Are you comfortable asking a stranger for help?

I don’t mean panhandling. More like asking a tall person to reach an item on a high shelf at the supermarket, or asking someone in line to hold your place for you while you run a brief errand.

What are factors in your comfort or discomfort?

Has the covid-19 pandemic affected your willingness to ask for these small favors?

Do you do them for others?

Has anyone ever turned you down?

 
Tags as I wrote them: assistance, help, social cues, mutual aid, favors, strangers, covid-19.