The Short Straw Works the Graveyard Shift

The Slate Rock and Gravel Company was way ahead of their time.  They realized that although they had a big labor force, their work was limited by the number of Dino-cranes.  However, by splitting the workforce into multiple shifts, they would be able to mine the quarry much faster than if they relied solely on a single shift by Fred Flintstone.  What if one day our P.I.s came to the same realization…

Money’s tight these days and like many industries, research is learning to do more with less.  So in this week’s group meeting, imagine your boss says “Many of you have alerted me to the problem of instrument overcrowding in the lab.  We’ve had a few machines go down and we simply can’t afford to replace them.  But it dawned on me- the lab is pretty quiet at night.  In fact, all of the instruments that people referred to as problematic appear to be wide open after about 8:00pm.”

Uh-oh.

Your boss continues, “So as of Monday, I’ll be splitting the lab into three shifts working around-the-clock.  This should increase instrument availability dramatically.”

The room is filled with panic and horror.  Now it’s up to you – better sign up quickly or who knows where you’ll end up…

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