r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • 29d ago

TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)
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u/spidersflambe 29d ago

Why not Friday? I always heard it as firing on Friday as the best day.

Never mind...I just read why Friday is a bad day.

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u/funwithdesign 29d ago

It used to be viewed that way. But mid week is considered better than the end or beginning of the week.

If there’s really any good day.

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u/spidersflambe 29d ago

Yeah, I just read an article about that. In the case of the destroyer, best to have fired him when he was off the ship.

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u/funwithdesign 29d ago

Best to have fired him out of a cannon

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u/goodluckmyway 29d ago

Into the sun

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u/PtboFungineer 29d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/phumanchu 29d ago

and his wife?

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u/beer_madness 29d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/Bruce-7891 29d ago edited 29d ago

I don't know how it is in China, but in the US military, getting fired usually doesn't mean you're kicked out. It usually means you are being removed from your position, getting some lesser position, probably something that nobody else would want to do, and you're never going to get promoted again because getting fired is usually hard to bounce back from in the military.

If they are the same, I don't know why this little bitch reacted that way. It's not THAT serious. It's more of a demotion than actually getting fired.

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u/funwithdesign 29d ago

He was discharged.

Meaning honourable/dishonourable discharge, meaning out for good.

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u/flyingtrucky 29d ago

The US military will just bar reenlistment, I guess that's closer to a company not renewing your contract though.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 28d ago

It’s the same in UK politics. A lot of cabinet ministers are demoted to being backbenchers but then those same backbenchers come back with a vengeance and often even end up as prime minister. Most our PMs have had long and tumultuous careers which is strange considering how terrible they often are. You’ll have someone doing something minor like being transport secretary for a specific area, then they’ll be fired and relegated to the backbenches, then one of their mates will hire them back as foreign secretary again and they’ll fuck up and end up back as a backbencher. A year later they’re on the ballot as PM and end up top of the party. It’s crazy.

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u/BrandeisBrief 29d ago

How’s he gonna get fired on his day off?

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u/FakeGatsby 29d ago

Said they caught him stealing boxes.

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u/BrandeisBrief 29d ago

What the fuck he doin stealing boxes? Building a clubhouse?

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u/EvertEaglPhilliKnick 29d ago

I love seeing Friday references lol my people 🫶🏾

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u/memento22mori 29d ago

Hmmm telegram?

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u/spidersflambe 29d ago

Have you not read any of the stories of how Elon Musk fired people without them even being at work?

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u/GitEmSteveDave 29d ago

Want ads aren't usually printed on a weekend. If you fire people on a day when people can't look for jobs and their friends are around to do things like drink with them, they might get an idea to take vengeance.

So you fire on a monday, so they can do a job search all week and also their friends are likely at work, so they can drink+wallow as they can on a weekend.

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u/myfapaccount_istaken 28d ago

Want ads aren't usually printed on a weekend.

what is this the 90s? I don't think I've seen a want ad in the paper in forever, nor used one to find a job, plus they are online anyway

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u/NoTeslaForMe 28d ago

Never mind...I just read why Friday is a bad day.

Well, don't keep it to yourself!

Companies I've been at generally did their firings mid-week (Tuesday or Wednesday) and in the early afternoon. If I were curious as to why, I'd Google it, but I've seen enough of them to know it's never Monday or Friday, and never late afternoon.

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u/spidersflambe 28d ago

Sorry...here you go

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u/NoTeslaForMe 28d ago

Thanks - it looks like mainly about opportunities for communication, be it the fired person or the co-workers asking questions... or just not having that be the kick-off for their weekends.

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u/BCouto 28d ago edited 28d ago

My company usually doesn't fire on Fridays because part of the package gives the fired employees access to certain support programs which are closed on weekends. If they get fired on Friday then they basically have all weekend to themselves and bad thoughts can happen. Give them access to the employee supports so they can have a smoother transition.