Did 4 more approaches tonight at the grocery store... and I sucked :/
1. This was more of a warm up, middle aged lady was looking at apples like I was. "Excuse me, do you know if these are organic?" (idk) Then I picked up an apple and rambled about how its shape was so perfect and the color was so red, unlike other apples that had some irregular shape to them. I don't think she seemed into the conversation, but she did say what kind of apples she liked. I agreed and talked about how sweeter those are as opposed to how tart the granny smiths are. Then after I ran out of gas, I ejected and rolled away.
2. I come across a nice looking chick and I stroll up to her, thinking I got this one in the bag. Once I get to her, I realize what she's looking at... baby food... and that kinda threw me off a bit. But I said, "Excuse me, do you know where the eggs are?" She said no, and I go "oh are you new around here?" (yes) "Yeah I'm also new here, I'm learning the layout and where everything is." She said "me too, I'm just looking at baby food". I didn't feel comfortable talking about baby food, so I just kept up some weak ramble about being new here for another minute, and ejected.
Only about 30 seconds after I moved off, I had an OH SNAP! moment... that would have been the perfect time to bring up my newborn niece and segue into all kinds of flavors about baby food. Damn. I got the eggs, and circled back to where she was, hoping to "bump" into her again and say "hey, i found the eggs, they were over there. by the way, what kind of baby food did you get? my niece was born a few weeks ago, and ..... " But she was at the cash register already
3. I think this one was the best one, yet. But I don't think the girl was interested. She was at one of those almond butter making machines, which I had never seen before. I rolled by her, gave a scrutinizing look at the machine, and said,
Me: "So you are making almond butter?"
Her: smiled a little and said "yes" as she was pulling down the lever and the almond butter was oozing out.
Me: "how does it do that??" with a totally confused and fascinated look.
Her: "I guess it just grinds all the nuts and pushes it all out."
Me: "fascinating how all that oil comes out when you grind the nuts. It looks dry up there, but apparently it holds so much oil that it just oozes out when you grind them, doesn't it?"
Her: nods "yes it does"
Me: "I wonder how it tastes, maybe better than the canned stuff."
Her: "I think it does, that's why I'm getting this stuff here."
Me: "Alright, I'm gonna have a taste" and I put my finger out under the dispenser, where a chunk of some almond butter was stuck on, and put it in my mouth...
She: looks at me expectedly...
Me: "Hmm, it's pretty good. A little bland at first, then the flavor really comes out slowly"
She: smiles, but doesn't turn her body towards me and does her own thing.
All this time, she was going about her own business, and never turned her body towards me... so it was really hard for me to continue the ramble.
4. As I was leaving the store, it was raining out and some people were hesitating. I walk up next to this chick and say "I wish I had my own chaffeur so he could pull up my car here." She laughs and says something that I didn't quite catch. Then she runs off into the rain, while I do the same.
So that's 33 total approaches. Only one number. 1 out of 33. *sigh* This shit ain't easy. Please tell me this gets easier with time! Or if it doesn't, just lie to me and say it does get easier so I can motivate myself more! haha. Maybe I'm expecting too much too early.