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GET A NEW OPENER MAN!!!
I'm sorry...I had to get that out.
You use "I thought you were cute, I wanted to come meet you..." all the time!
THat's 80% of your problem.
Use that as a back-up opener or something...but not as the lead player...
How old are you btw?
A good opener produces a conversation man...it get's THEM to talk. That's why questions are good. And LISTEN to the answers, they will fuel the rest of your conversation. You wont even have to talk you just direct the conversation. And they will think you're amazing.
"Hey, I thought you were cute, so I wanted to come meet you..." says...nothing. It gets them to think....ok, you met me...I'm cute. I know Thanks, now go away, we're shopping."
The girls with the fans and the A/C...instead of making them feel like turds because of their lack of central air...you should have said something like, "FANS! Ah ha! Wait...I'm pretty sure I saw a good sale on fans in here. Come with me I'll show you" (Now you guys are on a little trek together...just the 3 of you. They're with YOU now, not you interrupting them.
And if you wanted to be funny, you could take them to like....the kitchen-ware section and say, Right here...Rachael Ray's super-heavy duty sauce pan for only 9.99 (I'm making this up on the fly...just as i would do in the store). Awesome sale....
Then, when they look at eachother all confused like you're crazy you play stupid...have that 3 seconds of awkward, but then pull it back and say...OHHH you said FFFans!? I thought you said PANS!
But I did see a cool fan! Let's go! (But let the TONE in your voice let them know you were joking the entire time).
then actually take them to the fans, and then qualify them.
I'm not a fan of "canned" openers unless I'm stuck. always have a few in your head, but I mostly make mine situational. And I say "Hi" and smile to EVERYONE I meet everywhere. If their eyes catch mine...I nod and say hello.
It keeps you in that talkative mindset and then you're not worrying about how hot the girl is...you just said hi to her out of habit.
Oh oh...learn to think faster too. Scope things out at the restaurant AS you enter...see who you MAY want to talk to and warm them up right from the start.
check this out:
You and your dad go for wings, the hostess asks you how many...you say 2 and usually they ask if you have a preference of seating. You see 2 hot girls eating that you MAY want to talk to (you're not sure yet...) so you ask to sit over in that corner (so you have to walk past those 2 girls)
chit chat with the hostess on the way to the table, and as you're walking past the hot girls, stop and say "oh my...what IS that you're eating? it looks amazing...i'm getting it...thanks girls!" (be very fun and forward with it though...kinda like....I'd say Van Wilder
Now you go sit down...and you've already broken the ice. heck THEY may even come talk to you more.
but now it's much easier to go back and talk to them. I'd wait a few mintues and whether you ordered the same thing she did or not would determine which way I went with this...
Same thing: Approach their table again, look at the girl with the food you ordered and say something like, "I just had to come back and tell you....you...are a genius.
Girl: *giggle* What? Why?
You: Because only a genius would realize how exciting that salad is...with the nuts and the oranges (whatever)
Girl: laughing
You: And I wasn't kidding...I ordered it. So, i had to come say thank you...for giving my taste buds a flavor party today! if you weren't here...they would not be enjoying this deliciousness today...
Girls : laughing hysterically, they may even repeat some of the things you said like flavor party...
You: Listen...I'm taking my dad out for lunch right now, and I promised him I wasn't going to get side tracked this time...but you both seem like very cool girls and I'd like to continue this conversation later....
Start writing your number, and hand them the pen to do the same.
I'd get BOTH girls numbers...let them guess about which one you're after.
and go from there.
Oh, if you ordered something different I'd go back and say something like:
Hey...I just wanted to come apologize...
Girls: "huh? what? about what?"
You: I lied to you...I said I was going to order that salad...but...I didn't
Girls: They'll laugh and reassure you that it's ok. But you must continue to make it funny or the conversation's dead right there.
You: I mean...when i told you I was ordering that...i had every intention to do it...I mean, I was already eating that salad before i even sat down. BUT...Then I saw the (insert menu item with a picture in the menu)
Did you see this thing? No? Hang on....(leave and go grab a menu, point out a picture of the item you just mentioned let's just say it's a smokehouse burger).
And say: Here, here it is...you have to see this, and then I'll let you get back to your meal (time constraint).
Look at this thing, the photographer deserves a medal! I mean, the barbeque sauce is glistening, how do they do that?
How can someone take a picture and change my mind about what I'm ordering just from the picture? I mean...no no seriously, look at this picture, you can almost SMELL it can't you? That's good..that's a good photo.
So anyway, I'll have to let you know if i made a good choice or not...but I have to go now, I'm taking my dad out for lunch today (and finish the same way).
see How i said I was taking my dad out? it seems less...weird. lol Less needy.
good luck!
And Don Juan is right...you may want to not sarge with your dad so much. _________________ Mike D
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