Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

[tsaksa]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Never ever have ever ever (that's four evers on the ever scale) had to yell anything to get through the pits with our robot (especially robot) and that includes every Boilermaker regional with probably the smallest most crowded pits in all of FRC.

On the other hand I have had ROBOT yelled right in my ear on many occasions when there was nothing blocking the passing team at all.

This is so true. FIRST students are very courteous and aware of the need to move robots around. It does not take much to get them to clear a path. Yet, I have had robot yelled at me from close range many times when the path ahead was already clear. And often the yelling is so loud and close it makes my ears ring. It makes me wonder if some students actually enjoy startling people this way. I volunteer as a robot inspector so I need to be in the pit area a lot and find it not just annoying, but at times to the point of being a hearing hazard, and occasionally so startling as to be dangerous if you are using tools, or near any moving parts.

Now I carry ear plugs with me and have started to wear them while in the pits. It seems effective and my ears no longer ring after a long day in the pits. The down side is that I no longer hear my phone ring, I never hear announcements over the PA, and I cannot hear some of what the students say when explaining things about their robot. It is not ideal, but it seems like the best option for now, since the situation seems to have gotten to the point where we may actually need to be concerned about hearing loss.