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So for my birthday I volunteered for two days for the first ever FIRST FRC Northern Arizona Regional. I was assigned to pit support which ment managing forms, schedules and occasionally making announcements in the pit, answering questions and managing lost and found. I have some stories.
You made the safety video!
There are three tables set up to hand out safety glasses to those don't have them and want to enter the pit. There are 4 pit entrances. We forgot to tell the schools volunteering to man the tables we needed 1extra student to monitor the main entrance to catch the safety glasses less. Thus or first volunteer spent about 5 hours staring at people's faces and was really burnt out (it's like highway blindness after a while) so I take over for a bit while manning the radio (my ears where better and I under stood the whole hold button talk release concept, the others did not).
I A) wear glasses and B) had fresh eyes so I was able to catch quite a few people.
But the most surprising was team Funky Monkey (which btw made me feel racist every time I said it cause this team is all Indian [from India] and Middle eastern students). They won the award for making the safety animation shown at every competition this year. In about 2 hours I caught 5 students with no safety glasses in the pit! Plus a few taking them off in the pit.
I chased after them and called them out for it every time. the next day one of their teachers told me they got a talking to for their poor example that night and I didn't catch anyone glasses less until break down from that team the next day.
And your the [blank]
Some of the funniest glass catches where the people who should know better.
Mentors and teachers with their safety glasses on their head.
A dean's list nominees who got all dressed up for his interview and forgot to bring glasses with him.
The teacher who admitted that every time she started talking she would remove her glasses.
But the best?
I was chasing down a gentleman*cough*jerk*cough* walking through the pit sans glasses and ignore my calls for him to stop. I finally catch him chew him out and send him out of the pit.
I stop before heading back to my post to catch my breath and look around. In the station next to me I see a young woman standing with her team looking over their robot with her safety glasses on her head. I saddle love , slip in right next to her and put my around shoulder. She looks over at me in surprise and smile and say "You know what you need?" She shakes her said and says "no what?" And I point to her glasses and say " your safety glasses on your face not your head" she blushes and quickly pulls them down into place I catch another team member without them and say "You too",to which he follows suit, as the whole teams starts laughing and says to the girl ' and you're the safety captain!"
I can dance and catch you at the same time
The second day since my fellow pit volunteers kids had a few more meets I spent most of the morning in one spot. By lunch I was feeling stiff so I took glasses duty again and while I was standing at my post I danced to the loud dance music making the other pit volunteers laugh.
It didn't stop me from suddenly bolting after some who walked in without glasses though. Twice.
Both times my prey was surprised to suddenly find me besides them,usually with an arm interlinked with theirs and smile on my face pointing out their missing safety gear.
I was told I nearly killed the pit admin laughing by my Uptown Funk dance turned across the pit dashing actions only to return to my spot and start dancing to the Cupid shuffle.
More to come later my battery is low.
You made the safety video!
There are three tables set up to hand out safety glasses to those don't have them and want to enter the pit. There are 4 pit entrances. We forgot to tell the schools volunteering to man the tables we needed 1extra student to monitor the main entrance to catch the safety glasses less. Thus or first volunteer spent about 5 hours staring at people's faces and was really burnt out (it's like highway blindness after a while) so I take over for a bit while manning the radio (my ears where better and I under stood the whole hold button talk release concept, the others did not).
I A) wear glasses and B) had fresh eyes so I was able to catch quite a few people.
But the most surprising was team Funky Monkey (which btw made me feel racist every time I said it cause this team is all Indian [from India] and Middle eastern students). They won the award for making the safety animation shown at every competition this year. In about 2 hours I caught 5 students with no safety glasses in the pit! Plus a few taking them off in the pit.
I chased after them and called them out for it every time. the next day one of their teachers told me they got a talking to for their poor example that night and I didn't catch anyone glasses less until break down from that team the next day.
And your the [blank]
Some of the funniest glass catches where the people who should know better.
Mentors and teachers with their safety glasses on their head.
A dean's list nominees who got all dressed up for his interview and forgot to bring glasses with him.
The teacher who admitted that every time she started talking she would remove her glasses.
But the best?
I was chasing down a gentleman*cough*jerk*cough* walking through the pit sans glasses and ignore my calls for him to stop. I finally catch him chew him out and send him out of the pit.
I stop before heading back to my post to catch my breath and look around. In the station next to me I see a young woman standing with her team looking over their robot with her safety glasses on her head. I saddle love , slip in right next to her and put my around shoulder. She looks over at me in surprise and smile and say "You know what you need?" She shakes her said and says "no what?" And I point to her glasses and say " your safety glasses on your face not your head" she blushes and quickly pulls them down into place I catch another team member without them and say "You too",to which he follows suit, as the whole teams starts laughing and says to the girl ' and you're the safety captain!"
I can dance and catch you at the same time
The second day since my fellow pit volunteers kids had a few more meets I spent most of the morning in one spot. By lunch I was feeling stiff so I took glasses duty again and while I was standing at my post I danced to the loud dance music making the other pit volunteers laugh.
It didn't stop me from suddenly bolting after some who walked in without glasses though. Twice.
Both times my prey was surprised to suddenly find me besides them,usually with an arm interlinked with theirs and smile on my face pointing out their missing safety gear.
I was told I nearly killed the pit admin laughing by my Uptown Funk dance turned across the pit dashing actions only to return to my spot and start dancing to the Cupid shuffle.
More to come later my battery is low.
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