I am seeing red right now about an asshole co-worker of mine. Technically he is my lab manager. In reality he is just one of the road blocks to success in the lab. Yesterday we had a freezer go down in the lab. We had tons of material in that freezer, and I was scrambling to find space for everything quickly. I called my lab manager and asked for his assistance in getting everything moved. His response was "I sorry I can't, I am meeting some friends for a movie." SO, I had to do everything by myself (with the assistance of some kindly members of OTHER labs). I guess catching a movieis more important than saving all the lab samples from the past 20 years.
Now, I just put in an order this this lab manager. He has come up with the idea that we have to enter everything into a spreadsheet for him to approve, then re-enter it into the accounting software to get a PO, so them we can finally order it. I suggested that he just generate the PO for us, and give us that instead of a CUFS. NO, that would be too much work for him. So, I am left in spreadsheet mania. Now he just adds what he wants to MY orders instead of doing it himself. I am SO pissed. I have covered for him multiple times when he has failed to do his job. I am fed up!