Crazy Robot Inspection Stories

[Kims Robot]

I think my favorite was when I ran inspections at Championships in 2000. We sat down in our volunteers meeting at the end of the day Thursday to review everything and what needed to be done for tomorrow.
Eric from FIRST to me: "How are Inspections going?"
Me: "Good, we are done."
Eric from FIRST: "How many robots are left to finish inspecting?"
Me: "None"
Eric from FIRST: "Oh, how many are left for the morning?"
Me: "None, they are all inspected!"
Eric from FIRST *Baffled Look on his Face*
They had never finished ALL of the inspections on Thursday before!!

Second Favorite - I was an inspector at the Long Island Regional in 2001 and there was this crazy orange & black rookie team from Rochester NY that had THREE different robot configurations, they came up to do weight and size, and I had to figure out how to scribble all this on the inspection sheet. They put the last one in the box, and it was out by like 6 inches! Their crazy lead mentor tried kicking it and shoving it and pushing the box. I laughed and suggested they had time to go back and fix it. I think they came back 6 more times (made me laugh every time) before either giving up on it or just barely making it (Jason remind me!). At Championships they saw me walking by and wanted to grab me for a photo saying "I was their nicest robot inspector ever" or something like that. I still need to dig out a copy of that photo