The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

boredofbeingathome

He is your supervisor, he is supposed to help. Otherwise what is he being paid for?

Pippilongstocking

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

He is your supervisor, he is supposed to help. Otherwise what is he being paid for?

He has a contract for being an unsupportive muppet who does nothing seemingly except that you have to write stuff in convoluted words that other people don't understand, be pretty vile and hostile to anyone with less than a PhD and heaven forbid them if someone with only normal qualificiatons talks to him, these type of academic contracts aren't very hard to find in fact I am sure they select them especially as some kind of assault course of human beings (using the term very loosely here as I am not quite sure hes a fully paid up member of the evolutionary club) anyway I digress I think its like a human assault course doing a phd, if you can get through it and manage to get the the end with out going completely insane they make you a Doctor so then they don't have to worry about you somehow curing yourself.

The phrase Doctor cure thy self in fact I beleive comes from the PhD process:rotfl:

I also think there is a form on a supervisors form that says:

DO you have problems in social situations - are you socially inept? Tick here if you are an arrogant ignorant self obsessed p*rick who loves to talk down to folk and generally make them feel stupid and horrid

If they don't tick the box they don't get a contract

But of course that's just my opinion and I am definately NOT bitter.

gallygirl

fayjmck wrote: »

He has a contract for being an unsupportive muppet who does nothing seemingly except that you have to write stuff in convoluted words that other people don't understand, be pretty vile and hostile to anyone with less than a PhD and heaven forbid them if someone with only normal qualificiatons talks to him, these type of academic contracts aren't very hard to find in fact I am sure they select them especially as some kind of assault course of human beings (using the term very loosely here as I am not quite sure hes a fully paid up member of the evolutionary club) anyway I digress I think its like a human assault course doing a phd, if you can get through it and manage to get the the end with out going completely insane they make you a Doctor so then they don't have to worry about you somehow curing yourself.

The phrase Doctor cure thy self in fact I beleive comes from the PhD process:rotfl:

I also think there is a form on a supervisors form that says:

DO you have problems in social situations - are you socially inept? Tick here if you are an arrogant ignorant self obsessed p*rick who loves to talk down to folk and generally make them feel stupid and horrid

If they don't tick the box they don't get a contract

But of course that's just my opinion and I am definately NOT bitter.

:eek: Crikey Fay, I think he's moonlighting at my place :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Edit: Actually, I think he's moonlighting as my (possibly ex) OH :mad:

Pippilongstocking

gallygirl wrote: »

:eek: Crikey Fay, I think he's moonlighting at my place :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Hiya Galley - I tell you its like Stepford Wives except its the evil supervisors - do you think they get churned out in their........... LandsEnd shirts and their jeans but not the right kind of jeans and hush puppies just for someones evil enjoyment????

The attack of the clones:D

Pippilongstocking

Galley I dont think he's being your evil ex

I think if a woman turned up naked infront of this bloke he would just look,, demand to see some sort of formal qualifications and then ask her if she really thought she was good enough and to stop wasting his time and to come and tell him when she was finished being silly

gallygirl

fayjmck wrote: »

Galley I dont think he's being your evil ex

I think if a woman turned up naked infront of this bloke he would just look,, demand to see some sort of formal qualifications and then ask her if she really thought she was good enough and to stop wasting his time and to come and tell him when she was finished being silly

:eek::eek: OMG it IS him :eek::eek:

Pippilongstocking

Gives Galley a very very large hug. x

Pippilongstocking

I dont just have silly socks I own 5 pairs of wellies - 3 for work and two for home these ARE my non work ones off work at the beach!

EssexHebridean

I LOVE your mad wellies Fay!! :T

boredofbeingathome

fayjmck wrote: »

He has a contract for being an unsupportive muppet who does nothing seemingly except that you have to write stuff in convoluted words that other people don't understand, be pretty vile and hostile to anyone with less than a PhD and heaven forbid them if someone with only normal qualificiatons talks to him, these type of academic contracts aren't very hard to find in fact I am sure they select them especially as some kind of assault course of human beings (using the term very loosely here as I am not quite sure hes a fully paid up member of the evolutionary club) anyway I digress I think its like a human assault course doing a phd, if you can get through it and manage to get the the end with out going completely insane they make you a Doctor so then they don't have to worry about you somehow curing yourself.

The phrase Doctor cure thy self in fact I beleive comes from the PhD process:rotfl:

I also think there is a form on a supervisors form that says:

DO you have problems in social situations - are you socially inept? Tick here if you are an arrogant ignorant self obsessed p*rick who loves to talk down to folk and generally make them feel stupid and horrid

If they don't tick the box they don't get a contract

But of course that's just my opinion and I am definately NOT bitter.

Aww, my brother has a PHD and spent most of his time avoiding his supervisor and sending me his work for ideas Microwave technology, i know nowt about it at all..but he now has a multi million pound business and a nice barn conversion..shame it comes with a cow of a girlfriend who has tried to alienate us all from him. ( She has delusions of pseudo snobbery, but we is all common and refuse) Even threatened to put my tent up in their field:cool:

Anyway i digress, boo to evil supervisor..he obviously has issues:cool: