[Don Wright]

But honestly, how does this help? The uncrating of the robot wasn't the problem, the getting all the toolboxes and stuff into the venue was. Once you were in the venue, there was plenty of space. It's still going to be crazy Thursday morning.

Everyone just has to face the fact it is going to take a long time to get all these people, and equipment, into the building for the event and stop worrying about it. Relax, have fun, and be safe and if it takes an hour, it takes an hour. Meet some people in line. Laugh, joke... Whatever it takes.

But, to ease the situation, what FIRST should do is designate ONE door for entry with carts and pit stuff, have a very long roped off line to that door, and let people in one at a time as the elevator can support it instead of just opening 20 doors and letting everyone merge inside the building. It's the merging of these big groups of people which cause all the frustration and "line rage"...

IMHO...