Hmmmm... this has made me think as well.

Yesterday I watched a medical professional make a mistake on my daughter. I knew exactly what was happening, and I thought that either I step up an say something now, or I keep quiet. Someone who was humble to the point of it being a bad thing would keep quiet. Instead, I said "excuse me, but the dye is outside her vein, can you please flush that out" He and the other people in the room (besides my husband who was now on the ground ) turned bright red. I then said "its obviously a dangerous substance with you all wearing protective gear whilst handling it, I would like to protect my daughters arm now thank you". I wasn't swearing at them, I wasn't screaming, I knew what was going on, so I asked them to fix it up. It caused Matilda a deal of pain to fix it up, but it was better than the alternatives. If I were too humble, there may be some reactions for Matilda. If I weren't humble enough I may have caused a scene which would make them upset and unable to do their job properly. Get what I mean?

Bath, I understand what you mean. There were times when I was leaving work to walk home knowing that 4 of my workmates drove past my house to get home. I was too proud to ask for a lift, but too humble to expect someone else to help me out. In the end I decided that people couldn't help me, if they didn't know the opportunity was there.

I get frustrated with friends who don't say when they need help, because I would love to help them if they needed help. I say to them "please let me know if there is anything you need/want/would like help with, so that I can do something... I can't read minds but I really want to do something for you".