Insurance

/rant

As a bit of background, I currently work as a researcher at the university of Edinburgh. The story starts with me trying to borrow a power strip from the computing support at work for a ~30 minute photo shoot for one of my colleagues (I bought cheapo softboxes with way too short cables to be useful, so I need some sort of extension cord for them to be positioned in a useful manner). Computing support has spare mice, cables, etc. You go there if you need anything technical. I had borrowed a power strip from them multiple times in the past, it was never a problem. However, this time it was a problem. Apparently, since I am not trained for setting up electrical things, I can't borrow a power strip from them. If I want one, I need to put in a ticket so a trained technician can set one up for me. Peak brits.