Lab Rat
In Chem labs, rats are made to run around and carry out the experiments of many a mad scientist. The one that I remember laughing about the most was when you put a lab rat in a box, put some cheese on the other side and attach a little electric shocker to it. The rat smells the cheese, runs to it, tries to eat it and then… ZAP! It gets shocked with the little buzzer.
And then, 5 seconds later when the pain subsides, it smells some cheese, runs to it, tries to eat it and then…ZAP! It gets shocked with the little buzzer.
And then, 5 seconds later when the pain subsides, it smells some cheese, runs to it, tries to eat it and then…ZAP! It gets shocked with the little buzzer.
And then, 5 seconds later when the pain subsides, it smells some cheese….
Today, that lab rat was me.
I don’t know when I will learn my lesson. I don’t know when I will stop forgetting what the little painful electric shock buzzer thing feels like and I don’t know how many times it will take for me to realize that the (C)heese is not meant to be eaten!!!!!!!
One Bachelors degree, nearly 2 Masters degrees and 25 years under my belt and what do I have to show for it? Short-term memory, a low tolerance for pain, and an extremely high capacity for repeated stupidity. Just like a GD lab rat.
