasions, he repeatedly called me and when i didnt answer, flooded my mailbox with rubbish. i mean, waht the fark is yr problem? if u cant get thru, i am having lessons now damn it!
i mean, is he dumb or is he dumb ? this is not the only module i have ok? i am not like spending the entire sem on this proj only ? and i want to rush also cannot rush, no point.
once i was the only 1 free as my grp members were having a test, i stayed back after my prac ended early to visually check on my cells and i had to rush back to NUS to do more follow up work and my supervisor INSISTED i do the follow up work for my proj at SP first, and he is unhappy that i have to leave to tmr to do. i was left with no choice but to stay in SP first and true enuf, a NUS student i am also working with, screwed up. can i blame my supervisor or the nus student ?
by the time i completed the work at sp, the guy screwed up at NUS, and there goes 1 week of work. i just cant farking split myself into 2!
and sometimes he pops in, demanding this demanding that, cant u farking see i am busy now ? i mean he's insisting i do something not so impt over something bloody critical.
and he still has the cheek to ask me, whether am i ok? fark u i am ok. and it;s not as if my grp members are distinction students. they dont bother to find out things that they dont know and rely on me since i have experience in running the types of experiments we have to do. i wasnt too sure so i told grp partners to find out since they dunno anything abt it. they tell me to go find out myself because i do before, so anything lecturer say, i will understand and for them, the y wont understand.
my partners even need to be pushed, negotiated and shouted at to even move their candy arse an inch.
he says he did the cleaning of a tiny incubator. ok fine, thank you. but he makes a mountain out of a molehill. hello? i do that all the time? i also do all sorts of cleaning.
worse still, i have bloody messy family relations, diff modules this sem to top it off.
i really feel like disappearing for a while to let them all die. once another supervisor which i seldom come into contact with, asks me who is the leader of the proj grp, i just smiled at him. we all know the answer. -
i refused to submit a report early cuz no coloured printer, den i think he gave us demerit.. bah.
*bow down to grp members* sorrry~~~
i think u juz do yr part and screw em to hell la, at most overall grading drop a lil oni, bt put extra effort in yr own work, if the rest nothing to pass up, at most do a simple (almost failing or bound to fail) work for them. -
Personal opinion...
At your level, it'll probably be alot about 1. Time Management 2. People Interaction (& Management if your level permits). In real society working environment, it won't be too far from there... No matter if they're sh|tty or LOUSY... No one's perfect. Try to hold a GOOD relationship with your peers and ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR (if not at least a neutral) if you know what's good for you...
Insider's say: Not sure if I'm getting it right on the context as what you've mentioned is kinda vague. But I think your supervisor mean even without the material(s) in, you can be doing PLANNINGs... Do BACKGROUND RESEARCH (paper studies) and get REFERENCES from PAST STUDIES... And personally, I think he / she is quite RIGHT. For when your material(s) come in and your project is actually RUNNING. You probably won't have extra time to concentrate too much of the above. You'll probably only have time to 'fine-tune' to the paper materials and do a little bit of 'touching up' on whatever information you might be missing...
And YES.. If you're talking about CELL CULTURES..? They'll need to be monitored PERIODICALLY... As you've mentioned that they're the MAIN SUBJECT of your project? Having them DIE on you would be the LAST THING you wanna see... And YES... They can be VERY VULNERABLE... You've done your studies, you should know.. Things can happen, and you might still be able to save them if you monitor them periodically...
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Originally posted by Devil1976:
i agree on what u say but my point is that we already know we shld be regularly maintaining it. no need for him to tell us.
Personal opinion...
At your level, it'll probably be alot about 1. Time Management 2. People Interaction (& Management if your level permits). In real society working environment, it won't be too far from there... No matter if they're sh|tty or LOUSY... No one's perfect. Try to hold a GOOD relationship with your peers and ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR (if not at least a neutral) if you know what's good for you...
[b]Insider's say: Not sure if I'm getting it right on the context as what you've mentioned is kinda vague. But I think your supervisor mean even without the material(s) in, you can be doing PLANNINGs... Do BACKGROUND RESEARCH (paper studies) and get REFERENCES from PAST STUDIES... And personally, I think he / she is quite RIGHT. For when your material(s) come in and your project is actually RUNNING. You probably won't have extra time to concentrate too much of the above. You'll probably only have time to 'fine-tune' to the paper materials and do a little bit of 'touching up' on whatever information you might be missing...
And YES.. If you're talking about CELL CULTURES..? They'll need to be monitored PERIODICALLY... As you've mentioned that they're the MAIN SUBJECT of your project? Having them DIE on you would be the LAST THING you wanna see... And YES... They can be VERY VULNERABLE... You've done your studies, you should know.. Things can happen, and you might still be able to save them if you monitor them periodically...
