How to deal with resolutioners!

It's January and most gyms are starting to kick back into life with the sound of weights crashing, people grunting and high 5ing a personal best. If you work in the industry it's both the best and the worst time to be in a gym.
The worst because your chances of seeing sunlight are greatly diminished, breaks become a myth only spoken about in legend and your own training plans get waved goodbye to until at least St. Patrick's Day (March 17th for the non-Irish).
The best because you get to see people fired up and driven to reach their goals. There is a real sense of urgency and passion in the air. People have goals and have resolved to get there. They may not know how to get there but they are going to try!
Amongst the hard core gym heads come all the newbies, armed with magazine articles and energy these are the people who make me really excited to work in a gym. Unfortunately they don't seem to be as popular with the hard core gym crowd, and a common question I hear from the wannabe hard core guys is "so when are all the resolutioners gonna quit?" I'd be lying if I hadn't asked that question myself on occasion. Nothing upsets me more than getting fired up to go commit an act of violence in the squat rack only to find someone bicep curling or bench pressing in there! Honestly I'd like to commit another act of violence right there but that isn't going to get me anywhere. So I came up with a strategy to deal with the resolutioners and it works!
1. Introduce yourself, a strange concept I know. Start with some thing simple, like" Hi, I'm (insert name) I haven't seen you in here before." (Very important here to resist the urge to tell them why you think deadlifting in a smith machine is wrong!)
2. Wait for the answer. Knowing somebody's name is a great start to any conversation.
3. So I see your working on (insert body part) have you tried doing (insert x basic variant). Note: if your doing the same body part ask them do they want to join you.
4. If you ask them to join in and they say "yes". Now is your chance to finally reach the hallowed status of bro-fessor!!! It's your chance to impart knowledge and experience, and as an added bonus you might gain a new lifting bro.!
5. If they say "no" don't take it personally and go cry, it probably means they don't want to do it just yet. Keep saying "Hi" when you see them and ask how they are doing. They may not become a lifting bro, but it makes they gym a nicer place for everybody.
So next time you see a resolutioner don't just roll your eyes, remember we were all like that until we learned, usually from the bigger, stronger guys who showed us the way.