Academics are joining this funny note that is becoming popular online.
A PhD is often considered the minimum prerequisite for an academic career. Research, data collection, analysis and writing take a lot of time and effort. These prolonged continuous efforts can sometimes tire a candidate, and this fatigue causes procrastination. However, many research students experience procrastination issues when they work on their thesis.
On Twitter, a photo of a note from a “terrible procrastinator” asking others not to initiate discussions with a research scholar has gone viral.
The procrastinator wrote everyone about that person’s bad habit. The message printed in capital letters read: “Please don’t talk to me. I’m doing my PhD and if you talk to me, I won’t stop because I’m a terrible procrastinator! Email if necessary.” Thank you .”
This hilarious note was shared on Twitter by a man named Steve Bingham who, according to his Twitter bio, is himself a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds and also a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Nottingham Business School.
On October 4, Bingham posted the picture with the caption, “I think every PhD student needs this sign at some point @PhDVoice”.
I think every PhD student needs this hint at some point @PhDVoicepic.twitter.com/M0xLrntxrW
— steve_bingham (@steve_bingham92) 4 October 2022
A lot of research students said they could relate to the note. They are also exchanging experiences in the same situation. One person wrote: “I should have done this with my supervisor… she came at 11 o’clock and since then she could speak until 5 or 6, I don’t know how I finished my thesis.”
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