What I hate is the collectors on street corners who call out to you as you pass; excuse me, I'm not looking at you, doesn't that indicate that I'm busy and I don't want to talk to you? It doesn't matter that they are being "friendly" and "cheerful"; all that does is make me feel uncomfortable and wrong-footed, because of course it is rude to ignore people who are talking to you. Except that they are complete strangers who are accosting you in the street, not someone that you are chatting to in a social situation.

I HATE it that they make me feel bad. It isn't fair.