I'm considerably nice to the newbies who do work (whether being filing edges or being informants). I'm normally incredibly easy-going but some of the freshmen last year really irked me. We are normally working our bots off the last weekend so we don't even bother going home. It used to be that just Seniors or Juniors stayed. All of them did work. This year, there were freshmen there. It would have been okay if they worked...but they were just bogging down the T1 with pointless games. *sigh* I think I bit my share of heads off  (All my pent up anger comes out in random bursts at things that annoy me...I have been told that it's scary. I personally find it humourous  )
Oh yeah...when I was a Freshman, I don't remember being allowed to look at the robot. I got to make buttons the ENTIRE YEAR! 3 hours of making buttons every monday, wednesday and all day friday and saturday. Did that for two years. Needless to say, I nearly quit robotics. I'm glad I didn't though 
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