I avoid street canvassers for do-gooding organizations. Does that make me a jerk? - By Sandy Stonesifer - Slate Magazine

I avoid street canvassers for do-gooding organizations. Does that make me a jerk? - By Sandy Stonesifer - Slate Magazine: "Dear Sandy,

I regularly see chirpy, T-shirt-wearing representatives of social-service and environmental organizations soliciting donations on the street. They often approach me with lines such as, 'Do you have a moment for the environment?' or 'Can't you spare five seconds to help battered women?'"