FrankAnswersFridays: October 25, 2013: Safety at Championships

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Originally Posted by Jim Giacchi

I was verbally abused two years ago by a woman when my team and I "stole" empty seats. She accused me of not understanding the spirit of FIRST despite clearly not ever reading the rules herself. You can't prevent stupidity nor ignorance, but what I would suggest is that you can prevent teams that are clearly saving seats, by having volunteers explain the rules to them when they see a team using signs and tape to block sections off.

Jim,
I wonder if you had a run-in with the same woman who did that to me and 2 of my students when we found some empty seats right before opening ceremonies in 2011. Another mentor from her team did come stop her because she was making a scene yelling at the several groups who sat in the seats, and her entire team ended up using about 2/5 of the "saved" seats.

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More doors, please. Separate pit entrance, please. More humorous rhymes from the safety glasses attendant, please.