Holding a fish

I always carry my experiment fishies in a small plastic tank from fish house to lab whenever I need to collect sample for molecular work. Not sure why, but the sight of me holding a fish tank will attract curiosity from people I met along the way. Be it the lecturers, staffs, students, complete strangers, even the janitor too. Inquiries on what I’m going to do with the fish, what type, how I’m going to kill it, blah, blah…. It goes on and on. Busybodies.

Out of courtesy, I did answer their first query. Usually in curt words and accompanied with defensive body language to discourage them (poyo face, not making eye contact, that kind of body language lah). Most of them understood and left me alone. The ones I have a bone to pick with are those who keep on bombarding me with questions. Hello? Did u really think I would discuss my research with u inside a lift/the middle of the corridor/standing at the parking lot under hot sun?? gilerrrr…..

Should’ve worn a
“DO NOT ASK PERSON CARRYING FISH TANK QUESTIONS, WILL BITE”
sign around my neck. But I guess, the questions will keep on coming.

“Would u really bite me?”