You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?
/c/til is a community for any true knowledge that you would like to share, regardless of topic or of source.
Share your knowledge and experience!
Rules
On 14 August 1903, while on a cruise from Chicago to South Haven, Michigan, six of the ship's firemen refused to stoke the fire for the ship's boiler, claiming that they had not received their potatoes for a meal.
Rather than give the poor guys a few potatoes they threw them in the brig and charged them with mutiny.
Caitlin Doughty did a great video on it. I don't know how to link on Lemmy and can't even figure how to post this not as a reply... Been here nearly a year lol...
Sounds like a history of poor management. Wonder if that was a contributing factor behind the scenes.