The trick was to spot a woman, preferably accompanied by a child, and ask her for help when you got lost. That was the lesson drilled into her head as a child, back before there stopped being any children at all and way before the serum and the lottery and all that followed were instituted.
In the absence of the above, a helpful man was better than nothing. "Hi... and, uh. Yes. I need a subway exit or a taxi and I can't seem to find either," she replied, smiling tightly.