When people divulge their political aversions to milk.
When people tell me they have invented a new “theory”
When my gf suggests chinese food, cocktails and red box
When colleagues tell me about their data sets
When I have to edit autoethnography papers.
When I realize I have to start Atkins again.
Skyping with your advisor.
When the department head decides to start locking the staff supply cabinets in the main office.
When other grad students ask questions at conferences just to hear themselves talk about their own research.
When all the jr faculty make tenure