(Note: I’m a teenager going door to door, collecting cans for a food bank and soup kitchen. A man answers the door at one house.)

Me: “Hello, sir. Would you like to donate cans to [charity organization]?”

Man: “Do you have ID?”

Me: “No, I’m just a high school student collecting cans.”

Man: “How do I know you’re not a homeless girl trying to steal my food?”

Me: *speechless*

Man: “You could be an alien for all I know!” *slams door*