BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 9 months agoDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months 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-up3·edit-29 months agoYep https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squarepapabobolious@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoBecause they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoEverybody was out of town for Christmas.
minus-square0xtero@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoMore likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months 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
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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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Because they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.
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