A (a)typical day in the lab

My cells have stopped growing, just like that. At this very moment when I really need them to grow, I want them to grow, I urge them to grow. What do they do? Of course they stop dividing! They haven't divided once since last Wednesday. I had so promising results and I just wanted to confirm them, but no, my cells just take a vacation.. Don't they get the fact that I love them, okay I hate them at the moment. Or perhaps not hate but really, really dislike them. Or perhaps I am really indifferent to them. Or annoyed. I cannot make up my mind. I am everything at once.

This don't only apply to my lovely WI38 human diploid lung fibroblasts but also to other parts of life when they don't behave as I want them to.. Don't they get that I care about them? (okay, these are cells, they do not have feelings, they are like amoebas, except for the fact that they don't move. They just sit there, not dividing, not dying, not moving, just being indifferent. Hmm. Sounds familiar..