[GaryVoshol]

A girl was leading her team down the hall yesterday yelling "Robot" with no one anywhere nearby. As we finally passed each other, I asked her who she was yelling at.

And no, not all safety inspectors tell teams that they must yell "Robot". I was eating with a few of them last week and it came up - and they definitely did not encourage it.

I'm not going to sign a petition to ban the yelling of "Robot". But I will remind people of the story of the boy who cried "Wolf". Another example is the highway signs that tell you for several miles that a lane is closed, yet when you get to the site it's wide open. Yell "Robot" too much - which I believe is the case - and it just becomes more of the background noise and gets ignored. It no longer has any effectiveness.