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I work at a Uni, supporting one of the labs. One of our lecturers is a bit of a pain in the arse..

We were talking one day, and I mentioned to him that it would possibly be a good idea to move some of our PCs to larger, better ventillated cases (they had a broadcast quality video capture card that generated enough heat to cause burns to anyone who touched them).

The next day, the head of school came to see me demanding to know why I had committed the school to nearly £30,000 of expense. Basically, the lecturer had put that suggestion on a list of requirements and told the head that I had demanded all these things.

Now, as I pointed out to the head, I didn't have any real power to demand anything like that (the lecturers do), and any requirements I did have would go through my manager, not any lecturers.

The same lecturer also asked for us to install a certain software package, then when asked by one of the students why we were using it, stated that the technicians were forcing him to use it (we don't have the power to force lecturers to do anything).
(Ok, I'll get me coat, Sun 27 Jan 2008, 14:10, Reply)