When you do current calculations in you head for all the main systems at flat out and realize the main breaker may blow this year.
That you weld the little tabs on the aluminum piece your working on because you can’t find four of the correct sized screws…And you rationalize the welding will be lighter
your entire body is covered with a film of PVC dust.
you don’t notice the metal shavings in your nose anymore.
your hand seems to vibrate when you’re not holding the dremel, and seems to remain still when you are.
you drink someone elses coffee despite the huge skull and crossbones sharpied onto the cup, and just plain don’t notice because of sleep deprivation.
your parents are becoming increasingly suspicious that you’ve been sneaking off to drink (drinks that you really aren’t allowed to drink by law) because of the sheer amount of time you spend out of the house. you think i’m kidding.
and good luck everyone; happy ship day tomorrow.
Your team knows the difference between the stubby screwdriver and the nubby screwdriver.
You think its a good idea to ram your bot into the wall to test it.
You realise that the red stuff dripping from your hand isnt paint.
Your bot looks more like swiss cheese, than the acutal stuff.
You decide to slaughter metal desk parts to add weight back to the robot.
Your bot starts telling you when its upset.
when you joyfully yell “TINSLE” (spelling?) when you see metal shavings like that.
You are so tired that when you finally arrive to competition you cannot remember the correct finger to flip at a longtime rival.
When you start seeing smoke come out of a drill that isnt smoking and when your safety glasses leave marks on your nose an in your hair :ahh:
When the programing and electric teams start arguing about who’s fault it is, and you then realize your the only one on the electronic and programing team there, and the entire team is looking at you funny because you haev litterally been arguing with your self.
i think that this is more exhaustion… no wait, the exhasution was caused by being in the shop too long.
When you order a Quarter twenty at wendys
when you ask the guy at the hardwares store for 200 inch long quarter pounders
when you have a vivid dream that you are at the work site, and nothing is going right, and you must get the robot done by morning
and you wake up and you ARE at the work site, and nothing is going right, and you must get the robot done by morning
then you wake up…
And you realize the front of the cart has an advertisement that reads either “Vote for Pedro,” your team motto, or features a personal ad (e.g. “Team Sweetie”) for your mascot.
You know you’ve been in the workshop too long when:
You post 20 posts a day on ChiefDelphi for the last 21 days.
You think that Whole Foods is a hardware store.
You come home and you think you’re staying at a 5-star hotel.
You order Delivery from the Ram’s Head Tavern.
You think the world will end at 5:00.01 AM.
You dream of that last modification you wanted to put in, but you never had the time to do so.
You think your Fix-It Window is too short.
You get in trouble with the school for trespassing because you’ve stayed on school grounds from 7 am to 9 pm the next day.
You can’t work at a computer unless it has MPLAB IDE, Easy-C, IFI Loader, and C-Compilers
Wait… people actually LEAVE the shop during build season 
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You’ve heard the same set of songs repeated on the radio in the shop at least 10 times. (Cascada, Fall Out Boy…)
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The shop looks like a bomb went off in it, but even the mentors don’t attempt to clean.
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This looks familiar:
When you begin a game of dodgeball while the programmers are working out the autonomous mode. Then you begin to sword fight jedi style.
When you wake up in the middle of the night, only to discover that you never went home, and were sleeping in the closet of the test room.
When you wake up in the middle of the night, and find yourself with hands in Lathe handle positions.
When your dreams are of turning down aluminum
When you wake up in the middle of the night and yell “I’ve got it” and rush straight into a wall, believing to be at the robotics room still.
^all of these have happened to me^
That’s awesome Marcel. Well Ramtech does get to you after a while!!
…when you spend more time working over the 4 day weekend on the robot than you would in a normal week
…when you have a member of your team say he’ll be home in 2 hours (10pm) and you drop him off at midnight…and he forgot his keys so his parents are mad at him
…when you leave school and realized you’ll be back again in several hours
…when your normal dinner time is 12am, breakfast at 6am, and lunch at 11am.
…you hear sirens from some where and become panicked becuase you think neighbors across the street called the cops becuase they saw 5 cars at school at 12am.
-While sleeping, you have dreams. And in the background you can hear the camera servos searching for the target
-Removing extra spaces from the programming to save weight sounds like a good ideal
-Because the school turns off the heat on the weekends, you have to wear your coat half the time
-When team members amuse themselves by rolling off 12 foot high piles of cushions (I will post a video as soon as possible)
-You literally spend more time at school than at home, and only go home to sleep to go back to school
-You completely solo wire the electronics in 4 hours out of sheer willpower, yet stare blankly at your homework twenty minute later
-The only reason you leave is because the security guard kicks you out
-You think zip ties are the most important invention ever
-Critical setbacks no longer phase you
All of the above are true except the first two
When you do an entire renactment of a fight from starwars episode 3 with knight style armor and box helmets… not kiding me and another guy did it… PM me if you wanna see and ill send it to you