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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
At a couple of events teams would have Safety Criers escort teams back to the pits to cry "ROBOT!" for them. I wanted one team to yell " Robot Parts! Freshs Robot Parts here!".
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This is a prime example of safety theater and I think the UL advisers should be warned to avoid encouraging this.
When the safety award becomes more about being visibly safe than being actually safe, then it becomes a problem. The posters, the criers, the safety handouts do absolutely nothing.
The most useful thing I've seen a safety team do was when 1629 handed out battery spill cleanup buckets to every team at the event that didn't have the materials already. That makes sense.
Posters and advertising safety do not. A safety culture does. Also, what's the deal with putting posters above urinals? It's just weird and a little invasive.