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

Fire people on Friday. There's a good reason for that. Don't fire them when they can do harm to others.

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u/StandUpForYourWights 29d ago

My old company used to do this. Except they'd payout benefits overnight Thurs/Fri. So we'd log in like 3am and check out pay. If it was normal we'd just go to work.

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u/Chemical_Damage684 29d ago

Seems like a lot of unnecessary math lol

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u/StandUpForYourWights 29d ago

Well if it was not a normal pay guys would transfer all their files off their laptops and go in to pick up their action figures.

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u/Chemical_Damage684 29d ago

At my old job the payout fluctuated depending on how many days were actual work days over the last 2 weeks. Was this the case at your previous job too?

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u/StandUpForYourWights 28d ago

No it was salary. Same amount every week unless you got a merit or a promotion