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Re: A plea for a quieter pit area

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Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace View Post
I don't think the point of yelling "ROBOT" is to keep people from running in to robots...robots are pretty big and hard to miss. I think people are yelling "ROBOT" is so that they can push their way through people blocking their paths. What this thread is trying to point out is that it is much more effective to have someone walk in front of your robot and *politely* ask nicely, "Excuse me, may we get by with our robot?" Or "Excuse me, we have to get to our match."
Exactly. "Excuse us, robot coming through please" worked quite well for us at Peachtree on the occasions the path was not clear and sounded much better than the wail of "ROBOT" that our safety captain was instructed to use.
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