Place: Underground Subway station at peak hour.
I'm standing nearby a cute little blonde waiting for the train on a reasonably crowded platform. The announcer says over the PA that my train has been delayed 4 minutes. YES! thanks for that opener mate!
I turn to the girl and say, "This always happens when I try to catch the train." (in a non-whingeing way of course)
She acts as if she wanted me to talk to her the whole time, and is very enthusiastic. She tells me how she got caught for fare evasion and was let go, so I tease her for putting on a sob story. That kind of thing, I can't remember details.
This was funny:
Girl: What are you doing here?
Me: Catching the train, silly!
Girl: (laughs) No, I mean, why are you in the city?
Me: I go to Melbourne Uni
Girl: ME TOO!! (heeheh it's sooo easy to get rapport sometimes)
She was getting on a different train, I got her number and got on my train. This one seems promising because I got a home number instead of cell, which I ALWAYS get.