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Annoyed janitor turns off super-cold freezer, destroying decades of scientific work and causing at least $1M in damages: lawsuit
NY Post ^
| 06/26/2023
| Steve Janoski
Posted on 06/26/2023 7:18:46 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
It could be the plot of a dark comedy if it weren’t a science tragedy.
A janitor working in a laboratory who was annoyed by an incessant beep reportedly flipped a switch that killed the noise — but also shut off a storage freezer, destroying decades of scientific work, according to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lab in Troy.
The cleaner’s alleged carelessness cost the lab at least $1 million in damages, a lawsuit the university filed against its third-party cleaning service charges.
“People’s behavior and negligence caused all this,” Michael Ginsberg, RPI’s attorney, told the Times Union in Albany. “Unfortunately, they wiped out 25 years of research.”
The super-cold freezer the custodial worker allegedly shut down held cell cultures, samples, and other elements stored at minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit, the Times Union said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Health/Medicine
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To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/26/2023 9:37:20 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: ChicagoConservative27
His union will protect him...so it’s HIS union agains the professors’ union... LOVE it!
BTW... the schools are awash in gov’t research funding
62
posted on
06/26/2023 9:56:58 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
To: dfwgator
Thank you for the Far Side!
Please, Sir, may we have some more!
63
posted on
06/26/2023 10:04:13 AM PDT
by
EliRoom8
I'm sure all the stuff in the Coldspot was related to white supremacist microaggression, so, good riddance.
64
posted on
06/26/2023 10:14:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
During Jimmy Carter we were asked to save energy so some genius decided that they could save all sorts of energy by just shutting off the main power going into the high school over Christmas or spring break.
After all there’s no people in there so there’s no sense wasting all that energy on HVAC.
We came back several days late and there was still so much rotten smell from the refrigerators it about made you barf.
65
posted on
06/26/2023 10:15:04 AM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
To: dfwgator
PERFECT! It sounded like a Far Side moment, and Larson already had it covered, and you found it. Thanks!
(Even more Far Side, was that the janitor did it on purpose.)
66
posted on
06/26/2023 10:15:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: dfwgator
This is not quite the same, but it reminds us of how annoying repeated noises can be:
67
posted on
06/26/2023 10:17:05 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: ChicagoConservative27
Moral of story: Sweep the floor yourself in critical laboratories.
68
posted on
06/26/2023 10:20:54 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Leaning Right
But it’s much cheaper to hire an outside company. Well, you get what you pay for.Yep. They paid for it in the long run.
To: citizen
Power switches with locked covers.
No cords/cables that can be unplugged without keys
70
posted on
06/26/2023 10:24:32 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isnt free)
To: Yo-Yo
71
posted on
06/26/2023 10:27:32 AM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(Pray for President Trump)
To: CJ Wolf
"We used to have a cleaning crew that would unplug a network switch in a remote site to plug in the vacuum."
We had something similar where I used to work. Cleaning crew would plug vacuum into a particular wall socket and when turned on, whole room went down.
Lights, racks of equipment, air handlers, temperamental mainframes. Suddenly very quiet until someone said, "oh...sh!t."
72
posted on
06/26/2023 10:44:42 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: ChicagoConservative27
The super-cold freezer the custodial worker allegedly shut down held cell cultures, samples, and other elements stored at minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit, the Times Union said. "Cell cultures," huh?!
Sure...
Regards,
73
posted on
06/26/2023 10:49:48 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Who knows what they were working on?
This guy may have just save the entire
world
74
posted on
06/26/2023 11:07:04 AM PDT
by
thesligoduffyflynns
(WHEN 💎GOING THROUGH HELL KEEP GOING 💎 IF IT DOESNT KILL YOU IT ILL MAKE YOU STRONGER💎)
To: dfwgator
75
posted on
06/26/2023 11:08:01 AM PDT
by
thesligoduffyflynns
(WHEN 💎GOING THROUGH HELL KEEP GOING 💎 IF IT DOESNT KILL YOU IT ILL MAKE YOU STRONGER💎)
To: right way right
How many years can you study a yak? A life’s work no doubt. I said yak because the U of Alaska has a yak farm and I’ve been in Alaska 20 years and it’s always been there.
76
posted on
06/26/2023 11:22:48 AM PDT
by
Cowgirl
To: Cowgirl
There’s clearly a lot for those U of Alaska agricultural scientists to yak about!
77
posted on
06/26/2023 11:25:15 AM PDT
by
Reily
(!!)
To: nutmeg
78
posted on
06/26/2023 11:27:45 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
(My 'pride flag' is the AMERICAN FLAG)
To: Reno89519
"My guess is the school is happy to have this gone, happy to have someone to blame for it going away." Yes indeed...
Now have an "instant" list for supposedly critical experiments that will have to have original grant applications resubmitted without requiring any intellectual effort or capability...
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posted on
06/26/2023 11:32:27 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
To: Cincinnatus.45-70
It had power. It was deliberately switched off. How would a backup power source help?
80
posted on
06/26/2023 11:37:04 AM PDT
by
GingisK
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