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Unread 19-02-2006, 10:54
Rick TYler Rick TYler is offline
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Dealing with Loss
Elizabeth Kubla-Ross wrote that when a person finds out that they are dying (or you have to ship your robot) they go through five stages of dealing with it: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. An example is:

1. No, no, no! The ship date isn't Feb. 21 -- it's MARCH 21. You must be wrong.

2. I can't believe FIRST only gives us six weeks! Those *&#$&@(!!!3! No one can build a robot that fast.

3. I'm going to call FIRST. I'm sure if we send the FIRST offices a box of t-shirts they will give us five more days.

4. Tuesday. There is no way we are going to make it. I'm going home to play video games. Does anyone have some chocolate?

5. OK. Tuesday it is -- let's get busy. If we take the motors off, I'm sure we can make weight.

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