| Yesterday (Sunday, Father's Day) was crazy at the restaurant. Two girls come in and sit down in my section. An HB 8 to my left, and an HB 5.5 to my right. I am clearly interested in HB8, and after my success the other day, and the hectic nature of the day, I came over and started to take their order with a little more emphasis placed towards the HB8 than would be advisable.
I noticed she had and accent and then they started talking Spanish, so I asked where HB8 was from. We start chatting, and her eye contact and smile were very much expressive of IOI's. I gave only, maybe, 15-25% of my attention to the HB5.5. So, the HB5.5 goes from friendly, to curt very quickly.
As a waiter I have a built in time contraint, so I disappear, assess my mistakes and return with drinks and a better plan. I turn my body at a fortyfive degree angle to the right, so I am facing the HB 5.5, and start talking to here, almost exclusively. I start making jokes about how I'm trying to learn Spanish and I turn back to I face the table evenly and say that they should try to teach me Spanish. We laugh and I exit. I speak almost exclusively to HB 5.5 on my next three visits. When I return to clear their dinner plates (my fourth visit) I remark on the HB 8's t-shirt, and begin to reengage her, now that I have the HB 5.5 on my side.
At one point the HB 5.5 looks at me and says, "How old are you?" Shit test, fuck. I answer 23. Fail. She says, "You're a baby!" Epic fail. I respond that she looks really young, and ask her how old she is. SHe declines to answer and I just say, "Oh! I see how it is, and turn back to the HB 8.
The HB 8 and I engage in some brief fluff talk, and I take her credit card. When I return I comment on her name, and mention that it's the name of an Egyptian goddess. She says, "Yes! You're right! Most people don't know that. Everyone thinks it from some show from the 70's." We laugh about this and I say that it's unfortunate that it was so busy because we couldn't practice Spanish. I say farewell, leave.
They're gone when I go to retrieve the bill and inside I find a note, saying, "If you ever want to practice Spanish.... *her name* *her number*"
So, to recap:
- I decided to try my luck on a two set and learned the perils.
- I engaged the potential cock-block to get her on my side when I noticed she was unhappy
- I created a premise for them (practicing Spanish) upon which she could suggest a reunion
- I failed the age shit test. I will be wary of that in the future
- However, I reclaimed some territory on the failed shit test by freezing out the HB 5.5 after her teasing of me
- Left a lasting impression by complimenting the HB 8's name in an educated way
Any thoughts on this?
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