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There are countless posts here about PI's, postdocs, and grad students abusing, manipulating, or otherwise having aggressive/inappropriate behavior towards pre meds and/or others below them. I've had this experience myself. I was in a colon cancer bench research lab and my PI once had a full on screaming match with the senior postdoc. There were their actual words:
PI: I want you to collect the cells in the afternoon
Post-Doc: Tell *Insert my Name* to do it
PI: He's got a midterm today he can't
Post-Doc: Then tell someone else to do it
PI: Listen, you're in my lab so you'll do as I say
Post Doc: I don't care I'm senior postdoc
PI: Do it by the end of the day
This is where the screaming started
Post-Doc: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS WHY I'M TRYING TO LEAVE YOUR LAB
PI: YOU WORK FOR ME UNDERSTAND?
Post-Doc: I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY PAPER TO GET PUBLISHED SO I CAN GET OUT OF HERE
PI: Fine then don't bother showing up from now on
PI: I want you to collect the cells in the afternoon
Post-Doc: Tell *Insert my Name* to do it
PI: He's got a midterm today he can't
Post-Doc: Then tell someone else to do it
PI: Listen, you're in my lab so you'll do as I say
Post Doc: I don't care I'm senior postdoc
PI: Do it by the end of the day
This is where the screaming started
Post-Doc: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS WHY I'M TRYING TO LEAVE YOUR LAB
PI: YOU WORK FOR ME UNDERSTAND?
Post-Doc: I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY PAPER TO GET PUBLISHED SO I CAN GET OUT OF HERE
PI: Fine then don't bother showing up from now on