What are you smiling at?

So, I passed by Roland's office on Monday morning and he called out, "Pre-doctor McBeth, get in here". I backtracked from towards the water cooler and walked through the doorway and said, "Good morning Roland! What can I do for you?". To which he responded, "What are you so happy for?" I replied in a mock depressed tone "Oh sorry. I mean, uh . . . what's going on boss? Is that better?" "Yes, much better." Anyway, just in case you were thinking that Roland is unusual among the realm of PI's. Think again friends. Here is today's comic from www.phdcomics.com (the only coping mechanism many of us doctoral students have). Pay particular attention to the first panel. Read the rest, this is reality and can list off about thirty.six times any of these situations has happened.