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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

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The irony in this is brilliant. I happen to find it annoying when people feel it necessary to increase their text size to get their point across.
Ah, so you were annoyed by yelling in text. Which, as it happens, is precisely what the point was--the yelling of the word "robot" to clear a path is annoying multiple people.


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Yes to all three. I would actually start out with the third one, pointing out that "safety" advisors are actually advocating practices that either hinder safety or do not advance it, in addition to actual safe practices. (And be specific.) Actually, I'd be sure to point out that it's only at some events, so there is distinct inconsistency. Then I'd cast the first two as better alternatives to one of the issues discussed previously, and note the need for better training on other items. I just think that that order makes better logical sense, better flow, that sort of thing.
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

I think the main point is,

Whatever it is you say: "Excuse me, robot coming through!", "We're late for our match, pardon us!"... and yes, even "Robot!"....

...don't be a jerk about it.

That means, use your inside voice (even if it's toward the loud end of your inside voice), be kind, and THANK the person after they move to help you.

I'm definitely in agreement with the one-person-in-front method: When I coach, I serve as that person, along with whichever student is holding the controls. My drivers can get the cart into the queue line just fine on their own, and I'd rather take the time to be polite to those in front of us.

You never know who that person you just yelled at is. They could have been your future sponsor, but you just screamed at them for standing sort-of-near-you and now they think you're maaaaaybe not the best choice.

It's about attitude, not the sentence length. This is definitely not a practice anyone should be promoting, because it just leads to more noise and more confusion for most people.

EDIT:: Oh yeah, and I signed/shared the petition link, too.
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

The space issue in the pits is part of the problem here. If there weren't so many excess people in the aisles, teams transporting robots wouldn't need to continue the practice.

Personally, at this year's WPI Regional, even with the extra pit space afforded to us because we were against an angled wall in the new building, I occasionally found myself asking students to stay in the pit area. Our team is rather small, so it wasn't an issue of too many people in the pit, it was an issue of the kids wandering ever so slightly.

I've also been on a pretty big team, and with the kids that stand around and do nothing, parents, kids talking to other kids in the aisle, etc., it can get hectic quickly. At one point we had non-essential members leave the pit, at least for a while. It was the only way we could hear ourselves think.

Obviously I'm an advocate of pit management as a solution to this issue. I understand that this solution isn't easy; 100 ft^2 isn't a whole lot of space to fit the robot AND everyone and everything you need in the pit. Let the kids and their parents get a quick shot with the robot and a chat with mentors quickly. Don't let them clog up the aisle.

Another thing someone brought up is the "Robot Only Lane", which, lets face it, would be used by people as well unless it was well enforced, and that's one or two more volunteers that events need to have (which in some cases is one or two too many).

I'm of the mind that yelling obnoxiously, unnecessarily, loudly and even rudely, is wrong, whether you're yelling "ROBOT (COMING THROUGH)" or "POPCORN, GET YOUR POPCORN HERE!". Use it when you need to, but be polite about it. Be smart.
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Re: Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

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I'm of the mind that yelling obnoxiously, unnecessarily, loudly and even rudely, is wrong, whether you're yelling "ROBOT (COMING THROUGH)" or "POPCORN, GET YOUR POPCORN HERE!". Use it when you need to, but be polite about it. Be smart.
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