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Originally Posted by Don Wright
1st... This annoying new habit of yelling "ROBOT" or "ROBOT COMING THRU" at the top of your lungs constantly even when nobody is anywhere around you. This was even usually happening with many team members at the same time
This only does two things:
When there really is a reason to move out of the way because you need to get your robot thru, nobody is going to listen because you've been yelling it every 15 minutes and we are learning that you just like hearing your own voice..
And, when other teams are trying to talk in their pit or talk to judges, it is extremely annoying and disruptive for absolutely NO reason.
I completely understand if the pits are packed and there are hundreds of people in the aisles and you need to get thru to do this so you can clear out a way, but we all know this definitely NOT the case at Troy since it was the most spacious pits I can ever remember. And it's not like these robots are driving autonomously thru the pits and halls... I feel more danger at my local grocery store getting hit my a grocery cart...
And 2nd...
To all the overzealous "Safety Captains"... Let's take it down a notch. We all know how to use doors...and look out for people or robots...and we don't need escorts to our pits so we don't get hurt.
I understand you want to win the safety award...but you are going so overboard you are making the safety aspect of the event a joke.
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I agree with both things mentioned. In fact my team decided to just yell random foods because we were so sick of hearing ROBOT for 10 hours a day. Plus it reduced some of the tension and relaxed my drive team.
As for the safety captain escorts it ended up just slowing down the flow in the hallways for robots and spectators.