Cyre2067
The Living Force
I've noticed over the past few months a tendency on his part to be a bit... well flaky. At first i attributed it to his age (late 50s) however slowly, a tendency for apathy on his part toward the work and a general "happy go lucky" attitude convinced me.
During discussions it's not evident someone's there, or "the lights are on" sotospeak. If a point is made that is against his programming he will vehemently stand his ground (even if it cannot be verified, or hasn't been tested).
Perhaps i should give some more background as to what i do exactly. I'm a quality control and research tech in a lab. It's a small biotech company that manufactures machines (and reagents) which analyze the rate of blood-plate let aggrega tion. I have a background is biochemistry and organic synthesis, and my job is relatively redundent, same thing day in day out. Occasionaly a research project will come my way, but of course the methodology is pre-concieved. As one familiar with the scientific method, i can say there's no hypothesizing, nor testing of said hypothesis. An objective is concocted (Can we do this?) and my boss conjures a method to test it which usually doesn't make very much sense. I believe he holds a BS is chemistry but the last time he was in the classroom was probably in the 60s or 70s.
Alot of my work is data mining. Yesterday we ran a series of dilutions of risto cetin (an anti-biotic that causes aggregation) on our machines and altered the concentration from 1.5mg/ml to 8mg/ml. This would be reasonable if we didn't already know the prime conc to be 1.0-1.05mg/ml. It seems to vary from lot to lot of platelets (everyone's different). Spent a whole day, and at least a few hundred dollars in reagents and we yielded knowledge that we already knew. This isn't the first time we've done this specific experiment.
That's another thing. He has no serious recall ability. He forgets what we did the day before, making it nigh impossible to move in any one direction as long as he's at the helm. Its the most beautiful example of the General Law i've seen at work in an individual. The amusing part is, no one questions him. He's a manager, which means he reports to the owner (also older in his 80s). Everyone sort of knows he's this way, but he can seemingly know what he's talking about simply by defending his point over and over again until the other people cave. The other managers nor the owner are back here in the lab to see through his BS technique, and he manipulates the data we mine in order to make his argument more convincing.
He often mills about, not quite knowing what to do or where he should be. During these times he comes looking for me and my coworker, MJ, finds us and floats over our shoulder "Hmmm"ing or "Ahh.. i see"ing for about 15-30 seconds, and then walks away. Its as if he needs to know where we are at that moment in time, finds us, floats for a bit and then leaves. It's annoying, i find myself wanting to turn around and ask "Can i help you?" but i don't. Perhaps this is one of the ways OPs snag a taste of our energy?
Other times he'll have me mine data, then when im done, ill organize it into a spreadsheet and when he looks at it he'll comment, "Ahh good data! ... what i means i don't have a clue! hahaha..." and walk back into his office chuckling.
He is the qc/r&d manager and me and my cowork MJ are his subordinates. We often comment how his assignments are assinine, and superfluous, gaining the company little knowledge and often wasting precious time and reagents. I've seen other OPs at work too, im trying not to label them but when they jump out at you it's hard not to. Its extremely hard to verbalize the characteristics that jump out, but mostly i'd have to say its they can only skim the surface of any situation and respond in an equally superficial manner. Some are positive, pleasant to interact with, other negative, downright conniving, possessing psychopathic traits, but lacking the crystallization of a true psychopath, and still others neutral. I'm not sure im correct in my assessment, but the feeling is relatively strong. As such, im throwing my observations down in an attempt to garner feedback from the group.
Any input or questions you have are greatly appreciated.
During discussions it's not evident someone's there, or "the lights are on" sotospeak. If a point is made that is against his programming he will vehemently stand his ground (even if it cannot be verified, or hasn't been tested).
Perhaps i should give some more background as to what i do exactly. I'm a quality control and research tech in a lab. It's a small biotech company that manufactures machines (and reagents) which analyze the rate of blood-plate let aggrega tion. I have a background is biochemistry and organic synthesis, and my job is relatively redundent, same thing day in day out. Occasionaly a research project will come my way, but of course the methodology is pre-concieved. As one familiar with the scientific method, i can say there's no hypothesizing, nor testing of said hypothesis. An objective is concocted (Can we do this?) and my boss conjures a method to test it which usually doesn't make very much sense. I believe he holds a BS is chemistry but the last time he was in the classroom was probably in the 60s or 70s.
Alot of my work is data mining. Yesterday we ran a series of dilutions of risto cetin (an anti-biotic that causes aggregation) on our machines and altered the concentration from 1.5mg/ml to 8mg/ml. This would be reasonable if we didn't already know the prime conc to be 1.0-1.05mg/ml. It seems to vary from lot to lot of platelets (everyone's different). Spent a whole day, and at least a few hundred dollars in reagents and we yielded knowledge that we already knew. This isn't the first time we've done this specific experiment.
That's another thing. He has no serious recall ability. He forgets what we did the day before, making it nigh impossible to move in any one direction as long as he's at the helm. Its the most beautiful example of the General Law i've seen at work in an individual. The amusing part is, no one questions him. He's a manager, which means he reports to the owner (also older in his 80s). Everyone sort of knows he's this way, but he can seemingly know what he's talking about simply by defending his point over and over again until the other people cave. The other managers nor the owner are back here in the lab to see through his BS technique, and he manipulates the data we mine in order to make his argument more convincing.
He often mills about, not quite knowing what to do or where he should be. During these times he comes looking for me and my coworker, MJ, finds us and floats over our shoulder "Hmmm"ing or "Ahh.. i see"ing for about 15-30 seconds, and then walks away. Its as if he needs to know where we are at that moment in time, finds us, floats for a bit and then leaves. It's annoying, i find myself wanting to turn around and ask "Can i help you?" but i don't. Perhaps this is one of the ways OPs snag a taste of our energy?
Other times he'll have me mine data, then when im done, ill organize it into a spreadsheet and when he looks at it he'll comment, "Ahh good data! ... what i means i don't have a clue! hahaha..." and walk back into his office chuckling.
He is the qc/r&d manager and me and my cowork MJ are his subordinates. We often comment how his assignments are assinine, and superfluous, gaining the company little knowledge and often wasting precious time and reagents. I've seen other OPs at work too, im trying not to label them but when they jump out at you it's hard not to. Its extremely hard to verbalize the characteristics that jump out, but mostly i'd have to say its they can only skim the surface of any situation and respond in an equally superficial manner. Some are positive, pleasant to interact with, other negative, downright conniving, possessing psychopathic traits, but lacking the crystallization of a true psychopath, and still others neutral. I'm not sure im correct in my assessment, but the feeling is relatively strong. As such, im throwing my observations down in an attempt to garner feedback from the group.
Any input or questions you have are greatly appreciated.
