I've had to ask people for help all my life. Directions, rides, food, occasionally bus fare.
Mom taught me to ask grandmothers. She told me they'd almost always help me if I looked up at them through my bangs and made my eyes bigger.
As I got bigger, I couldn't look up at them anymore. And people got a little less friendly as I got bigger.
Except for teenaged girls. They started helping me a lot more. Especially on hot summer days. The humid days when I'm wearing my tank top.
I wonder why girls are kinder in warmer weather?