https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... 1687900412Tue 27 Jun 2023 16.24 BST
A cleaner at a college in New York state accidentally destroyed decades of research by turning off a freezer in order to mute “annoying alarm” sounds.
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), in Troy, is suing the cleaner’s employer, alleging improper training. According to a lawsuit filed in the New York supreme court in Rensselaer county earlier this month, the university is seeking more than $1m in damages, the Times Union newspaper reported.
“People’s behavior and negligence caused all this,” Michael Ginsberg, an attorney for RPI, told the Times Union. “Unfortunately, they wiped out 25 years of research.”
The cleaner, who is not named in the lawsuit, was employed by Daigle Cleaning Systems and worked at RPI for several months in 2020, when the incident occurred.
The lab freezer contained several cultures that were part of a research project on photosynthesis headed by the biology and chemistry professor KV Lakshmi, the BBC reported. The cultures were usually stored at -112F (-80C).
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Pain. 
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Phah, interesting who will set the next record)
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Not quite dumbass but close. 
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Honestly, whoever does this deserves to have a future T-800 outside of their bedroom window at night.
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