General Laboratory Rules
Our first lab is
on the first day in the afternoon.
You must follow these guidelines.
¯
No
open toed shoes, sandals or flip-flops, and, duh, no bare feet. (All these nasty liquids and potential glass
shards are best when not interlaced with your toes. Recall Die Hard.)
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No
eating or drinking in the lab at all.
This includes water, coffee, granola bars, etc. (My ex-girlfriend, on several occassions
no less, drank turpentine thinking it was coffee in her painting studio.
Hospital, stomach pump, rinse, repeat.
Ex-girlfriend.)
¯
No
loose clothing. (Roll up your
sleeves when reaching over the acid bath to get your pencil.)
¯
Long
hair should be tied back and out of the way. (Unrestrained long hair is an
uncontrollable and unpredictable variable.
We try to limit these in scientific situations.)
¯ Book bags must be left in the hallway
(There is no room for them in the laboratory. Simple as that.)