No, I'm saying that being nice and fixing systemic problems are different things that can often work not just orthogonally but oppositionally. It's not enough of an effect that it'd even cross my radar for being nice to bus drivers, waiters, store clerks, etc. It is enough that I ignore panhandlers, particularly aggressive ones.
I just don't see how you can draw that comparison though. It's one thing to act with some decency toward service workers you interact with during your everyday life while they are serving you, it's another thing to pander to an aggressive panhandler. :(
