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“In my 20s, I did genetic sequencing for a prestigious most cancers analysis middle in London. After I was going for lunch sooner or later, the person serving me noticed my ID badge and requested the place I labored (for security causes, our badges had no figuring out establishment logos/ constructing names, and so on).”
“After I advised him, he requested if I used to be the receptionist. After I advised him what my precise job was, he replied with ‘You do not seem like a scientist.’ Ten years later, I can nonetheless keep in mind how livid that interplay made me really feel.
(Not that it issues, however the precise receptionist at the moment was a person.)”