I’ll usually let someone who is especially short, like well below average height, go in front of me if they will actually be able to see from in front of me, and especially if they ask rather than trying to push me out of the way, but otherwise I completely agree. I stand as close as I can and if a group leaves I will…

I’m not a tall person, but your story encapsulates why we no longer go to shows without seats (preferrable assigned).

I agree completely. I go to few concerts but when I do and it’s general admission, I go early because I want to see the performer up close. I’m 6'4" and generally when it comes to movies, etc. I try not to sit in a seat in front of someone who’s already sitting, try to be aware of my height, etc. if there are seating…

“Sorry tall people, ya gotta stand back”

Clippy?

You can program many of them to warn only for particular warnings. I plugged in mine without reading the instructions (brilliant, I know), and was woken up several times for mundane things. Then I read that you can program it. It’s a pain in the ass, but it works. Also, a lot of cell phones now will alert you with a…

I was raised in Tornado Alley, and I was always taught that you abandon your vehicle, not stay in it (lay flat in the ditch if there’s no shelter). Has this changed over the years or did I get bad advice?

Well I live in NY so I assume tornadoes are all over places like Missouri (and Kansas) all the time

Stay away from standing pools of water. They might contain downed power lines. But that’s also where the snakes and gators are going to be. And they’re not going to be in a very good mood.

You have to judge the circumstances. If you have plenty of time then do it. If you wake up and the walls are shaking, then just get in the bathtub, put a blanket or mattress on top of you and hope for the best.

You’ll be fine. The odds of a tornado hitting exactly where you are for the limited time you’re in Missouri is almost zero. I’ve lived in Kansas my entire life, have only seen one tornado in person and only really ever feared for my safety maybe twice and I’m in my late 30s.

Speaking from semi-educated guess rather than any position of authority, I’d stay inside if the tornado is at hand. High-speed debris flux is a killer. Get into the most interior room of your apartment, i.e., the furthest away from exterior walls and their windows. Some combination of hunkering down in the bathtub…

The odds of it being a touchdown are minimal at best. Usually it’s just straightline winds and downed trees. Stay inside, keep the doors and windows shut, and everything should be dandy.

Depends on how close it is (do you have 5 min or 30 sec?), but you want to be underground when the big one hits. The way a lot of apartment complexes are built these days, I wouldn’t trust it in an F1. In F4/5s you definitely want to be underground. At those wind speeds, a concrete safe room won’t be there after the…

A friend of mine who freelances applies for jobs specifically so he can send this letter when he doesn't get the job. The only change is that he tweaks it to say, essentially, "Still interested in working with you, call me if you have a one-off project come up."

The Ladders calls this a "big boy/big girl" letter, rather than a thank you letter, but, in essense this is what you should say:

Yeah, you probably don't want to work there, so you can skip sending the letter in those cases.

This works like gangbusters. I've used this to turn an interviewer into part of my network, and it was a really fantastic experience. Getting all grumpy about not getting hired never got me anywhere, but building a relationship has been huge. No one does it, so it's an easy way to set yourself apart!

That much is certain. It really is surprising because I will race home to get a thank you note in the mail for people who've met with me. Sometimes I'll write the note out in advance so I can get it into the mailbox that day.

Bet you'd remember the ones who'd send you a thank you note, then! :)