Total Recall - Synthetic organic chemistry is kinda slow and complicated!

To everyone's surprise I spent a day in the lab the other day doing some actual real life research. I forgot how hard, slow and complicated that stuff is. It would probably not be a bad idea for supervisors to leave the office and spend a day doing some lab work occasionally. I certainly appreciate what the guys are doing more after that ordeal. During my brief lab exposure I was reminded of the common messy lab balance problem. It is almost more common to find the balance littered with chemicals, dirty spatulas etc. than in a clean and tidy state. Anyway, the guys in my lab have sorted this out. A panda seems to do the trick. D!