Hey guys,
This is my first post. Last night me and my friend went out in field for the first time.
We went to a club and ordered a drink. I'm sure we only got a drink to put off opening a set. We were both pretty nervous. After about 5 mins I realised I really needed to open.
I saw a 2 set of 8-9's. I approached them quite directly and opened the set with something along the lines of:
"Quick question, where's a great club to go to here?" (I wanted to keep the opener very low risk to get started.)
They responded and we had a small chat about places to go to. I body rocked to make as if I was leaving then turned back and said "How long have you guys known each other?"
I then ran the Best Friends Test. I was astonished at how well they responded.
This is where I think I hit the hook point. At this point one of the girls touched me on the arm, I probably should have neged but didn't.
The other girl asked me if I was a student, I said I was. They then asked if I did a psychology degree (they got the idea from the best friends test). After answering I asked them if they were students, they told me they weren't so I asked them what they do. I had no idea what the first girl said (it was loud) but they other girl said she was a stripper. (I picked an interesting first set
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The other girl touched me on the arm again and I said "Hands of the merchandise, this stuff aint free you know. That'll be £5". She responded very well.
After this I pretty much had a mental blank, said "pleasure meeting you" and left.
I approached another 2 set, ran the same opener and it went well but because of nerves I ended the set pretty quickly.
We moved on to another club, and I kid you not as we walked in there was a fight outside. We both ran the "did you see the fight outside" opener a few times. This was good progress as we both have quite a lot of AA.
My friend opened a moving 2 set with and one was very interested but the other just wanted to leave and go clubbing so it didn't last long.
Later in the evening my friend opened a 5 set but didn't manage to reach the hook point. I opened a couple of sets but left pretty much after my opener.
So that's about it for the first night. Strangely, my first set was my best set. It was a good confidence boost to see how easily you can get into a conversation just by opening. My friend is now really motivated to learn some material as he didn't really know what to say after opening. I'm going to learn some more material as well because I don't think I had enough material which is why I ended the sets quickly.
I'd really appreciate some feed back and tips.
How do you deal with really loud environments?
Thanks,
Reality100
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