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But I am physically kinda clumsly (the same way I am verbally clumsy :-) I would probably desolve my hand in acid within a month. Would they tolerate somebody like that long enuf for promotion (assuming I wear acid-proof gloves)?
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Because of clumsy lab assistants, a lot of the lab tests are done via equipment. In many cases, you don't even take the lids off of blood, etc. The machine does. Secondly, you'll become a lot more careful when you realize that each vial of blood you carry potentially has HIV or Hepatitis B. Instead of being a goof, you become very careful because not being careful could be fatal. If you don't have that temperment, then perhaps you belong in sales (with all the other goofs). A careless/clumsy temperment doesn't work well in IT or programming, either.
As for the properties file, understand that we're really using the database call interface the most, because it is the most valuable. We did the properties file because it was easy to implement.