random tip

[cos]

When giving someone a ride, it is a good idea, after dropping them off at the house they're going to, to wait and watch until the go inside, before driving off - as long as it's possible to do without obstructing traffic. I think I first heard this as a safety tip (when dropping off a woman alone at night), but I think it's much more likely to be useful for more mundane reasons like they forgot their key, or they expected someone to be home who isn't there, or it's the wrong house, or oops their cell phone is still in your car, etc. Anyway, it's a really simple thing that makes a lot of sense and yet I didn't think of it until I heard someone suggest it (many years ago), so perhaps I have readers who haven't thought of it yet either and could benefit from seeing it suggested.

Any other random useful tips you'd like to pass along?

Comments

[wotw]

Always crush your soda can (or beer can) as soon as you've emptied
it. That way, when you're surrounded by open cans, you'll know which
ones are empty.

[drwex]

Spoken like a man who doesn't live in a can redemption state. Most of the automated deposit-refund machines won't take back crushed cans.

[kirin]

Presumably. I crush all my cans (and other people's cans) because then they take up less space in the recycling bin so it can go longer between emptyings.

[adaptively.livejournal.com]

If you're taking your cans to a redemption center that weighs them, rather than feeding them one by one into a machine, you can still crush them; it takes up less space and fewer trash bags during transport!

[cos]

I like to leave them out in the recycling bins. I figure the people who pick stuff from the bins need the cash more than I do (true, I spent about two years needing the cash just as much, recently - but I didn't buy canned drinks much, 'cause they cost too much :)