Fire in GRB!

Remember the scene at the end of Office Space where the disgruntled employees of Initech watch their office burn? I had an eerily similar experience today. A chemical fire on the third floor of my building caused an evacuation and a whole lot more chaos. I returned to the building and saw my lab gathered outside watching events unfold. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Unfortunately, I'm sure some research was ruined. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, we were all sent home for the day.

Remember our favorite disgruntled employee:

Milton Waddams: "...but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire... "

I couldn't help but think of all the disgruntled grad students around the world... but no grad student would actually destroy years of scientific work for any reason. Never.