Exit Row rules...
I was recently on a NW flight SFO-HNL and landed an exit row aisle seat. I got there first, and then the middle seat passenger arrived, an older lady. At first I didn't think much of this, but when she was putting her suitcase in the overhead compartment, she was having trouble and some passengers in the next aisle helped her get it in there. After realizing it wasn't too gentlemanly of me to not help her out, I then realized that this passenger had just had trouble lifting her suitcase into the compartment.
If she had trouble doing this, how could she handle a 50 lb+ door in case of an emergency?
I kept my mouth shut, although part of me thinks by doing so I neglected a responsibility of sitting in that seat. What are your thoughts on this situation? Do you think the FAs would even have cared?