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Posted by: JaySeeDub
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:38 pm CDT

Dr. Horwitz?  Is that you?  You look much younger and your hair came back!

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Posted by: Tideliar
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:30 pm CDT

I have a fuckkne huge desk between me and my lackys. I also have the chairs set so that they are 6" lower than me.

Thankfully i also have an enormous cock ego so I don't need to compensate for anything.

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Posted by: JaySeeDub
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:19 pm CDT

Classic power mongering.  Making a point to sit at the head of the table is usually a sign of weakness, and you're trying to cover up for it by attempting to make yourself the most important person in the room.  It's why before meetings I place the "head" seat closest to the door.  When someone opens it, they completely miss the guy sitting at the head.  You're much more likely to notice the person in the back corner, furthest from the door first.  The guy may be important, but he doesn't understand internal politics very well, and needs to puff himself up as much as possible to make up for the lack of understanding.

Other signs are when he has "subordinates" flank him during introductions, or in "personal meetings," he arranges it so that he has either a big desk between you and him or (subtly) forces you to take a seat on a sofa/couch instead of an arm chair.

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Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:03 pm CDT

I didn't know PIs were allowed to sit anywhere else! Of course he sits at the head of the table.

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Posted by: JaySeeDub
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:54 pm CDT

Ugh.  One of those.  Does he make it a point to sit at the head (or close to) of the table at meetings or even staff meals?

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Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:44 pm CDT

Sadly, no. He drives a beat up junker because he's too cheap to buy something else.

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Posted by: JanedeLartigue
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:17 pm CDT

Yup, does he drive a sports car, that would be the second piece of evidence that he's overcompensating for wee willy winky?

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Posted by: Tideliar
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:16 pm CDT

Tiny penis. Only excuse.

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Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:04 pm CDT

startquoteBrian Krueger, PhD said:

Wow, that's crazy Nikki! Like "needs medication" crazy :P

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Pretty sure he's on them already.

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Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:03 pm CDT

Exactly! My PI is the head of a research consortium, and he has more grant money than many whole departments. Despite this, or because of it (?) he feels like he needs to mark his territory or something. It's just strange.

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Posted by: Brian Krueger, PhD
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:02 pm CDT

Wow, that's crazy Nikki! Like "needs medication" crazy :P

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Posted by: JanedeLartigue
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 12:57 pm CDT

Yikes! Seems like someone has some issues.  He clearly feels like he isn't getting the respect he deserves from this visitor, even though the guy is basically his boss.  Very weird!

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Posted by: biochem belle
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 12:48 pm CDT

Yeah... that strikes me as odd.

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Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 12:30 pm CDT

Yeah, so the VIP was 10 minutes late getting here, so when he did, PI made it a point to tell the secretary (in front of VIP) "I'm sorry you had to delay your lunch by 10 minutes."

Dude is crazy!

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Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:38 pm CDT

Our lab was informed this morning that we were expecting the new Dean of Pediatric Research to tour our lab at noon today. Obviously everyone cleaned their benches and generally tidied up a bit.

As the time got closer, my PI told the secretary to be sure to call him Dr. PI in front of the guest because the guest, also an MD PhD like my PI, had been calling him by his first name. He even wanted the secretary to join them for lunch so that she could keep calling him Dr. PI.

Is this normal? By my line of logic, the guest and my PI have the same degrees, so they don't need to address each other formally. Also, the guest is technically my PI's boss, so it shouldn't be an issue. Thought?

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