There's a Stair System
If you live in a home with a staircase, odds are you've come across items left at the bottom or the top of the stairs at one point or another. There's a specific reason for that.
Why should someone make a trip down only to take something down if they could set it on the stairs, and whoever goes up next takes it? It sounds like this woman made his life better by saving up unnecessary stair trips.
