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Originally Posted by Alexa Stott
Honestly, I don't understand why this is such a big issue. Humans make mistakes and forget things or sometimes accidents happen (I've had a pair or two of safety glasses slip out of the pocket in my Hawaiian before).
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This has been an issue for years and FIRST makes every attempt to remind teams to bring safety glasses. I remember in the past specific emails and warnings to bring atleast enough pairs for people to go into the pit and uncrate and retrieve the other pairs. this year FIRST sentemails including reminders to bring glasses for all team members on atleast the following dates 2/28,3/6,3/13,3/20,3/27,4/2. Bill also posted about it on 3/21.
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Originally Posted by wireties
And there is a facility to borrow hard-hats, safety glasses and even steel-toed boots. It is simple statistics, some person is gonna forget.
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You are comparing apples and oranges. A shipyard, or any other business stands to lose more money from the time lost by turning away workers (or customers, visitors, VIPs etc) than they will lose by purchasing spares. As has already been posted, FIRST used to loan glasses to every one, too many pairs dissappeared, now they have a stricter policy.
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Originally Posted by safetycap'n111
I, like many people who responded, had a similar experience. I left my glasses in the stands, and asked to borrow a pair, when I was refused. I was told that they are for guests only, no exceptions. I tried to explain that FIRST wouldn't want someone barred from the pits because they didn't have safety glasses with them at the moment, and that FIRST isn't about punishing people for being forgetful.
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This is exactly why the safety glass table (or bucket at regionals) is such a stressful job. FIRSTs official guideline at Worlds is that spares are for visitors only. That is what the volunteers are told. Many people on CD have done this job (myself included) and I am sure they can all vouch that they don't like saying no. But that is the job, the last thing that is going to help you is lecturing the volunteer about what "FIRST wants". The person handing them out shouldn't be rude, however the people requesting them shouldn't be either.