| My First Field Report.
I have seen an HB8 on the train a couple times, and finally decided to put my ipod away and open her. I had a little bit of approach anxiety, which stems from the fact that pubic transit is exactly that - public. There are people sitting there, and getting blatently shot down in front of them isn't high on anybodys list. However, I just thought about how all the guys on the train wish they had the balls to go talk to this girl, and how all the other girls must feel shitty about themselves for me choosing to talk to this girl over them. It works like a charm for AA.
Most girls I have seen on the train have ipods/headphones in, so when I approached her, I just smiled, and said hey. Anyways, I did that and the girl took off her headphones.
ME- I have a question for you. Pause. Say you see somebody interesting in a public place...a train perhaps. What would you say to them to catch their attention and strike up a conversation?
HB (Totally caught off guard) "Ummm... I dunno...."
I the negged her.
ME- You look like a smart, confident girl. But I may be wrong. So you are saying that if you saw some good looking guy, you would have nothing to say to him?
The girl then tried to contest that she was actually smart, and I cut her off.
ME- Here, let me teach you a couple of lines you can use. Do you know how much a polar bear weighs?"
HB - No? How much?
ME-Are you serious, you havn't heard this one?
HB- No, I swear.
ME-Just enough to break the ice.
She laughed, and I negged her again by saying
ME- "I thought everyone has heard that line before, do you get out much?"
She laughed again.
ME-Alright, if that one fails just say, "I need a quarter it's an emergency" they'll say "sure, omg whats wrong" "My mom told me to call her the first time I fell in love"
She laughed again.
ME- Well, I gave you the tools. Now all you need to do is get a little practice in.
HB- Haha, well thank you.
ME-No problem, you looked like you could use the help. (Hopefully this made her wonder whether I talked to her because she was hot, or if I thought she really needed help)
Me- So what give you the pleasure of riding the train this morning.
She rambled on about her job and stuff, nothing interesting.
HB-What about you?
Me- I am training.
HB- For what?
ME- The thumb wrestling world championships.
HB - Haha.
ME- Want to play?
HB- Sure.
ME- Well, I need to get off in a couple of stops. I don't know if I have the time. *Pause* Who am I kidding, I'm going to beat you so fast, I'll be able to get a nap in before I get to that stop.
We played, and after a few seconds. I pinned her thumb down with my free hand, counted to three and told her I won. She grabbed my hand with her other hand, and I could have said something about her hand and tried to read her palm her, or called her grabby. I guess this is almost a kino test.
HB - You cheated!
ME- No, I do this for a living. I'm pretty sure I know the rules...
ME- (Changing the subject) I like you bag. Even though it is almost as big as you are. What do you keep in there? Enough food to feed a family?
HB- Haha, no. I keep all my stuff in there.
Me- Wow, you have a lot of stuff. You must be high maintenance.
HB- No, I am not high maintenance. All my friends are, but not me.
Me- I'm high maintenance. I like all my girlfriends to write me love notes, take me out for dinners, and give me massages.
HB- Haha. That's funny.
I didn't really know what to say here, and floundered a little. A little pause followed then I said.
ME- So what makes you low maintenance?
HB-I dunno. I just am.
Me- Well, I am just going to assume you are high maintenance person who can't come up with an appropriate lie. Anyways, this is my stop. Practice your thumb wrestling, and maybe I'll play you some other time. Have a good day. Then I walked off the train and went to work.
I guess I could have tried to number close, but the fact that she told me she worked downtown, and I see her frequently at my stop, I figured, I would look casual and just blow her off at my stop.
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