The Greenpeace kids could learn something from the bustling bums of Boylston Street

Mike Mennonno explains:

... They seem to do pretty well for themselves. So ditch the clipboard and the duds, and grab an empty Dunkin Donuts cup from the trash, and start rattling.

There's one little guy, very meek and mild, who always stands outside the Starbucks on Berkeley and Boylston, asking for "whatever you can spare on your way out to help the homeless." He makes it sound like he's advocating. Of course, he is "the homeless." And when you toss him some change at least you know the money's going to drugs, alcohol, and junk food. I have no idea what Greenpeace does with it. ...