PI at next subgroup meeting: "It's been a whole month, why hasn't anyone accomplished anything?"LM1: "Well the experiment plan you said I had to do I should try last time f-"LM2: "-Spectrometer died :)"LM1: "...oh right, yeah, the spectrometer died :|"PI: :|PI: "So where's your manuscript?"
Its not about sharing victory.
Its about sharing defeat.