I know what you mean about the shortstacked shit and day 2.
I was on the bubble at a tournament at Coushatta one time with 41 players left. I wasnt NEAR the shortest stack, but was in the bottom 5 or so. Well when I heard that someone went all in, I stalled and waited until he lost then I immediately went all in with 7-9 I think. I was guaranteed 40th place money and 31-40 each got paid $1500. Well I actually won the hand and tripled up!
But I told the table before I went all in that I wanted my $1500 today so I was going all in no matter what. By the way someone else did the same thing with more chips than me with like 5-6 suited and was knocked out.