I was at the bar last night grabbing some food and a couple of drinks. I saw this waitress that I have seen there once before. The first time I saw her, she was giving me huge IOIs (I sit at the bar, I wasn't at her section). she was holding eye contact, smiling, touching hair, etc.
Last night, she was pretty busy, so she was running around. Later in the night, it slowed down, and she made eye contact with me a few times and smiled. As I was walking out of the bathroom, I saw her standing by the waitress station, so I approached.
I went up and said "hello" and she returned that. Then I said "I've seen you here a few times and haven't met you yet". (This is my neighborhood pub, I'm pretty regular here, like twice a week) She stick out her hand and says "I'm HB" I shake her hand and say "nice to meet you. You know, you're cute, and I would like to find out if you're interesting too, can I call you sometime?". (Total AFC going for the number, I know. I was 9 beers in too and pretty drunk, and it was pretty late). She hesitates and says "I'm kind of dating somebody right now" to which I shot back, "whoa, I just wanted to talk, no big deal though" and roll off. Before I eject, she says something about being able to talk to her at the bar. I said "sounds fair" and ejected.
I go up to the bar, pay my tab, bs with the bartender for a few minutes, then take off. On my way out, I tell a guy at the bar it was nice to meet him, and that he is a good storyteller, then I say to the waitress that it was nice to meet her. She says, nice to meet you too, see you soon and smiles. I'm thinking that if I hadn't been drunk and AFC'ed on going for the phone number right away and either just left it at introductions and worked it later or talked with her more, I would have faired a lot better.
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