After 12 years my Chromatography and mass spec service (already unable to keep up) will be dragged further down by a laboratory move.
Is my empire crumbling? I'm moving from the top floor to the ground (or what seems like basement). All the equipment must go, with all of the necessary meticulous dismantling and reassembling. The Atlas/Hades referencing cartoon is my scribbled expression of the downtrodden nature of the task. To enhance my enthusiasm for the move, the destination lab isn't yet fit for purpose. No fume hood or safe vapour removal, and existing surplus equipment still in the way.
I once joked about 'administration creep,' where all of the additional admin and pointless tasks begin to take over your time, leaving little room for the actual job tasks (like conducting science). I think the creep has reached 100%.
