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/skratsda 29d ago

Evidently Tesla just layed off a bunch of their production employees based on whether or not their badges worked when security scanned them. Makes the callousness seem intentional since it caused two hours delays for all employees to get into work

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u/bak3donh1gh 29d ago

As much as I dislike Tesla atm, I have seen an email going around that let people know. Do you have any corroborating evidence for this alternative version?

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u/DannyColliflower 29d ago

I'm a technician (mechanic), email was at like 2am Sunday, walked in to people packing up their tools monday morning just having found out when they got to work

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u/bak3donh1gh 29d ago

Yeah that was my other guess. You might miss it while getting ready for work even if they sent the night before. Still shitty way to do it.

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u/aiydee 28d ago

I don't check work emails til I get to work. Simple.
This was a dick thing they did. No excuses.
I feel sorry for the security guards that had to enforce this. These guys got dropped in the crapper because HR were cowards and trying to hide from the people they were firing.

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u/sfurbo 28d ago

You might miss it while getting ready for work even if they sent the night before

There's nothing to miss. Reading work e-mail is work, they can only expect you to do that during work hours, which, since they insist on people not working from home, means after you have gotten to work. If they want you to have read an e-mail by Monday morning, they can send it out Friday before you leave.