Is chivalry dead on planes? (airline, tipping, price, cheaper)
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I refuse to help anyone with a bag. It's not worth the risk of hurting myself or someone else because someone is too stupid to realize they can't manage their bag and gate check it.
I have been asked many times by some women for help in lifting the suitcase/baggage. I will not do it unless someone requests me for some help. FAs do not help in luggage.
Often I am offered help even though I can lift the bag myself (being a little on the short side though - I appreciate it!) I don't think chivalry, or being helpful on airplanes is dead.
I always help someone putting a bag away if they need help and I've never seen anyone not offered help by someone if it appears they are having trouble. I usually only fly European or Canadian airlines....not sure if that makes a difference.
I don't expect or need the help. The day I can't safely put my bag into the overhead by myself is the day I start checking it.
Many decades ago, I learned how to pack from an expert -- my eldest brother -- who told me very firmly that if I could not carry my suitcase (this was before rolling luggage came into existence) while running after a bus or train that was about to leave the station, then it meant I overpacked. That advice has stayed with me for 40+ years, and I have never packed a luggage that I cannot carry by myself while climbing up the steps of a train or lift it up the overhead in an airplane by myself.
In my case, the luggage has to be very light at all time, for I'm only 5'1" and 105 lbs. I rarely needed help for anything while travelling alone, though I did receive it often everywhere I went, without my asking. Perhaps my small size brought out the chivalry in people.
Last edited by Ol' Wanderer; 02-01-2013 at 12:18 AM..
If it is an old lady obviously needing help I will ask, other than that 95% of time I.think most wmen don't need or want the help. This day in age when you offer to help someone they think you're weird and might be a stalker.
Isn't chivalry one of those archaic, medieval concepts like courtesy, honesty,honor, integrity, sacrifice, chastity, fidelity and heterogenous marriage? We've "moved on" from all that old fashioned nonsense.
OK, same bottom line. FA's do not have to assist with luggage, and most will not.
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