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Before I was just frustrated. Now I've been to Long Beach, and I'm just completely baffled.

It appears that the Safety Advisors have specifically instructed teams to yell "ROBOT!" at ANY time they are moving their robot.

Additionally, if teams do not yell "ROBOT!", the safety advisors are telling them that they need to.

The result? Every team (including mine, that's another story... :-( )yelling their heads off any time a robot moves through the pit, and the surrounding 5 teams "helping" (yelling too) when there is not anyone in the way, for the WHOLE path to the field.

I yell back at them "There's no one in your way, why are you yelling?" But they're so caught up in yelling "ROBOT!" that I don't think they hear me.

It's really gotten out of hand, and it needs to stop.

Can a Safety Advisor please come on here and post the logic by which this is an acceptable practice? Whose idea was this, and what purpose does it serve? I really don't understand.

We have 10x15 pit areas.

We have 20-foot wide isles.

The whole pit area is free and clear. There is hardly ever anyone in the way here. Why are we yelling?