<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Beckles:
Maybe I'm in a minority (because I've seen comments similar to this before), but I don't think that part of an F/A's job is lifting heavy baggage into an overhead bin.
I think it's common sense that if you can't lift your bag into the overhead bin it's too heavy and it should be checked.</font>
I believe you misquoted, by omission, the poster's point in your response. He was talking about his mother. Even a not too heavy bag would be alot for most elderly women.
Helping her put her bag in the overhead would be equivalent to helping a little old lady cross the street. So, since when is it not the FA's job to be helpful?