Oh yeah, my anecdote thread. Dammit, my persona of being a single ladies' man has now been compromised... by me.
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Originally Posted by Squeamous
Somehow I didn't imagine you skipping through the tulips during your lunchbreak with a picnic and an assorted group of mobile phone advert people. I imagine you, like me, have unwittingly cultivated a sort of mysterious personality cult at work, making people think you are very good at doing very difficult things; things which occupy you on a deep academic level and leave you no time for passing the time of day at the water cooler and chewing the fat with colleagues. In fact the truth is you're a social leper and spend most of your time after hours picking your nose, staring at a moving centrifuge, and wondering whether you should categorise your antibiotic collection by chemical or brand name. Am I right?
Close, but also far off. The only category I can nudge into agreeingly is psychopath. I happen to possess intellectual talent that annoys people, probably because I seem to waste it on being incorrigibly lazy. My work ethic is stellar when tackling a new concept or troubleshooting mine or others' experiments/papers/etc., but drops off to the levels of a dirty bum when it involves tedious tasks that aren't mentally stimulating. As far as social skills, I can easily fit in, but avoid having to do so. Despite my intense and arrogant self-confidence, I'm
generally overwhelmingly liked by those around me when in small enough doses. Most don't tend to notice my suffocating displeasure of social interaction because I can't help but act courteously, even though I don't really desire to do so. It's a bit taxing, so avoiding people seems to be the best solution.
It seems like I only addressed the misses, so to rectify, I will admit I spend a lot of time figuring out how to organize data, apparati, chemicals, and I'm probably picking my nose when I do it. I won't type anymore, because I have an itch inside my nostril that requires my right index finger and thumb's attention. Also, I use a smaller centrifuge that doesn't require too much attention.