Valdez
Don Juan
One thing that I have found to have worked consistently in a wide variety of situations is having a short but funny story that catches someone off guard. I have quite a few of these and I have practiced them to the point they just come natural.
Now, I'll be honest, being ****y/funny does work, but I do find newer DJ's tend to overdue the ****iness. In my opinion, confident/funny would be a better term to use, as although they are similair, there is a fine line between being ****y and being confident that many fail to understand.
Back to the original point, always have a story or two ready to go. For example I was invited to have dinner with a girl, her friend, and her friend's boyfriend, both of whom I had never met. Now, as we were sitting down I was able to identify that they weren't really too sure how to act and it was up to me to put them at ease, so I had to transition into a greet to a story right off the bat, here's how it went..
As we sit down I say,"How's it goin guys?" They reply with the usual "good, how about you." Most people tend to pass up this chance to get things started but personally I don't, so I was like
"Oh, I'm doing great now, this morning was insane, you wouldn't believe what happened..." I stopped there and gave them the chance to interact and respond with,
"Oh, what happened?"
"Well, I was running late to work right, like, I was already kind of worried when I pull up to the light right before work when all of a sudden I get rear-ended..."
"You serious? That sucks."
"well thats not the crazy part, get this, the guy jumps out of his car and its this red hot dwarf, like steaming out the ears, waving his arms everywhere shouting profanities. Like, I'm thinking to myself,"Holy crap, I'm going to have to fight a dwarf". It was just crazy..."
"Well, what happened"
"Well, the dwarf runs up to my window and screams to me at the top of his lungs,"I am not happy!", so somewhat confused, I'm like..."Well...than which one are you?" (this one requires some comedic timing)
It took them a few seconds to get the punchline and realize I'm not serious, but after that they were at ease and their guards were down, making it much easier to use a few tactics here and there. By the end of the dinner the guy's stomach was hurting and I swear to god not only the girl I was with wanted to f*ck me, but her friend as well.
Stories like these will work wonders.
Now, I'll be honest, being ****y/funny does work, but I do find newer DJ's tend to overdue the ****iness. In my opinion, confident/funny would be a better term to use, as although they are similair, there is a fine line between being ****y and being confident that many fail to understand.
Back to the original point, always have a story or two ready to go. For example I was invited to have dinner with a girl, her friend, and her friend's boyfriend, both of whom I had never met. Now, as we were sitting down I was able to identify that they weren't really too sure how to act and it was up to me to put them at ease, so I had to transition into a greet to a story right off the bat, here's how it went..
As we sit down I say,"How's it goin guys?" They reply with the usual "good, how about you." Most people tend to pass up this chance to get things started but personally I don't, so I was like
"Oh, I'm doing great now, this morning was insane, you wouldn't believe what happened..." I stopped there and gave them the chance to interact and respond with,
"Oh, what happened?"
"Well, I was running late to work right, like, I was already kind of worried when I pull up to the light right before work when all of a sudden I get rear-ended..."
"You serious? That sucks."
"well thats not the crazy part, get this, the guy jumps out of his car and its this red hot dwarf, like steaming out the ears, waving his arms everywhere shouting profanities. Like, I'm thinking to myself,"Holy crap, I'm going to have to fight a dwarf". It was just crazy..."
"Well, what happened"
"Well, the dwarf runs up to my window and screams to me at the top of his lungs,"I am not happy!", so somewhat confused, I'm like..."Well...than which one are you?" (this one requires some comedic timing)
It took them a few seconds to get the punchline and realize I'm not serious, but after that they were at ease and their guards were down, making it much easier to use a few tactics here and there. By the end of the dinner the guy's stomach was hurting and I swear to god not only the girl I was with wanted to f*ck me, but her friend as well.
Stories like these will work wonders.
