Turn your water bottles upside down so the ice forms on the bottom of the bottle for all you frozen water bottle people.
And gtcommuter, that sucks when people can't be bothered to help another human being. When I saw a Fedex driver fall off the back of his truck, both a cab driver that witnessed and I stopped to help him up. It didn't take much effort for either of us and it was appreciated. What's so bad about offering a little help?