Stalked in the lab

When I am the new person in a lab, I am acutely aware of the fact that until I know, at least to some degree, what the hell I am doing and where in the hell everything is located and how things run from day to day, that I am going to be a burden to someone. However, there is really know other way to learn all this information, so I try to ask different people for help instead of constantly bothering the same person. I find that most people, myself included, are pretty willing to help a new lab member adjust, but only to a point. After several days of questions it gets hard to not let the constant interruptions get on your nerves a little, and if you are already having a shitty day, it’s even more difficult not to let it show.

To avoid this problem, or at least to keep it to a minimum, I say spread the questions around. Although some inquiries can only be answered by specific lab members, almost anyone can provide you with a common protocol or show you where a reagent is located. I assume that most people take this approach, but our new post-doc apparently does not subscribe to this philosophy. In short, the new post-doc is stalking me.

Every single, cotton-picking question is directed at me, even when multiple people are available to choose from. I’ll give the person some credit, at least they don’t interrupt me right while I am in the middle of something, but it seems like every time I turn around from the bench, there they are, waiting to ask me something. Today, I found this person just watching me. They didn’t have a question, they weren’t looking for anything, they were just watching. It's creepy.

Still don't know where anything is, but I have windows

During my first week in my new lab, I acquired a new bench, storage space in the -20 C and 4 C , pipetteman and an office, all of which are necessary for me to accomplish science. Well, not the office. I don't need the office, but it sure is nice since my day consists mostly of reading. In addition to the office, the other items I have now that I didn't have in grad. school lab are windows.
Throughout graduate school I was surrounded by concrete blocks, so much so that my cell reception was zip. Even the majority of the hallways in my department were lacking windows, thanks to new construction. Apparently this lack of windows really bothered my fellow grad. students and the post-docs that worked in my department. In fact, the desire for a window was so great that a fake window was constructed in the lunch room.
For me, windows are distracting. Back in the day when I attended classes, I always felt that the windows were diverting my attention from the lecture. No matter what, I always ended up staring out of them, wondering what the people outside were doing. I figured a window in the lab would be just as distracting, so I wasn't really that upset about not having them. I don't need to set my hair on fire because I was watching someone outside.
So, now microbiologist xx, who doesn't care about windows, has a bench and a desk situated right next to windows. I am wondering how these windows will effect my work. I think for a while I will just forget that the windows are there, but eventually I am going to become accustomed to these windows and then who knows what will happen then.