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Originally Posted by Steven Donow
What specific 'things' are you referring to in this regard?
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Yelling at us during Wednesday load in for trivial things the volunteers saw as setting up the pit. Yelling at us for taking the robot off the field when it didn't fit with their inefficient plan for match reset (even though no one else was ready to bring their robot on the field, we were supposed to wait for all the robots to come on before taking our robot off). Yelling at us for being too early to queuing. Yelling at us for being too fast/too slow in moving on/off the practice field. Yelling at us for trying to stay in the pits during opening ceremonies. Yelling at us for charging our tanks in queuing. Yelling at us for standing or walking in the wrong place. Sometimes, I've got the impression that they're yelling at us just because they can.
I'm sure I could think of more instances with time. This is just a list of some of the things I've experienced myself; I've heard of a lot of other stuff (including some bizarre allegations of semi-predatory inspections) which I've chosen not to list here.
Another disclaimer: the type of volunteers I'm describing are a small minority of the volunteer pool, a group which on the whole I've found to be gracious, kind, and extremely competent. On the other hand, at almost every event I've gone to, there's been multiple incidents of the type listed above.
I guess I'm just letting off steam, but that's the problem as I see it.