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

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I should post about this myself but:

Add your to your f'list (and your default view, however you do it) on LJ. Every time you post, refresh your f'page and make sure everything looks like you expect it to. Follow the cut, too. This will prevent much annoyance.

Further, if you feel like your posts would annoy you too much to want to add them to your f'page, because they're too inane, or media-heavy, or you think what you have to say is too important to ever be behind a cut, well, consider that your readers might feel the same way about it.

[cos]

By "add your" you meant "add yourself" yes?

*nod* I always do that. I'm on my own friends page, I post by email, and I look at my friends page to verify that my post got through and looks right.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Yes, add yourself -- sorry, typo.

For the record, I didn't mean YOU when I said you. :)