Updated: What would you do with this lab partner?

[nick1985]

Throw a bus at him.

:awe:

 

[NutBucket]

Had this happen to me once. Was the writeup for a quarter-long project. It was the last weekend before it was due so we divided the report. A day before it was due I still hadn't heard from him so I decided to just write the whole thing myself. I also sent the prof an e-mail explaining the situation.

Morning it was due I get a call from him saying we should put the report together. I say I already finished it. We get to class and he asks to see it. Obviously his name is missing and he really didn't have to question why it was missing. Prof ended up giving him one grade lower in the class because of his missing report. Dude didn't speak me again but I really didn't care. Besides, he always wore sandals and I could usually smell his feet! Blech.

Fuck 'em all and do what you need to do to. I'm not going to let some lazy slob screw me over. Can you tell I hate group projects of any sort?

 

[nick1985]

Had this happen to me once. Was the writeup for a quarter-long project. It was the last weekend before it was due so we divided the report. A day before it was due I still hadn't heard from him so I decided to just write the whole thing myself. I also sent the prof an e-mail explaining the situation.

Morning it was due I get a call from him saying we should put the report together. I say I already finished it. We get to class and he asks to see it. Obviously his name is missing and he really didn't have to question why it was missing. Prof ended up giving him one grade lower in the class because of his missing report. Dude didn't speak me again but I really didn't care. Besides, he always wore sandals and I could usually smell his feet! Blech.

Fuck 'em all and do what you need to do to. I'm not going to let some lazy slob screw me over. Can you tell I hate group projects of any sort?

He missed an entire project and only got 1 grade lower in the class? He must have aced everything else, or the teacher is extremely generous.

 

[NutBucket]

No, he did the project, just didn't do the writeup as assigned. He turned in his own writeup later.

 

[ravana]

Go Solo, looks like you are doing most of the work anyway.

Talk to your TA asap.

 

[meltdown75]

bus, head, snap.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

obviously, I missed a number of threads involving a bus snapping someone's head off, and it's somehow related to partners .

 

[lurk3r]

1) Set lab partner on fire
2) Claim it was an accident and/or his fault
3) ....
4) profit

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

bus

 

[Hacp]

When doing a project, I always do a separate version on the side. If the group manages to do their parts,then I hand in my part and someone compiles it. If no one manages to get anything done, I hand in my own version with only my name on it.

 

[sonicdrummer20]

OP, right now you are in a fairly emotional state, so I believe you should stand back, take stock, and approach this problem in a more deliberate, step-by-step manner.

First, I suggest you cut out all fast food snacks from your daily routine. Why? It's all about the Benjamens, brother. You need to slowly save up some serious dough.

In the meantime, study hard . . . for your commercial operator's license.

When you've manfully amassed several thou, 79 cents at a time, your next stop is craiglist.

Scan those vehicle ads religiously, for YOU are now ready to buy your own bus.

Throwing your slacker lab partner under a bus owned and operated by someone else just won't do. He might be only partially injured, and he might well limp back into class, all bleeding and bandaged and soaking up the sympathy like Brittney back from rehab.

For the ultimate success, you simply MUST own and pilot your very own GM General urban transport module!

Good luck, and you can thank me more fully at his funeral.

Fucking Gold!!!

 

[Matthiasa]

Yeah umm the writeup is always the easiest part...
If hes doing more then you for the actually doing stuff part... well you would do best not to complain.

 

[dighn]

Fucking Gold!!!

this thread is lawl

I agree with the others. you'd be insane to stick with him.

 

[mvbighead]

Agree with everyone else here. Do it yourself, explain to the TA/Prof why you are doing it that way, and head/bus/snapoff.

I had a less than intelligent lab partner who claimed he had ADD or ADHD or some such crap. I give him easy stuff to do, and do it myself in addition to make sure we were covered if he fucked up.

In your situation, having sent the guy numerous emails over a weekend, and getting nothing in response, sounds like he had no interest while you were trying to get the project done. Not your fault he waited till the last minute. Group projects suck, especially when your lab partners suck.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

i'd hire a hitman to off him. and i'd have him throw him under a bus in a way his head snaps off.

 

[Platypus]

ditch that deadbeat fuck and do it yourself.

Group projects only teach you one thing.. that the real world is exactly the same. You will likely meet this same useless fuck a few times throughout the rest of your career. Document everything, do your work and be professional about it.

Just take a few days to calm down about it and really think about it, approach your TA and just simply say you would rather work alone if possible or with another group. I had to get two people removed from groups when I was in college because they would take credit for shit they didn't and couldn't do or just not do their part and I would have to cover for them (I always wrote my own parts just in case).

 

[deadlyapp]

I can't breathe I'm laughing so hard.

Ditch him. I'd say procrastinators are fine - if they pull their workload or get things done on time. I won't lie, I procrastinate on projects and labs all the time, but I always finish them on time and the quality is always up to snuff. I've dealt with tons of people who can't pull their own weight and I've gotten to the point where I just take up the slack depending on how big of a deal it is. This guy sounds like a deadbeat though and won't get better.

 

[gaidensensei]

I re-edited my post (#2) for proper format. Good luck to you.

 

[Ricemarine]

Yeah umm the writeup is always the easiest part...
If hes doing more then you for the actually doing stuff part... well you would do best not to complain.

Ha... I do more of the work. Our last demo we had presented showed that the code he had implemented was broken. I had to fix everything else.

and... updated on OP.

 

[Cuda1447]

Updated op with no head under bus?!?!? Fail

 

[disappoint]

CALL A BUS!

 

[vshah]

separating your grades from his seems like the best bet

 

[marvdmartian]

Easy answer. If the lab partner looks like this, you do nothing at all, whatsoever. Otherwise, the sky's the limit!!

 

[Blackjack200]

Easy answer. If the lab partner looks like this, you do nothing at all, whatsoever. Otherwise, the sky's the limit!!

If your lab partner looks like that, and you do "nothing", you must post on ATOT.