I worked as a front desk clerk. We were not really supposed to accept tips, but the pay is crappy so I never refused one. It's not so much the tip that probably scored you the upgrade, but that you are the kind of person who thinks you should treat the front desk staff well, plus an upgrade was available.

My mother and grandma died at age 60. I did the 23andme test and learned that I actually had below average risk for everything except a couple of laughably trivial things. It gave me peace of mind to know that their earlier deaths were truly related to lifestyle (mom died of sinus cancer after 40+ years of 2+ packs a…

Yes! When my students are preparing for a recital, I set a deadline for which they must have their piece learned, I send the deadline home to their parents, I repeat it every week. Inevitably, somebody shows up at that least chance lesson and still cannot get through their piece. I tell them they can't be on the the…

You have a point. I have been teaching private piano lessons and also worked at a competitive children's chorus, and have worked with a lot of people who are now young 20-somethings. I can barely describe or comprehend what I saw parents doing, which was basically putting their kids into 6000 activities and…

I have a lot of experience acting and performing music, and a lot of it for me is mindset. If you are focusing on you, how you are being perceived, how you feel, and how your performance will affect people's impression of you, you're toast. You have to focus on your message, and the recipients, and the idea that you…

My solution...I give only from my overflow. If I give, I don't ever mean to see it again. If I need it, or anticipate needing it, I don't give it. If the recipient wishes at some future point to pay me back, whee! That's like winning something.

The verb excites could be taken wrongly. I work but I just sort of fell into what I'm doing, and it';s basically completely at odds with my interests and personality. You can't learn anything about me by learning how I put food on the table, and I probably spend 30-40 hours a week working on how to do something else…

I've had this same issue. I'm married, over 30, no kids and won't have them. I struggled for a bit with how that affected friendships, but am now pretty happy with my social life. These are the factors that I think contributed to my current contentment, in no particular order:

A lot of good asking involves listening and being alert to body language. If "what do you do for a living" elicits an, "Ummm, I do xyxy," in a flat tone of voice and no sense of enthusiasm, don't assume that person is boring. Instead, assume that their work is not very interesting to them right now, and ask them what…

No, I wouldn't, which is why I don't take advantage of prices so low on electronic goods (or anything else) that they must be stolen.

The company you would be working for may terminate your internship at any time, right? So you have no more obligation. There are those who would have you believe that this can affect you forever, but your "permanent record" was a myth in school and it's a myth in the workplace. Nobody with any real power or clout will…

agreed.

I just want to make sure. You said not a lot of bells and whistles. I have tried things like Fig and stopped using them because I don't want to even be asked if I want to join a community or share my accomplishments on Twitter or facebook. Is Daily meant to be completely for personal use, without having a bunch of…

I have found that substituting cinnamon for some or all of the sugar is a big help for giving a little body to weak or bland coffee.

It's also a little narcissistic to decide that YOU (not you, WRS, but you as in any social media user) get to decide what everyone is or is not allowed to post, or risk being defriended by you. And to assume that YOU are so much more tolerable, or worth tolerating, than the next person. Nobody has ever defriended me…

Depends. A lot of people have horrible etiquette. I don't listen to rambling voice messages, and I don't answer texts or emails that say things like, "Hey, let me know when you're not busy" or "Hey, I have a favor to ask of you." I'm always busy, and if you have a favor to ask me, just ask me. Also I spend much of my…