| I go to the mall and use the entrance at Best Buy to go through the mall. I look around BB for a worker I talked to a few weeks ago, a quiet, shy girl who just turned 18. She did the "I got a new phone and don't know my number, let me take yours" bit then never txt'd me, surprise surprise, but she wasn't there. Instead, another worker, a blonde 8, asked me if I needed help and she seemed cheery and positive. I said no, turned to the side as if to walk away, then talked to her about it being slow, what people buy which parlayed into a convo about her buying a computer for school, talking about her major, etc etc. During the convo, I made sure to turn to the side as if to walk away, then turn back. Overall she was receptive, positive, laughed a few times and seemed to enjoy the casual convo. I saw a customer by her so I said see ya, went on to another kiosk in the mall to see if a girl was there I'd been talking to before...
At the kiosk, she's there with another worker, organizing stuff. She's got the face of a 6-7 but the body/tits/ass of a 9.
I had talked to her a few weeks ago as she was rushing to close up and putting stuff away to go home. She laughed, we chatted for about 10 min as she was closing up and although she was in a hurry she seemed receptive. Got her emailed, emailed her a few days later and mentioned an inside joke we had talked about during our meeting, no reply. Waited a week, emailed again and acted as if the first email didn't exist. No reply. 2 weeks later, here I am.
She was setting up displays, talked to her and her co-worker for about 5 min. Her coworker was getting engaged, so I joked with her about the target, negged her, made fun of her for liking Raphael of the ninja turtles, etc etc. Coworker goes to a customer, target is about to follow but I move to the other side away from them and motion for her to come over with my finger. I give her my cell and say here, gimme your number and I'll text you sometime. She flat out says no. Then she goes, you don't want me blowing up your phone, remember? I say no idea what you're talking about (I really didn't...I assume it was a cocky/funny joke I made about "I'll give you my number, only if you promise to call no more than 10 times a day. 8 is acceptable, even 9, but 10's the limit"). Anyway, I go, so is that a yes or a no? She goes no, I say alright and walk off.
Go to dinner with my parents, they remind me of a tv I'm supposed to be researching for my dad, so I go back to best buy for pricing and run into the same girl from before. Ask if she can help me, she says she doesn't know the area bc she just got back from backpacking in Europe (bingo) and there's 2 workers who can help. I say cool, go to turn, then come back and ask her about Europe. She talks about the countries she went to, her experiences, etc for about 5 min then about the beach and my vacation cottage 2 min walk from the beach. After 5 min, guy worker comes in, I get him involved in the Europe convo and ignore the target. He leaves, she and I talk for a couple more min before I say I gotta go look for tv's. I turn to go away, then pull out my phone and say "give me your cell and I"ll text you to keep in touch, I'd like to see photos of Europe". She gives me the whole "I don't give my number out, plus I'm kind of seeing a kinda bf" bit. I go that's cool, I'm seeing a bf too (she knew this was a joke), then I said I have a gf too (lie) and I'm looking for convo only. She says no I can't, sorry. I say ok cool and walk off.
Go to bj's wholesale for propane tank as they're about to close. Hot 9 redhead cashier tells me where to find it as she's closing down. I get it, go to a few lines over, then she waves me back and says she can help me (she re-opened her register for me I guess). We talk for a few about our bad handwriting, school, etc etc. As she's telling me things, I tell her how I relate to that, and as I tell her things, she tells me how she relates to that. We talk for a few and I want to get her cell but her co-worker is there and I feel awkward. I eject, say see ya later, she goes "see ya later man, take care". I knew I should've number closed...
So few things here.
1) I'm trying to keep the open body language, but I find that when I tell a story or have to think about something, I turn away for a few secs then come back. Need to work on better direct eye contact.
2) I try to ask questions that go from casual fluff stuff to something that they're interested in. Once I found out what they're into, I ask them more questions about that to try and get them to talk about that more and get them in a more positive state hoping that this will lead to a higher success of a number close and less flake.
3) I feel awkward about number closing in front of other groups. Customers, other workers, other people, etc. Just feels weird like the worker will get shit for giving her number to a customer or if I get shot down.
4) Instead of talking for 10 min, I try to talk for 5-10 now. If it's positive I stick around for a few more min, build more comfort to be better at the number close. If not, I eject. Unfortunately I always pick workers or kiosk people who are busy or hurrying for something.
5) Don't know what to say to regulars during day game. I can't just go up to random women and be direct. I usually use situational openers but don't know what to say at certain times.
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