Postmortem: 01/15/2003
Paul Robinson
someone who was flying out the next morning. I gave him the option to
come see me at the statutory rate $2 or I'd see him at my usual rate,
which is ten times that but still not a lot of money. He chose to have
me come there.
So anyway, I drive over, authenticate his signature and collect $20 for
5 minutes work, which ain't bad.
So I decide to stop and buy gas. Cute looking lady is there, and as is
my new practice, I say Hi to everyone. She smiles and says "Hi!" back.
So I see if I can start a dialog when she responds with
"Oh, I'm sorry, did I cut in front of you?"
"No, not really, I was just looking at the selection. How are you
doing?"
"Oh, fine."
"I'm trying to decide what I want here but they don't have anything I
want, I know what I want but it's not there" (The candy selection is
not very good at the gas station.) Actually what I want is her body but
I haven't said as much.
Anyway, she starts to leave. I have to buy gas so I let her go.
Besides, I think I should learn to get used to talking to women, because
I realized later that I should have made eye contact. But, for someone
just starting it ain't bad. This might not be as difficult as I thought
it was.
So anyway I walk back to my car and I notice the car Lady #1 is getting
into, where she is the passenger, the driver is another woman, and
actually quite nice looking. I remember the first rule, hit her within
3 seconds of noticing her so you don't have time to chicken out, so I
do:
I smile at her as she's leaning over, pumping gas. "Hi! How are you
doing?"
She smiles back ":Oh, Hi! Cold."
"Me too." She's in a coat, I'm wearing a short sleeve shirt. I notice
her license plate, I don't think the car is a rental, and even if it
is, she's probably a tourist. "I see you're from North Carolina, are
you visiting?"
"Yeah, I'm just here for a few days."
At this point I decide to bail on the conversation, "I would love to
stay and talk more, but it is very cold."
It's kind of hard to concentrate on pickup techniques when you're in a
short sleeve shirt and it's 30 FUCKING DEGREES outside!
What do I need to do better in the future?
1. Make sure I can stand around for a while if I talk to a woman.
2. Remember enough material to not stop talking. I kind of let the
conversation drag.
3. She's a tourist. I could have offered to show her the sights of the
area.
4. Might have been a problem since she was with another lady in the car;
she might not be interested in men, or I might have to try to get rid of
the other lady. I don't think I have the balls to try a threesome when
I haven't even tried propositioning one woman yet.
5. Try and watch her eyes, make eye contact. I wasn't remembering to do
that. Although she was bent over, she would still be able to look at me
and I could have made eye contact with her.
But for someone who would have never dared to do this a week ago, it's
not a bad start. I'll get better with practice.
--
Paul Robinson <Postm...@paul.washington.dc.us>
"A computer programmer and Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of
Virginia."
"The Greatest philosopher living, possibly the greatest that ever
lived."
http://paul.washington.dc.us
"The lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us
anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us."