It's remarkable how people don't get that eye-line thing. It took some years of not being bold enough to ask. Now I try to add a little humor, "I think we're on the same page, so could you please get at the same eye level..." Of course some folks can't squat or spread their legs far apart or find somewhere to sit, but it cuts half the neck misery.

I've noticed a dramatic increase in zip flies and falling off of button-flies, at least in the upper Midwest. What's the crotch report in your part of the country?