Annoyed custodian shuts down laboratory freezers destroying at least 2 decades of research
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute laboratory in Troy, New York reported that a janitor working in the lab was frustrated by an incessant beeping and flipped a switch in an attempt to silence it. However, this action had a much bigger consequence, as it resulted in the shutdown of a storage freezer, consequently destroying decades of scientific work. This carelessness is estimated to have caused at least $1 million worth of damage, and has led to …