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Never make eye contact with a Greenpeace kid
By adamg on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:47am
Jocular Schlemiel: It's like making eye contact with a pitbull during his shift on watch.
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I was accosted by one of their ilk
Something about Global Warming.
I stopped and asked the young lady a question:
"Can you cite, by author and publication, two
scientific studies that indicate that there is
a global warming crisis?"
Response: "Humma nah humma nah humma nah..."
Thanks anyways.
"Airplane!" Reference Ahead
Remember the scene when Rex Kramer gets to the airport and beats the crap out of everyone asking for donations? That should be required viewing before every trip to Harvard Square.
Harvard Square survival skills
A basic survival skill in Harvard Square is the ability to treat people who come up to you as if they simply aren't there.
No need to be that unfriendly
Some of the people who come up to you just want to know where to catch the bus to Lechmere, or how to get to the Fogg or the Carpenter Center...
I thought that was a Boston survival skill?
zing!
Greenpeace, Moonies,
Greenpeace, Moonies, Mormons... not a dime's worth of difference. I'd put them in stocks and hand out tomatoes.
Love those guys... maybe not
As a life long Bostonian who has frequented all of the areas where street people congregate (greenpeace, 9/11 conspiracy, beggars of coin) Ive found its actually quite easy to tell the difference between an errant tourist (who in comparison to the street people isnt that bad, although I dont like them much either) and the greenpeace types. The tourist will look legitimatly confused while all the others , even the confused crazy ones, have the confidence in their surroundings that only come from spending hours upon hours on the street trying to convert us or get us to open our wallets.
I walked by Harvard Square today and within a block got hit by a GreenPeace person, 3 beggars, a 9/11 conspiracy person and of course a guy who is obviously not a beggar sitting on the ground with a funny sign asking for cash (thesis for some Harvard sociology class maybe?)