• Question: What is your least favourite thing at work

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      Asked by 847merf43 to Angus, Catherine, Jenni, Melissa, Waqar on 13 Jun 2016.
      • Photo: Jenni Rodd

        Jenni Rodd answered on 13 Jun 2016:

        Not much to be honest!
        Marking exam papers can get a bit dull. Once you’ve read the first 100 answers to a particular question…
        And sometimes I have to go to meetings that take MUCH longer than they need to. I like making decisions quickly.
        But overall my job is pretty good really and I shouldn’t complain too much 🙂

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        Waqar Ahmed answered on 13 Jun 2016:

        My least favourite thing is getting bad results on an experiment. But bad results can be very useful!

      • Photo: Catherine Ross

        Catherine Ross answered on 13 Jun 2016:

        I dont like it when people get really sick when I am working with them.
        Some of my patents can have cardiac arrests and I really dont like having to use the defib to shock them 🙁

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        Melissa Ladyman answered on 13 Jun 2016:

        I love my job most of the time, but it’s never nice when people say they didn’t like your lessons. I always try my very best to make my lessons fun and interesting, but I know it’s very hard to make everyone happy.

      • Photo: Angus Cook

        Angus Cook answered on 13 Jun 2016:

        The least fun bit is usually the paperwork and admin that needs to be done before you can get into the lab and actually get to playing with something. It is important to get it done, but there are more exciting things to do.

        It’s a bit like vegetables in a meal, they’re good for you, but I prefer the mashed potato.

        (I used this terrible analogy before, and I’m still not sorry…)

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