tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post1613309829808235337..comments2024-02-16T09:13:32.131-07:00Comments on Professor Chaos: The Vampires in the HallProfessor Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-76325401935787661932010-02-10T21:25:02.275-07:002010-02-10T21:25:02.275-07:00Wow. I too am a Professor and I have seen more of ...Wow. I too am a Professor and I have seen more of the book sales people than my own students. In fact instead of asking me to BUY books, they want to know if I will SELL mine (and then they look with longing at my bookshelves). No! Go away! Next semester maybe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-12615722906297043472009-05-16T13:27:00.000-06:002009-05-16T13:27:00.000-06:00No kidding! The squeak, squeak of the wire book c...No kidding! The squeak, squeak of the wire book carts (or, my favorite, the wheeled luggage bags) gives me about a 38 second head start to shut my door. My office is second on our hall, so I have a little bit of warning at least.<br /><br />I do like CPP's approach; I might have to try that at my next job!Unbalanced Reactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13407339711183651108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-75676276826760614222009-04-23T16:41:00.000-06:002009-04-23T16:41:00.000-06:00You should tell them that you'll use their textboo...You should tell them that you'll use their textbook when they stop charging $135 for them. <br /><br />Unless, of course, the $135 charge includes autographs and automatic grad school offers from the authors....JLKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396471022931966499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-43880594747548024402009-04-20T17:28:00.000-06:002009-04-20T17:28:00.000-06:00@Drugmonkey: LOL. Perhaps I should choose a hybrid...@Drugmonkey: LOL. Perhaps I should choose a hybrid option and have Comrade PhysioProf write the sign for my door! (General Disarray thinks that might lose me my job, though)<br /><br />@scatterplot: awesome! that's the worse book rep story I've heard so far.Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-91276913776468375772009-04-20T08:14:00.000-06:002009-04-20T08:14:00.000-06:00when they come in, pull up some blog and start ra...when they come in, pull up <A HREF="http://physioprof.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">some blog </A> and start randomly reading sentences. that should clear them out.Drugmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414353815962084981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-5838270869808570052009-04-17T21:11:00.000-06:002009-04-17T21:11:00.000-06:00My job starts in August, my phd hasn't been submit...My job starts in August, my phd hasn't been submitted yet and I live about 10,000 miles from my department-to-be, so I've only had to deal with one of these guys so far, and only by email. He deftly (and untruthfully) implied the textbook he was pushing was being used in the class currently. The email closed with, "I look forward to meeting you." Fortunately I have very few qualms about being scatterplotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-2348322781659963282009-04-17T18:45:00.000-06:002009-04-17T18:45:00.000-06:00The crux of my problem, of course, is that I am in...<I>The crux of my problem, of course, is that I am incapable of being rude to these people.</I>People like this prey on the natural human tendency to be polite. <I>They</I> are the ones who are rude for exploiting this aspect of human decency, and they deserve no politeness in return. If salespeople of any kind show their faces in my lab, we firmly state that we do not accept any unsolicited Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-24764821685339269002009-04-17T17:38:00.000-06:002009-04-17T17:38:00.000-06:00The lab supplies reps are just as bad. Not only d...The lab supplies reps are just as bad. Not only do they push their shit, they don't know why their shit is SHIT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com