• spicy pancake@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    not pictured:

    • a fume hood with a definitely safe amount of items in it that is absolutely not interfering with air flow
    • the drawer full of stuff from a grad student who defended in the 90's
    • things in regular use labeled "DO NOT USE"
    • magic amulets and talismans placed on top of machines
    • a totally sane amount of centrifuge balance tubes
    • binders that exist solely to occasionally fall off the shelf all at once
    • "don't touch them they're my emotional support expired reagents"
    • "don't touch them we'll use these empty pipette tip boxes for something probably maybe"
    • the full sharps container that can't be disposed of because There's Something In There That Shouldn't Be™
    • the haz waste that can't be disposed of because it's Too Expensive™
    • a lab safety officer who hasn't experienced a positive emotion since 2007