random rant 1677365

so I skipped the reception in favor of getting more work done - age old adage that the more time you put into the middle of your thesis the less time it takes to finish, or something like that.
so really, only had to finish up a dialysis - should be easy - at 4 C. Except that the stirplate I used was unplugged, so I plugged it in and walked away for five minutes while I did the sample prep. I come back and the plate is smoking in the coldroom and the plastic beaker I am using is collapsing. Can't use glass, metalloproteins. I check the heat setting but it is at zero. Apparently the heating mechanism does not turn off. Which might explain why this particular stir plate was unplugged, but not why there wasn't a note saying 'I'm broken', or even removal of said stir plate to RT where it might have a better opportunity of getting fixed. Seriously. WTF?
ciao