Regards.[/b]
the calculations are easy to do. i can just kope from my attachment and change the numbers. easy. -
ii used to think like you...but i find out that every job my immediate superior all the same...expect me like this like that....come to think of it mayb no one else on earth can tahan suh ppl to 1 2 work wif them and that's is where you come into the picture....to make him realise that he actually exists in this world......i dun 1 2 tell you my story...if i tell you u will realise that actually the company dun need me at all....i am there just to play clown to the idiot i have to face (my so called inferior superior) every day....he everday tok tok tok over the phone wif supplier but ended up always got quality issues with our products...............aizh.....pity him cannot find job outside. this is life man!Originally posted by bismarck:i cant stand that freak anymore. he keeps calling me everynow and then picking on me, picking on this and that. every little thing he calls me up and claims he's not scolding but making a statement only. fark u, u are right. he just called up and made such a big fuss over small things. i told him my grp wasnt coming down today because most of us couldnt make it today, so tmr then we come down. then he sets off rambling abt planning etc. i mean he's wanting a calculation of the number of cells we need for some tests and the cells are to be grown. but the farking problem which he doesnt see is that, we barely started growing them. what's the point of giving him a bloody calculation if i dont have any cells to start with, and this is exactly what he says "nato" i can give u all kinds of calculations he wants, no prob. cells leh? zilch!
he loves to pick on me on all kinds of things, he expects me to come down everyday to check on the cells. hello? i come down everyday also no use, the cells dont grow faster that way.
once i had a test and another time a lesson. on BOTH occasions, he repeatedly called me and when i didnt answer, flooded my mailbox with rubbish. i mean, waht the fark is yr problem? if u cant get thru, i am having lessons now damn it!
i mean, is he dumb or is he dumb ? this is not the only module i have ok? i am not like spending the entire sem on this proj only ? and i want to rush also cannot rush, no point.
once i was the only 1 free as my grp members were having a test, i stayed back after my prac ended early to visually check on my cells and i had to rush back to NUS to do more follow up work and my supervisor INSISTED i do the follow up work for my proj at SP first, and he is unhappy that i have to leave to tmr to do. i was left with no choice but to stay in SP first and true enuf, a NUS student i am also working with, screwed up. can i blame my supervisor or the nus student ?
by the time i completed the work at sp, the guy screwed up at NUS, and there goes 1 week of work. i just cant farking split myself into 2!
and sometimes he pops in, demanding this demanding that, cant u farking see i am busy now ? i mean he's insisting i do something not so impt over something bloody critical.
and he still has the cheek to ask me, whether am i ok? fark u i am ok. and it;s not as if my grp members are distinction students. they dont bother to find out things that they dont know and rely on me since i have experience in running the types of experiments we have to do. i wasnt too sure so i told grp partners to find out since they dunno anything abt it. they tell me to go find out myself because i do before, so anything lecturer say, i will understand and for them, the y wont understand.
my partners even need to be pushed, negotiated and shouted at to even move their candy arse an inch.
he says he did the cleaning of a tiny incubator. ok fine, thank you. but he makes a mountain out of a molehill. hello? i do that all the time? i also do all sorts of cleaning.
worse still, i have bloody messy family relations, diff modules this sem to top it off.
i really feel like disappearing for a while to let them all die. once another supervisor which i seldom come into contact with, asks me who is the leader of the proj grp, i just smiled at him. we all know the answer. -
Understand your supervisor's position. He / she probably has much of their own things to do and can't participate much in your project. Hence the emphasis on the very BASIC. Your CELLS. Like what I've said earlier, what else can you expect them to say? As a supervisor, you can't expect them to be saying nothing at all. So yes... The VERY BASIC... SIMPLE but NOT something to be overlooked... I've seen projects FAILED because such... EXCELLENT PLANS.. SPEAKERS... PROPOSALS... And when you can't even do the BASICs.. DEFY ALL PURPOSE...Originally posted by bismarck:i agree on what u say but my point is that we already know we shld be regularly maintaining it. no need for him to tell us.
the calculations are easy to do. i can just kope from my attachment and change the numbers. easy.
And YES... Your project can be EASY for now... But don't just walk over it... DO SOMETHING about it... It's the SAME in the society... Either you do that, or you'll be ELIMINATED.... An since your supervisor's BUGGING... It's always GOOD to pull up your socks a little...? -
do u have to use caps?Originally posted by Devil1976:Understand your supervisor's position. He / she probably has much of their own things to do and can't participate much in your project. Hence the emphasis on the very BASIC. Your CELLS. Like what I've said earlier, what else can you expect them to say? As a supervisor, you can't expect them to be saying nothing at all. So yes... The VERY BASIC... SIMPLE but NOT something to be overlooked... I've seen projects FAILED because such... EXCELLENT PLANS.. SPEAKERS... PROPOSALS... And when you can't even do the BASICs.. DEFY ALL PURPOSE...
And YES... Your project can be EASY for now... But don't just walk over it... DO SOMETHING about it... It's the SAME in the society... Either you do that, or you'll be ELIMINATED.... An since your supervisor's BUGGING... It's always GOOD to pull up your socks a little...? -
Points I wanna EMPHASIZE ON.Originally posted by bismarck:do u have to use caps?
I'm lazy for bold...
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Hey get his picture. Print it on good gloassy paper, paste it on a dart board and vent ur anger out
It really works