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Problem Solver: Firing from Coke goes flat

Problem Solver: Firing from Coke goes flat

It wasn't getting fired from his job atCoca-Colathat upset Joseph Tichy.

Five extra inches of airplane legroom

Five extra inches of legroom while flying might not seem like a huge deal to the...

Five extra inches of legroom while flying might not seem like a huge deal to the Problem Solver, who is 5'7", but it makes a world of difference to his colleague, Problem Partner Kristin Samuelson, who is 6'3".

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Meet the Problem Solver

Jon Yates was born and raised in Ames, Iowa, where he spent six years as a stock boy and bagger for the Hy Vee grocery store chain. In college, he placed third in the Southeast Iowa Regional Grocery Bagging Contest.

He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1992 with a degree in journalism and history, and the following year became a reporter at the Iowa City Press-Citizen. He later worked for the Palm Springs Desert Sun and the Nashville Tennessean, before joining the Chicago Tribune in 2000 as a general assignment reporter.

He started the What's Your Problem? column in 2005. It appears on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.

He lives in Oak Park with his wife, daughter, son and their 75-pound mutt.

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• File a 311 request with City of Chicago
• File a complaint or view a business's history at the Better Business Bureau
• Check out consumer news updates at Chicago's Department of Consumer Services
• View national consumer news at the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Protection page
• For problems with your utilities, try the Citizens Utility Board

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