A Courtesy

[Viper37]

Spot on you are.

[Molten]

Originally Posted by eugenebrooks

Lets see now:

We are going to have signs in pits that say please don't take pictures of our robot without permission.
We are going to have signs in pits that say please don't ask for buttons.
We are going to have signs in pits saying don't bother us for help, we are far to focused on "our" robot to answer questions or render assistance to another team.

I think that as we project these views we are
forgetting the true purpose of the FRC activity.

The last one is definitely un-FIRST behavior. But the first two has absolutely nothing to do with the views of FIRST. Think about what FIRST stands for and you will notice that it does not make a note on buttons period. They are a nice little gimmick that some teams give out. Does that mean that people should expect them from all of the teams? No, if they see them then take one. If you don't see one, then there probably isn't any to get from asking. As for the asking for permission for the pictures, this would increase the amount of interaction between viewiers and teams. That would further the views of FIRST.

Side Note: If someone asks you for a picture and you don't mind, say go ahead and get back to work if you don't have time to talk. Nobody would take that as rude. They would understand. And thus would only take a few seconds.

Secondary Side Note: I originally meant that the preferences should be posted at the event.

[Cooley744]

OK. As a person who has scouted, I find it much easier to just take a quick photo without having to interupt the team. I might wait until someone moves somewhere else so I can get a better shot, but I don't tend to ask them to move. It's their pit, and I'm trying to be as unoticable as possible.

As a person working in the pit, I don't care one way or the other if they ask for permission or not. It's like if they want to talk, sure. If they sneak by and take a pic, great!

I think everyone is making to big of deal out of such a small issue.