09-22-2017, 08:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-22-2017, 08:41 AM by SargeMaximus.)
Bought some booster cables this morning.
Wearing black boots, blue jeans, dark blue (nearly black) t-shirt, leather moto jacket, and black toque/beanie.
As soon as I get into the place, the old man who works as the greeter says hi but he's hesitant. I smile warmly and say "Good morning! Hopw are you?"
He's like "I'm fine th-yes?" as if I interrupted him, but I didn't say anything.
Decided to just go with it.
I'm like "I'm looking for booster cables."
He shows me to them, and I thank him cordially.
Then I pick the 16 footers (I'll be damned if I'm gonna have cables that are too short when I need them!)
Then I walk to the checkouts. There are 2 guys in front of me, the one already being served by the lone cashier.
Another woman (not my type) comes over and smiles at me. I smile back (it's polite!).
She says "I can help you over here" giving me direct EC.
She doesn't even notice the other guy. lol. But he takes it and says "Oh thanks!" lol. The look on the woman's face! A mixture of confusion and disappointment.
I give her a sympathetic look.
As I';m waiting, a girl workming at customer service (nearly 100 feet away) raises her hand and yells "I can help you over here!"
I smile and as I'm walking over, the girl who first offered looks at me and I smile. Then I say "Thanks anyways"
The guy seemed confused.
I go to the customer service girl and I make the normal greeting. Then she mentions the cables "These are good to have. Especially in the winter"
I'm like "Yeah, my car battery died last night while I was at the gym, so..."
Then she just says "Hmmm.... yeah I was at the airport once to pick up my parents and the battery died. I had to talk to 3 people before I got someone who could boost it"
I'm like "no way. Me too! 3 people, same thing."
She doesn't seem affected. Then I remember "Right! You're supposed to talk about the EMOTIONS, not the content!"
So she keeps telling the story and how her parents are on the phone texting her "where are you?" and she's trying to tell them that she's got a dead battery etc.
So I'm like "wow. Frustrating!"
She just looks at me and nods.
I dunno, maybe it wasn't frustrating or maybe she was just taken aback by a guy empathizing with her.
She wasn't looking me face-on, however, her head was pointed away and she looked me in the eye, so it was a kind of sideways glance which I've heard is suspicion.
Anyhow, who knows.
We were done and I left. She said "Have a great day!" after me and I said "you too." and exited the building.
She wasn't my type either. But I am trying to be friendly to everyone and develop my convo skills with everyone as well.
Before I went into the store, there WAS a woman I liked. She seemed kind of cuter, but as I looked at her she stuck her nose in the air. lol.
Dunno what that is. I mean obviously it's a rejection but why it happened with a girl I'm attracted to is beyond me.
Wearing black boots, blue jeans, dark blue (nearly black) t-shirt, leather moto jacket, and black toque/beanie.
As soon as I get into the place, the old man who works as the greeter says hi but he's hesitant. I smile warmly and say "Good morning! Hopw are you?"
He's like "I'm fine th-yes?" as if I interrupted him, but I didn't say anything.
Decided to just go with it.
I'm like "I'm looking for booster cables."
He shows me to them, and I thank him cordially.
Then I pick the 16 footers (I'll be damned if I'm gonna have cables that are too short when I need them!)
Then I walk to the checkouts. There are 2 guys in front of me, the one already being served by the lone cashier.
Another woman (not my type) comes over and smiles at me. I smile back (it's polite!).
She says "I can help you over here" giving me direct EC.
She doesn't even notice the other guy. lol. But he takes it and says "Oh thanks!" lol. The look on the woman's face! A mixture of confusion and disappointment.
I give her a sympathetic look.
As I';m waiting, a girl workming at customer service (nearly 100 feet away) raises her hand and yells "I can help you over here!"
I smile and as I'm walking over, the girl who first offered looks at me and I smile. Then I say "Thanks anyways"
The guy seemed confused.
I go to the customer service girl and I make the normal greeting. Then she mentions the cables "These are good to have. Especially in the winter"
I'm like "Yeah, my car battery died last night while I was at the gym, so..."
Then she just says "Hmmm.... yeah I was at the airport once to pick up my parents and the battery died. I had to talk to 3 people before I got someone who could boost it"
I'm like "no way. Me too! 3 people, same thing."
She doesn't seem affected. Then I remember "Right! You're supposed to talk about the EMOTIONS, not the content!"
So she keeps telling the story and how her parents are on the phone texting her "where are you?" and she's trying to tell them that she's got a dead battery etc.
So I'm like "wow. Frustrating!"
She just looks at me and nods.
I dunno, maybe it wasn't frustrating or maybe she was just taken aback by a guy empathizing with her.
She wasn't looking me face-on, however, her head was pointed away and she looked me in the eye, so it was a kind of sideways glance which I've heard is suspicion.
Anyhow, who knows.
We were done and I left. She said "Have a great day!" after me and I said "you too." and exited the building.
She wasn't my type either. But I am trying to be friendly to everyone and develop my convo skills with everyone as well.
Before I went into the store, there WAS a woman I liked. She seemed kind of cuter, but as I looked at her she stuck her nose in the air. lol.
Dunno what that is. I mean obviously it's a rejection but why it happened with a girl I'm attracted to is beyond me.
