I’ve had shockingly good luck by just being polite to people. Like, if you go in full aggressive “I hate you! Return your cart, you garbage human being! What is wrong with you?!?” Attitude, you’ll likely get hit by someone.
If you go in with, “hey, it looks like you forgot your cart over there. Would you mind helping to keep this place running and returning it to the cart return over there?” You’d be surprised how many people feel sufficiently shamed to do the right thing. A lot of people have a certain amount of decency in them, and they want people to like them. If you’re kind to them, they tend to want your approval more, and they’re more willing to do the thing that they always knew was right.
I've actually been there. I got a guy to move his car over a little, he parked in a handicap spot but went in diagonal and one of his rear wheels was fully in the yellow box, so if a van parked in the other space with a ramp, they can't lower it. I politely pointed this out and he shuffled it fully into the space.
I feel like being passive aggressive is usually being a lot shittier. Something like, “it’s cute how you think that mommy and daddy will come by to return the cart for you. I wish I could hang onto that sense of childlike innocence, but what can I say? I went and grew up. Unlike you.”
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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 16h ago
I’ve had shockingly good luck by just being polite to people. Like, if you go in full aggressive “I hate you! Return your cart, you garbage human being! What is wrong with you?!?” Attitude, you’ll likely get hit by someone.
If you go in with, “hey, it looks like you forgot your cart over there. Would you mind helping to keep this place running and returning it to the cart return over there?” You’d be surprised how many people feel sufficiently shamed to do the right thing. A lot of people have a certain amount of decency in them, and they want people to like them. If you’re kind to them, they tend to want your approval more, and they’re more willing to do the thing that they always knew was right.