I didn't close...

This isn't much of a FR but more of an experience that happened to me a short while ago.

I come in to work and this older lady who works in another department says hello and we chitchat for a second. After the conversation is over, I head over to the elevator to go to my office and I see this HB8 walking down the hall limping.

I ask her "Hey what happened?" Usually after the first question I ask them for the name but her answer caught me off guard: "Oh I fell and broke my spine in 7 places!" "How did that happen?" "It was dancing" "Wow! That must have been some funky dancing!" "Well, I've been doing it all my life..."

At this point I knew I needed to close but I started thinking. And therein lied my problem. I started thinking: Should I ask someone obviously suffering from a major injury for her name/number? Will she think I'm lame for closing her while injured? Plus I can't write anything down right now... (I was carrying my work clothes in one hand and my helmet in the other -- I commute to work on my motorcycle almost every day). She went to her class and I went up to my office. I might try to catch her once her class is over but it's gonna be a fvcking long shot. Plus now my value is gonna be lower since I didn't close properly the first time. FVCK!!

I seldom choke but this time it happened. I hesitated. Therefore I lost. Let that be a lesson to anybody reading. Three-second rule, man. 3 secs.

Don't think.

"Just do it"

she was showing you that many IOI's (and so you know she had attraction for you) within seconds of chatting to you, about the same conversation shes going to have had with almost every one who knows her?

or did u just leave this info out of your op...?

i was under the inpression the three second rule was when you see a chick and need to approach by then not to do with closing ?

Okay, let me talk about the initial interaction:

As I was talking to the older lady, I notice the silhouette of a woman who might be my type (shorter, curvy with long hair) in the background walking towards us. Recognizing that the older lady saying "Hello" is a prime opportunity for DHVing, I chat the lady up. "My, vatoloco! You're here early!" "What are you talking about [here I say her name]? You know I'm always here at 7!" (giving her a huge wink).

So as I part ways with the older lady, the woman who was coming towards us is about 3 feet from me and I realize that she's a HB8. I look her in the eye, smile and say "Hi." She looks me in the eye, smiles and says "Hi" back (this is when I know she might be interested -- the test is in the name/number close). We head in the same direction for about 30 feet, where the conversation I already listed took place.

In my opinion, the three-second rule is about not thinking and just doing. If you start putting a trip on yourself (like I did with her injury), you rationalize things and you choke.

like they say about golf (or most sports), dont let an earlier failure get you so pi$$ed, that you screw up the next move.
Shake it off, and move in for round 2