Asking for help

We all need help, but we're really bad at asking for it. Twitter is a way of 'finding' help, but walking into a community centre or job centre is basically a way of saying "i can't do this on my own". So we need to change that, so that we're all givers and receivers on a day-to-day basis. But how..?

I saw an idea for pregnant women on buses wearing a badge saying "give us a seat". It would anyone who cheekily wants to make it possible for others to offer help. Imagine having a sign service that says "take my bin out" or "needs milk" - I'm sure i'd help people out on a more regular basis if i knew others were doing it too. Then you could take it a step further. But that;s for another day.. ;-)