Either way, I'd rather the range officers be too loud, obnoxious and in peoples' faces about the little things, than passive, weak or wimpy. I've only been yelled at once at Kokohead in the fifteen years I've been shooting there, and that was when I was around thirteen for being at the bench when the all clear signal had been given and people were already walkind down the lanes to their targets. I'll never forget that scolding, and I'll never do something stupid like that again.
I give the range officers credit; they go toe-to-toe with armed strangers every day. The range officers don't know if the shooter is tempremental, or violent, or crazy but they put themselves in harm's way to enforce the rules,that keep us all safe.