I met a HB8 working in a jewelery store. My opener was that I needed to find a necklace. Initially, she's very cold/uninterested. I maintain good eye contact, neg her on her attempts to find what I'm looking for---e.g. "you and I have very different opinions of what a crescent looks like", speak in statements demonstrating command, have good body posture, and soon I feel she's attracted to me. Come to think of it, I kind of felt this occur after I maintained about 10 to 15 seconds of direct eye contact in delivering my opener about needing a necklace for a friend.
It's confirmed when she stumbles over her words, using "like" and "um" a lot, keeps her eyes lowered with the pretense of looking intently for a necklace (but come on, she doesn't even come up for air), and basically gives me not so subtle IOIs. I'm 90% certain shes shy or supplicating, the other 10% says she's just a very dedicated employee.
Problem: I was not sure where to go with it. She's behind the counter, which limits kino. In fact, I'd have to almost superman over to kino her. I'm running through my head for a good DHV of some sort and nothing comes to mind. So we kept fluffing about the necklace I was never going to buy.
Argh...eventually, I eject gracefully with a FTC after she goes through everything and does not find what I'm looking for. Actually, I say "no, nothing? Eh...alright then, thanks for helping me (insert HB name, on employee name tag)".
Need analysis. Big things, little things. E.g. Should I have said her name from the name tag? She did not give it personally. Should I have tried to kino her regardless of the physical separation? What should I have done for building attraction and comfort? How do I transition smoothly from the necklace opener?
