I had 3 successful cafeteria approaches in a row. Then, my last one I guess you can say I got rejected. I went up to this HB7 who had most (about 5/6) of a pizza in front of her.
Me: Is this chair available?
(Turns my direction, I approached from behind her)
Her: What? (not with a mean tone like those uninterested girls, but she just wasn't sure if I was talking to her, I think)
Me: Is it cool if I sit here? (pointing to the chair)
Her: Oh, I'm almost done. I'm gonna leave (she takes her stuff and goes)
Me: Ok, I'll take it over then.
( I said it in a friendly way but she didn't really have a reaction to it. She seemed unsure of what to do. And she left in such a way like I had conquered her territory...like a chump. Uninterested girls would usually respond with a "yeah whatever" look. I felt like I punked her and I think she felt the same way.)
In retrospect, I thought she was checking me out while I was in line to get food. If I had to guess, I would say that she was attracted to me, but felt that were not the same type of people. I felt the same way, but I just approached her for practice.
This made me reconsider doing these approaches. This happened 2 weeks ago and I haven't done a cafeteria approach since then. I''ve questioning whether it's barging into other peoples' personal space. What is your guys take on this?
Maybe it would be better to more slowly wean into asking if it's cool to sit down. For example, just walking in front of her table and stopping to get her attention and then see what her reaction is and go from there.
Me: Is this chair available?
(Turns my direction, I approached from behind her)
Her: What? (not with a mean tone like those uninterested girls, but she just wasn't sure if I was talking to her, I think)
Me: Is it cool if I sit here? (pointing to the chair)
Her: Oh, I'm almost done. I'm gonna leave (she takes her stuff and goes)
Me: Ok, I'll take it over then.
( I said it in a friendly way but she didn't really have a reaction to it. She seemed unsure of what to do. And she left in such a way like I had conquered her territory...like a chump. Uninterested girls would usually respond with a "yeah whatever" look. I felt like I punked her and I think she felt the same way.)
In retrospect, I thought she was checking me out while I was in line to get food. If I had to guess, I would say that she was attracted to me, but felt that were not the same type of people. I felt the same way, but I just approached her for practice.
This made me reconsider doing these approaches. This happened 2 weeks ago and I haven't done a cafeteria approach since then. I''ve questioning whether it's barging into other peoples' personal space. What is your guys take on this?
Maybe it would be better to more slowly wean into asking if it's cool to sit down. For example, just walking in front of her table and stopping to get her attention and then see what her reaction is and go from there.