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    11 hours ago

    I have done this more times than I can count. People with strollers trying to get up subway stairs, very often expect those around them to help, and usually someone does.

    Just a part of city life

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        4 hours ago

        Almost all of the 430+ subway stations in New York also have elevators. Many also have escalators.

        It’s much quicker to go up the stairs, which is why others are helpful.

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      9 hours ago

      If you are person expecting others to help you with that, then sorry, you’re weird. It is always nice if someone just does and yes, often someone does help, doesn’t matter of they don’t acknowledge your existence or strike up a friendly chat.

      I’d never willingly get myself into a situation thinking, “eh, I’ll be screwed if no one comes to my help, but someone surely will”.

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        9 hours ago

        My sister lives in Italy, but we are from Germany. One day she came home over Christmas, and I picked her up on the platform. She complained that the guys over here were too timid to offer her help with her luggage, whereas in Italy they basically fought each other over carrying her suitcase 😅

        She blonde and… in Germany we’d say has a lot of firewood in front of her shack 🙄