A plea for a quieter pit area

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Originally Posted by CoachPoore

I think I remember the incident you are referring to, Brendan. The following happened to 1519 at GSR in 2006. We were taking the robot to the practice field, and were chastised by a safety judge for not having a student out in front of the robot, shouting "Robot". We complied with their request, and approximately 10s later were given a safety token by a different safety judge, who complimented us on our safety practices

Since the new way of doing safety tokens, I told my team to send someone out from about 5 or 6 feet to ask people to move politely. It has the exact same effect as screaming robot but much nicer.... One of the head safety people saw this and told us that for as long as he could remember, people screamed robot, but honestly, it is excessive and kind-of rude unless really needed [for those wonderful non-FIRST people staring in wonder with their ears shut ].

I think if we ask the DJ's to turn the music down to a good level and ask politely before yelling, the pit will be a much nicer place

Good luck to all competitions running today, and may your pits be quiet