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Re: Terrible Volunteer Experience
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Originally Posted by Andrew Y. View Post
i had an issue with one of the safety Judges...


One of my students was standing on a 2ft crate so I was holding the crate and standing next to him just in case he fell. A safety judge walked up and said "if your going to be an idiot and do something stupid, back him up" and grabbed my arm and placed it on my students underwear and made me grab it...

needless to say it was an awkward moment and I removed my hands which didn't go over well with him...and it ended up with him walking away shaking his head. I understand safety, but I dont need to be putting my hands there
Whoa!

You'd think judges and volunteers would have more common sense than this... most do, but this sort of behavior IMHO is unacceptable. This kind of crap is NOT what FIRST is about.


On a side note, from what I have been reading the past few days it seems like there was a higher level of hostility at champs this year... cursing volunteers, sketch-touch safety judges, and even fistfights over scouting seats... If it weren't for what I have seen elsewhere I'd say FIRST's GP level is slowly slipping.

Bottom line: People, if you aren't already, USE COMMON SENSE!. It matters.
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