BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 1 year agoDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down10
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoMaybe a janitor turned off power to the whole lab to stop the irritating alarms… no, wait, I think that was a different case.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoYep https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoEverybody was out of town for Christmas.
minus-square0xtero@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoMore likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoIronically, firing the non-essential janitor would have prevented the last incident of this type https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squarepapabobolious@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.
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Maybe a janitor turned off power to the whole lab to stop the irritating alarms… no, wait, I think that was a different case.
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Yep
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
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Everybody was out of town for Christmas.
More likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
Ironically, firing the non-essential janitor would have prevented the last incident of this type
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
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Because they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.