Yeah I don't know. I think there's a level of narcissism that accompanies this t...

lazide · on Feb 21, 2024

Narcissism is a tangential trait, but yeah.

It's about how customers were conditioned as children, and self selection of customers + how they deal with it. Similar to littering.

If people were taught/shown that it's okay to litter, most will litter.

If people were taught/shown that it's not okay to litter, most will have various strategies re: litter.

If they learned they could not litter in the first place and be 'good' and get benefits for it, they will probably do that. (they got praised appropriately for good behavior, and when they did bad behavior they got caught early, or had no excuses anyone would believe, and couldn't get away with lying).

If they grew up around a bunch of litterers and hated the people they grew up around for whatever reason, they will probably compulsively not litter even if no one cares - and pick fights with litterers. Or litter and hate themselves (which also correlates with NPD).

If they learned they could litter, and if caught could (successfully) pick it up and apologize, they will probably do that.

If they learned they could litter, and if caught could pretend they didn't know what was going on, or that it was wrong, pick it up, and then continue doing it, they will probably do that.

If they learned they could litter, and if caught they could pretend they couldn't figure out how to pick up litter, and someone else would pick it up for them, they will probably do that.

If they learned they could litter, and if caught they could successfully lie about it/blame someone else/get someone else to take the blame/gaslight people (that's not litter!), that's narcissism in many cases. If it's NPD, they'll also probably attack anyone who calls them out, as a survival mechanism, just maybe not directly.

Someone could also be a psychopath/sociopath in some cases, with different predicted results if they get caught or think there is someone who could get them in trouble if caught - like being directly attacked if you confront them about it, or being sabotaged/machiavellian'd out, getting themselves appointed onto a litter fine enforcing crew, etc.