Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

[theanimal160]

Originally Posted by Siri

The majority of the people who hear you yelling at a disruptive level are actually, actively in your way? Wow. That's a ridiculously big problem in and of itself. In the 7 years that I've been the vanguard of our cart, I've never had to ask more than maybe 1 in 15 of the people who would hear me yell "robot" to please move out of the way. In virtually every pit layout I can imagine, the vast majority of people who hear you yell are not impeding your movement--yelling merely creates more chaos and annoys people who don't actually have to move.

As the man pushing our robot around at the STL Regional, yes, having to yell EXCUSE ME ROBOT COMING THROUGH was on the way to and from every single match. There were two or three times when it was clear, and the only notable time I can remember the pit lanes being truly empty was after the last match of the finals.