1) Do not ask how to solve analogous problems to the one you're experiencing. Describe the real problem as it exists in the present. When folks try to answer you, and you are really intending to describe something else, that's annoying.

2) The currency in exchange for free help on the internet are power trips and letting folks feel superior for 5 minutes of their life. Their kids hate 'em, their wife ignores 'em, and the family dog sits in their favorite chair. Do not deprive them of their 5 minutes. It's wrong and inhumane.