yeah, I don't get it. If you need someone's attention, make it your task to get their attention. In my experience, I'm rarely blocked by someone else on my team

yeah, I don't get it. If you need someone's attention, make it your task to get their attention. In my experience, I'm rarely blocked by someone else on my team, so saying I'm blocked in standup is like complaining about work at the bar- maybe it feels good but it's kinda useless. So maybe there's a scrum master who then takes my "I'm blocked" thing to whomever is blocking me. But... why can't I just ping the person blocking me and escalate as needed? The whole thing just feels like corporate babysitting to me.