Plinco's cold approach journal

[Plinco]

Went shopping today, and did not see any good-looking young women. I saw one girl, 7/10-ish. I was busy looking at some Christmas cards and before I could walk up to her, she disappeared.

 

[Plinco]

Did some looking and shopping today for a few hours. I went to several stores that are busy on Saturday afternoons. Did one cold approach. I missed a few good opportunities that happened faster than I was moving.

The approach went something like this:

I was walking toward the men's clothing section and passed by the women's clothing area and noticed two girls. One of them peeled off a store logo sticker and put it on the back of her phone case. I smiled and asked her what was it. She showed me the sticker and smiled.

Me: (smiles) "Really?!"

Her friend then peels her off to the next section. "Come on let's go"

"Yeah I like taking these stickers. I have a whole bunch of them (on her phone case). See"

Me: "So you're like a hermit crab putting things on your shell"

Her: (looks confused) "What?"

Her friend then peels her off from the conversation. At this point I let it go. I'm pretty sure she's underage anyway. She was probably 16/17, wouldn't know for sure without asking.

 

[SW15]

The approach went something like this:

I was walking toward the men's clothing section and passed by the women's clothing area and noticed two girls. One of them peeled off a store logo sticker and put it on the back of her phone case. I smiled and asked her what was it. She showed me the sticker and smiled.

Me: (smiles) "Really?!"

Her friend then peels her off to the next section. "Come on let's go"

"Yeah I like taking these stickers. I have a whole bunch of them (on her phone case). See"

Me: "So you're like a hermit crab putting things on your shell"

Her: (looks confused) "What?"

Her friend then peels her off from the conversation. At this point I let it go. I'm pretty sure she's underage anyway. She was probably 16/17, wouldn't know for sure without asking.

That's an example of an approach conversation that fizzles out quickly. This is a conversation that lasted no more than 30 seconds.

This is a common interaction in non-bar approaching.