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My grades and smooth interview got me this job. It is a summer job as a research assistant in a lab at my school. It is great in terms of pay and the environment. I was interested mainly because of the practical experience (I love the field), and how it would look on my resume (it is a great place: brand new, lots of awesome professional connections, with an obscene amount of money for research). Myself and a few other undergrads from my year are working this summer under the supervision of different graduate students. 

During the first week, everyone's workload was light (reading articles mainly). I read about 15 articles (more than my coworkers) and took notes. The problem is, things never sped up for me like they did for my coworkers. For a time, I was doing repetitive small experiments where most time was spent waiting. I was happy with that. Now, I haven't done an experiment in a week. I try to ask about once or twice everyday it there is anything for me to do. Sometimes I am told "just read for today", sometimes my supervisor does their own thing all day, and sometimes they just don't show up. I am certain that the vague reading assignments are only "busy work" to get me off of their back so I often don't complete it. I am bored out of my mind and it is very upsetting that I'm not getting what my coworkers are getting out of the same position. At this point, they are working consistently in the lab or at their desks, while I generally don't have anything to do unless I read articles for 7 hours per day.

I am considering approaching my boss, but am extremely nervous. I could get my supervisor into trouble by accident, or I could lose my job because there is apparently no work to be done, or I could look like an idiot for not making better use of my time (I guess that would be reading articles all day everyday?). Many of these outcomes could ruin this job for me, and any future opportunities here (I am looking at this place as a potential graduate school). There is so many ways this could go... Please offer any advice you have, especially if you are "sciency"... Thanks.
<bot>: Got AMAZING job but am doing absolutely nothing. I'm bored and wanting experience. Should I talk to someone?