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Rant: I have to give a presentation on Monday

dullard

dullard

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I'm just ticked at a coworker right now. If you don't want to read a rant, there is a close window button on your browser.

I just received an email stating that I was registered to attend a symposium on Monday. I never registered for it or anything else. There was an attached program list so I opened it to see what it was about. Right in the middle 1:30 - 2:15 pm is my name as a presenter. Of what? I have no clue. Well, I know what I work on, but who is the audience? What does the audience want to hear? How long is it (there are two others scheduled for the same time period, are we sharing the 45 minutes, or are there three rooms each 45 min long)? Do I need handouts, powerpoint, slides, or just my charm? There goes my weekend and I wanted to finish remodeling a bathroom.

My boss and a coworker are listed there as well. Neither one claims to know anything about it, but I'm pretty sure it is the coworker to blame. He is gone for the day, but there will be hell to pay tomorrow.

Keep in mind that I'm shy and a horrible public speaker. But it comes with the territory though.

Mild rant over, return to your regularly scheduled Anandtech Neffing.
 
Originally posted by: KLin
Don't show up for the symposium. :thumbsup:
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That thought crossed my mind. There will be no direct harm to me. However, I don't want to piss off people who are associated with my work.
 
There is only one natural response to this sort of behaviour....


pork his sister(s)*










* Where age is equal to or above the local legal age of consent
 
Originally posted by: Anchor
whats the topic google always rules.
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The title is "Advantages of rapid PCR amplification of DNA". As an engineer, I can talk for hours of how to build the machine that accomplishes that task. Or I can go into complex math or computer simulations about the machine. But if you get me in a question and answer phase with experienced and educated biochemists on applications of the machine, then I may be a little lacking in my answers.



* I don't know if a sister exists. If she does, she is thousands of miles away and 20 years older than me.
 
I would be incensed if that happened to me.

I'd point out "your" session in the program to your co-worker and comment on how funny it was that they made an error like that, since you have no idea how your name could end up as one of the presenters. Play stupid and force him to confess that he screwed you.

If he admits it, then say that you hope he's prepared to make the presentation, since you can't possibly prepare in this short period of time and you're not going to make an ass of yourself because he dropped the ball.

You might have to present anyway, but I'd make him squirm!
 
Originally posted by: dullard
The title is "Advantages of rapid PCR amplification of DNA". As an engineer, I can talk for hours of how to build the machine that accomplishes that task. Or I can go into complex math or computer simulations about the machine. But if you get me in a question and answer phase with experienced and educated biochemists on applications of the machine, then I may be a little lacking in my answers.
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Just go up to the blackboard, and say "We're going to talk about some of the advantages of rapid PCR amplification of DNA. First of all..."

Then write "1) It's faster."

Freeze for a moment, and say "Uhh....so, as you can see, there's a significant speed increase with rapid PCR over regular PCR. Hence the name. Right....<doodle on board>...so this gives us more time to do, well, other things. Like have slime mold races. HA! I kid. But yeah, rapid PCR amplification of DNA is great"

<sit down>
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Anchor
whats the topic google always rules.
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The title is "Advantages of rapid PCR amplification of DNA". As an engineer, I can talk for hours of how to build the machine that accomplishes that task. Or I can go into complex math or computer simulations about the machine. But if you get me in a question and answer phase with experienced and educated biochemists on applications of the machine, then I may be a little lacking in my answers.



* I don't know if a sister exists. If she does, she is thousands of miles away and 20 years older than me.
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i know, go and spew techincal jargon until all the biochemists are bored into a coma. then declare you are done and walk out like nothing happened.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Update, please. I'm curious to know what your co-worker said.
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Ok things are better now. I talked to him again and he said he was giving the talk. Why he put my name on it first, I don't know.

Take back everything I said about my weekend being ruined.

Now I just need to decide if I want to go with him on Monday. It is a 1 hour drive both ways.
 
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