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Some days I'll take a break from working and sitting in the office to walk around campus for a while. It's some nice, enjoyable, solitary time.
Until Greenpeace.
People from Greenpeace have taken to standing around the part of campus where I usually walk around. These people will try to catch my eye from a hundred feet away. I know right then that they're going to be messin' up my me time. Then they'll start talking to me by saying something like "Hey, you've got two arms and two legs! That's perfect for saving the environment!"
As if amputees are any less capable of donating money to Greenpeace. But anyhow, then they'll tell me something about how there's some company cutting down trees in Canada, and that this will lead to a 30% percent reduction in my oxygen supply.
Really? Can't say I know a whole lot about environmental science and whatnot, but...30%? That number *sounds* overly big. But, then again, I'm certainly not the person to ask about how accurate that number is.
Their 20 second spiel isn't quite convincing enough for me to give them money. Mostly they just make me feel awkward and uncomfortable, and I dislike this. It makes me wish I was better at just rudely ignoring people.
Still, encounters with them did get me to check out the Greenpeace website. (However, I didn't quite like *everything* I saw). Also, in a way, I'm thinking about the environment. Right now.
Maybe they somewhat did their job after all. Maybe.
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| | Posted 8/25/2008 1:48 PM - 48 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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