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Originally Posted by three_d_dave
On the cleaning up part - those paper airplanes are jobs. Less cleaning may save some FIRST funds, but it's not a burden for the cleaners. It would be different if FIRST volunteers were required.
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Originally Posted by class1234567
Is it really that bad. The arena staff has to clean the stands from drinks, food ,etc. Its their jobs so picking up paper is just part of it. Just imagine a full football game. They have to walk around the entire place cleaning. So what is a section of airplanes compared to that
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Not a burden? The clean up crews are just as exhausted as we are. Let's be "Gracious", and give them less to do, eh? I wish I had taken a picture, but I ran out real quick to go to the bathroom between matches, and there were HUNDREDS of planes in piles against the wall on the floor of the dome. I couldn't believe how many there were.
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
Not as bad as you might believe. The match just stops and is started over due to an "arena fault", just like what happened when the nets got clogged or the Rhoomba incident last year.
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YEAHHH. Cause I'm sure the 6 teams on the field (and all of the crew) would just LOVE to stop the match, and have to go reset their robots because someone decided to throw an airplane.
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Originally Posted by EricLeifermann
I'm only commenting on this part of your post because its the only one that I think is incorrect as lots of VIPs in the VIP/Hospitality suite were making planes and throwing them, as well as the red PTC frisbees.
I'm not saying that you are wrong in any of your feelings/thoughts but the VIPs in the suite didn't seem to be feeling disrespected.
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They're also the ones not being hit with them...
So this was my first time being down in the VIP seating for Einstein. I, myself, got hit right above the eye, and on the arm. And that's just me. I'm sure the LEGO executive, our Armed Forces Representatives, and every other
VERY IMPORTANT PERSON loved being hit/almost hit as well. Some of these people are getting their companies to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars (plus) to FIRST. To echo what Libby said, it's just down right disrespective on so many levels.