Jocular Schlemiel: It's like making eye contact with a pitbull during his shift on watch.

The Cambridge Chronicle reports Cambridge Police have arrested the guy they say was going around town soliciting donations for Greenpeace, then keeping the money for himself.

A Greenpeace representative offered some handy tips for differentiating between legitimate Greenpeaceniks and grifters. For starters, Greenpeace no longer goes door to door. Also, the workers always have Greenpeace attire on and have Greenpeace literature at the ready.

Like you need another reason to be annoyed with Greenpeace canvassers. Via David Harris comes this Cambridge PD alert about a guy going around saying he's collecting money for Greenpeace - but keeping the money for himself.

ROY TUCKER HAS BEEN GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE CAMBRIDGE AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS POSING AS A GREENPEACE FUNDRAISER AND COLLECTING CASH AND CHECKS. DETECTIVE GRASSI HAS BEEN INFORMED BY GREENPEACE ATTORNEY TOM WETTERER THAT ROY TUCKER HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH GREENPEACE. PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF MR. TUCKER ATTEMPTS TO RAISE MONEY IN THE NAME OF GREENPEACE.

And Alyssa Boehm is there to watch the rebels begin the fight:

... One woman threw out her arm in the classic "Talk to the hand" fu maneuver (I think Shaolin monks have practiced in for years). I didn't hear what she said to him, but I saw she was quite animated. Other people followed suit - the kid started to look a little shaky. ...

Earlier:
Somebody finally snaps when approached by a Greenpeace kid.

Moxie admires their moxie, but needs a breather from the earnest young kids with the clipboards:

... OK, the summer canvassers from Greenpeace and Save the Children are bringing it on a little too hard. They are EVERYWHERE. If I leave the building at lunch, they corner me on Boylston. Tonight I got off the T at Kendall and there were 5 young, well-meaning people from Greenpeace in matching blue shirts lining Main Street, earnestly trying to get more signatures. Or maybe it's members. I don't know because I usually just tell them that I've signed it already so I can keep going. ...

Earlier:

Somebody finally snaps when approached by a Greenpeace kid.
The Greenpeace kids could learn something from the bustling bums of Boylston Street.

But can you blame Andraste, who works in Harvard Square?

... While I agree with many of the causes these people represent, I am so frigging tired of being stopped multiple times when I try to walk from my office to wherever I'm going for lunch, every SINGLE DAY, today I just snapped. The poor Greenpeace kid...I hope he realizes it wasn't personal. But I just want to be left alone. Is that SO WRONG?