So I have an annual work conference I attend. I've probably been to it 15 times. In conjunction with it is our professional society meeting, so I always arrive the night before, and hang out at the hotel lobby bar. I've developed a pretty good network and a number of the sales reps who work for my suppliers are there, and they always like this conference as an opportunity to schmooze with their clients. Since I'd been so involved in our professional society, they know who I am, and are more than happy to greet me by name, and buy me a drink.
This time, I checked into my room, and got freshened up to head down for a beer and a bite at about 8:00 pm. As I was coming down the elevator, I spied a lone woman in a dress sitting at the same high top I'd met the woman from the previous report. I also spied an empty spot at the bar across from her.
I walked around the corner, and immediately made eye contact with her. Upon which she smiled, returned the eye contact and sat up straight, while smiling and maintaining eye contact. It was then I knew I was in.
As I neared her and turned to the bar, her phone rang and she answered it in a voice I could hear clearly "Hello Beautiful!" So I turned back around, made eye contact once more and said with a smile "Hello Beautiful." She fluttered her eyelashes, smiled and waved.
She beamed and said to her phone conversation partner, who had heard me "I just had this tall good looking guy walk by me as I answered you . He was the one who said "Hello Beautiful back to me!" I turned and ordered my beer and a menu while she had her phone conversation. As I sat there a salesman from Atlanta Georgia struck up a conversation, and I replied sparingly and let him prattle on. Meanwhile I was listening to Ms. Hi Top as she talked to her girlfriend.
When my first beer was about finished, industry colleagues started rolling in including one who is a former Division 1 Football linebacker. He sidled up to me, shook my hand and bought my next beer. One by one more colleagues start rolling in greeting me in front of Ms. Hi Top. I was turned with my back to the bar keeping an eye on her as I was having about 3 conversations at a time. She was listening to my conversations as well just waiting for an opportunity or a break in the conversation. By this time she had stepped off her seat, and I broke from my conversation and addressed her directly. "Hello Beautiful, please don't just stand out there, come join us." All my buddies eyes went from me to her, as my linebacker buddy followed with "and what are you drinking miss?"
At this point she became the center of attention as she explained where "Hello Beautiful" came from, and then turned to me and said "You are quite popular" All the while with LASER eye contact. The whole time, I was sitting at the bar, sideways, talking between bites of my dinner as all the middle aged male colleagues of mine circled around and acted like lovestruck orbiters, but with a little more professional panache. She positioned herself close to me and in the crowded bar it was quite close and kino was nearly automatic as we brushed arms and her legs straddled my knee on occasion. She would field a question from one of the guys, then give her reply while looking at me. Eventually, the gaggle spread out as they came to know who the "New Hot Chick" was and I offered her the seat next to me. All the while I remained seated. This time frame was about as long as the second half of the basketball game on the television...
One funny incident was when one of the technical consultants I work with started telling her about a problem he had she reached into her purse, pulled out a business card, told him she didn't have an answer for him but she would be happy to refer him to the right person, and handed ME the card. "You can ask FT for my email...." I was laughing maniacally on the inside....
So we talked alone at the the bar one on one for about another 30 minutes. Being a hotel bar, it shut down at 11 or 11:30, so the bartender gave us one more drink before last call. We finished the drink, and most of my crew had left so I walked her to the elevator. In the elevator, I enveloped her in a kiss as we rode to her floor. She said "I'd take you to my room but I don't want you to think I'm that kind of girl." I kissed her, shrugged and said ""OK". then hit the button to my floor and watched the door close....
.....So I went back to my room and fished out the business card she had handed me. It had only one phone number on it , so I sent a short text:
"Yes, but I am that kind of guy."
She replied
"My room #XXX"
In 5 minutes, I was there, and I left just in time for my morning meeting....
On this experience, I had everything in my favor. Her interest, my social proof, a sense of Outcome Independence (demonstrated by letting her off the elevator after the emotional spike of the kiss.), and Logistics of a hotel room right there