Caring sharing: How do you respond when someone seems to be in trouble?  There seem to be three types of trouble: obviously genuine when people generally rise above themselves to help.  Then there are the regular small things we all do to ease people along, like making up the change for someone's fare.  Then there is when the problem is very small but the amount of attention someone wants for it is out of all proportion.  Is that caring or is that pandering?  And, once you realise the difference, when do you say 'sort yourself out' or let it pass, to no doubt get bigger next time.

She packed the remainder of the small pile.  The bag closed easily.  It would be an easy, quick escape.  A phone rang, at the bag’s bottom.