Someone at Target who didn’t recognize big-and-tall Michelle asked her for help to get something off a shelf. The horror.
I am white and short and I’ve been asked numerous times in supermarkets to help someone shorter or in a wheelchair to reach something off a high shelf. (I’ve volunteered, too.)
I didn’t take offense.
And I’ve certainly had apparently available cabs drive by me too.
Haven’t been mistaken for a valet. But if well-dressed valets were parking cars as I went into a restaurant, I’d certainly ask the well-dressed man standing there in front of the restaurant on my way out if he was there to bring me my car.
My son and I each get asked for assistance at WalMart. I’ve been asked for assistance at many stores, and I, too, am white and short. And, when I see someone who might need assistance, I don’t wait for them to ask. But I wasn’t raised to take offense at serving others.