Smooth Player 056 said:
Success is pretty solid man--about 80% will give you their number; the other 20% will have a boyfriend or something.
I'll text them later that night and say:
"Hey, it's Chris--we met earlier today how was your day?"
My Valentines Cold Approaches
Hi Smooth I think your numbers are askew. I decided to give it a go today and managed to find a total of 6 cold approaches. I focused on low traffic areas and girls who were on their own. Simply because I am also concerned about rotation issues.
All I opened with (more or less) each time was "hey quick question... will you be my valentine?" Most of them smiled widely and giggles but the results werent great. If she was unsure what to say I would follow up with "Well I just thought you were cute soo.... " or something along those lings. I also didnt have like a flower or heart stick or anything.
Morning on the way to work (plaza)
HB7 IHAB (smile and apologetic)
HB8 IHAV (flattered and apologetic)
HB8 IHAB (fairly cooled response seemed like she was lying - looked like a party girl tbh)
So I mean, not much going on here. Still felt I was on the 'wrong side' of 80% so after lunch I decided to take a walk for an hour on a part of campus I usually dont go too (to improve rotation).
mid-day walk (bridge walk way)
HB7 IHAV (super cheerful, flattered and apologetic)
HB8 (looks at me annoyed, shakes her head and walks away in disgust. She was looking down at the ground and didnt make eye contact so I know in future not to ask a women whos in her own world, thoughts?)
So, ok. Its about 3 in the day and I really have to get back to work and cover a class. I was generally very disillusioned at this point because there is not much physical or age difference between myself and the OP, in fact Im use to girls commenting on how handsome I am! I really didnt know what to think and was feeling low as I can go these days "I guess I will just ask out some of my co-workers". I generally dont like asking co-workers as I like to feel in control of who I am dating and not just what ever comes my way (HB6-7), 30+ etc. I guess I was asking girls that were just too high on the looks scale, because the odds are they are already taken. I had passed off quite a few fatties and HB6.5 or so as I just wasnt feeling it.
At this point we are talking a success rate of 0%. I had pretty much given up on this point and was thinking of calling some people I had dated in the past.
As I was finishing work around 6 it was pretty dark out, I was in a hurry for the bus and the campus was also dead as well. Not a girl in sight or much of anyone at this hour. As I head towards the plaza to get to the bus stop a HB8.5 passes me by out of the blue and I just asked her out before I even realise Im asking her out. Pretty much an autopilot as I had previously given up on the idea for one day. She stands there giggling uncontrollably saying "That was very random" shrugging her shoulders and very unsure of what to do. I was kind of surprised and asked her "has this really never happened to you before?" She is HB8.5 so I was confused. I then asked her again if she wanted to go out for valentines and she pretty much doesnt know what to do (still cant stop giggling).
I give her my phone and she puts her number in while I ask where she was heading, just some small talk to cool her down. She says shes going home for the day so I asked her when she was on campus again. "Wednesday", I tell her truthfully I wont be on campus wednesday but I will be thursday. She doesnt have anything thursday so I more or less agree on that day and said I will text her later. I cant express how much this girl couldnt stop giggling half in disbelief that I was so "random" and also that she was going along with it. Additionally I asked her to check her phone to make sure she got the number, it was on silent in her purse so she rummaged around for it and immediately saved my contact to her phone.
So, I guess in terms of getting numbers thats a success rate of 16.6% which seems a lot closer to the norm (according to GoodLookingLoser own figures). In the first 5 cases getting the number was NEVER on the table and with the final one I still had to ask for it and move things forward. I will have to report back if she actually shows for a date though.
Its pretty obvious from this experience that my opinion of the whole thing would have been very different if it werent for the last girl of the day. Smooth, how many girls did you approach exactly for this footage and over how many days? Maybe there is a culture difference here but I am generally meeting a lot of shock that I would even be so bold as to ask. None were as direct as the girls in your video. I would have loved a direct "yes" and a handshake, probably wouldnt even know how to react myself to that at this stage because it seems so unbelievable. Very much the tone of the girl at 1:06 across the board.
http://youtu.be/59OVPUS6Mo0?t=1m6s
Seeing as its already evening I will follow up with the message "Hey, it's XXX--we met earlier today how was your day?" tomorrow evening and see what happens. I probably should be happier to have got the HB8.5 number but at the same time still feeling pretty jaded that my success was far FAR lower than I was anticipating. Does presenting a surprise gift really make this much of a difference in the odds? Or is this just how things go? (YMMV)?