Speaking of pathetic, it is different from catcalling, but I think related in regard to the topic of men being awful with women, let's call it Clinger Game. The idea is to find a woman who can't run away, typically working somewhere so she has to be at least polite to you. Then you just refuse to go away. She's a rock, and you are the waves of the ocean. You will wear her down eventually....or she'll call security. More likely she'll get rid of you with a fake number or false promise. If you're running clinger game, it's not like you are that difficult to trick.
I see clinger game all the time. The hotter a girl is, the worse she has to deal with it. I think that's part of why the hottest women have lost respect for men. Everywhere they go, they always have some pathetic guy or group of them practically humping their leg. I remember going to an mma fight afterparty, with about a couple dozen fighters and three very hot ring girls, two of which were single. I got called over to a table with two empty seats next to one of the ring girls, and I sat in the seat farthest away from her, not the one next to her. I remember the look she gave me, like maybe I had gotten hit in the head fighting and wasn't thinking straight. Then another fighter walked up, gave me the exact same look..."dumbass...." he's thinking, and then began to metaphorically hump the girl's leg, much to her delight. The evening proceeded to be the two girls getting the dance floor equivalent of gangbanged. But I knew from the start that none of those guys were going to get laid...and that is exactly what happened. The two girls ditched everyone when the bar closed. I saw that one coming. Embracing clinger game is the biggest red flag that a girl is an attention wh0re.