Journal chimpo13's Journal: 7 Dead Monkeys 3
Today, I cleaned out cages that monkeys died in.
People have been asking me this week, "Hey, wasn't that your watch when the monkeys died?". Sort of, but not really. The dead monkeys weren't kept at the main monkey lab, but at an off-site location that I don't visit. The Man knew they didn't have temp alarms in those rooms but just blew it off. It's a state run operation after all, and we've seen the fine job UC does with the Los Alamos Lab. The monkeys that didn't get croaked (25 or so) have been moved back to the main monkey lab. That's under my watchful eye on Friday & Saturday nights. The other days, I just hose monkey shit.
What I heard at the monkey lab today was, the thermostat broke and the room overheated croaking 6 monkeys. One was later euthanized bringing it up to 7 dead monkeys. They are, or at least did, check to see if it was an "aggressive action". The Man's words are quoted in that sentence. That's what I heard.
Then I went to back to work cleaning out the dead monkey cages. Nothing to see, just empty cages. They were hosed out at the death site, but I doubt there was any gore. Heat stroke isn't gory, is it? I saw the single survivor in the monkey hospital today. It seemed fine, but I'm not a vet and I don't play one on teevee.
And no, the death room wasn't checked Friday by one of the guys who lost the monkey in March 2003. The joke (at the monkey lab as well as elsewhere) was, hey if he killed 7 monkeys he'll get 7 promotions. That needs an explanation:
There were 2 guys working in the room where the monkey disappeared in 2003. One guy got a promotion, and the other guy allegedly brought a gun into work with a list of names of co-workers he was mad at. It's a state job, so he was given 30 days administrative leave. Probably paid, but I'm cynical.
They bump up security (hi mom!), WITHOUT telling security why they were looking for him. It's not important to know your looking for a guy with a gun, after all. Security is thankfully unarmed. I know my way around firearms, but the other guy? I have good stories about that, but that'll have to wait until I consult a lawyer.
So back to the story -- while that guy is on admin leave, he gets arrested in Wyoming, with drugs and the gun. Which has filed off serial numbers. Oh, and he's in a rental car that shouldn't have left California. Wyoming prison. And he's black -- which in a state that crucified a gay guy for being gay -- can't be good. At least that's how the story works at the monkey lab.
So 7 dead monkeys. There's the stateworker slacker attitude of hosting monkeys in an unfit room, but it seems like something that would've happened anywhere. Are they checking the alarms in the other rooms? Not that I know of. If they croak some more monkeys, everyone will be happy.
I quit in one month. I like monkeys.
Oh yeah, so I had 2 moderations rated unfair taking me to 73%. Dango. That's what I get for modding some spell checker troll as a troll.
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How can you tell you are at 73%?
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I've never had comments rated as unfair, but you get a message from the Slashdot Message System. I should edit that journal entry for 2 reasons: It's 78%, and the first post rated as unfair probably deserved the unfair, but I thought it was funny.
I didn't rate the post this guy is referring to. I just thought it was funny to rate this one as a troll so did some other person.
Re:Of course.
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