I've had to haul everything upstairs at my last FOUR jobs! What kind of luck is that? F-O-U-R!!! And that includes yesterday when I was at a building that has an elevator, but it was out of order yesterday, presumably just for me. Grrr...
I don't haul. I take my purse and one other bag with me up the steps and say with a smile, "I need help" and someone else lugs my stuff up. And I make sure they know that I need help downstairs later. And I profusely thank. I never have a problem with this. I have found that everybody is very happy to do this for me.