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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Free The Yaks!
That’s what i say.
Dang...I miss Larson
Blaming the janitor for a crap system with no redundancy. This story is made up for the insurance claims.
I hate those electronic sonalert beepers. Some yahoo got rich selling those to the govt.
“What is insane is that if all this work was so valuable, that the University didn’t have alarms for the freezer.”
What is insane is posting fake info without reading the article.
I read the article. The beeping in the room is not the type of alarm I was talking about, but then your reading comprehension has never been the greatest.
You win the thread.
“The beeping in the room is not the type of alarm I was talking about, but then your reading comprehension has never been the greatest.”
You only referred to “Alarms”. My reading apprehension is fine but I did flunk internet mind reading.
Our contract cleaner only unplugs the water cooler ..... so far....
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