Daytime Shenanigans at The Grove

Went out today to hang with my buddies S. and B. at The Grove for a couple of hours. We were there to hang out, catch up on stuff and talk to cute girls. :-) My personal mission that day was to work on my Indirect approaches. I was never really a fan of doing the "1-2-3" Indirect approach until I started instructing with PU101. It's funny how teaching people really elevates your own game and lets you re-experience things you thought you'd forgotten. In any case I developed a taste for it and wanted to hammer out the details of it for my own use. It's definitely a good tactic for street sets as it keeps things fun and flirty, plus it gives me an "out" if there's a language barrier and I don't want to continue past the "1" portion of the "1-2-3".

I'm still having some issues with Rapport but I'm not sure if it's 100% on my end or if the environment also had a significant role in things. In any case, here are the sets of note:

1) Two cute chicks (definitely in the 8-9 range) were walking down the main drag towards the Farmer's Market. I came up from the side into their peripheral vision, extended my hand towards them and:

ME: Excuse me guys, do you know if there's an ATM around here?
GIRL 1: I think there's on--
ME: <kino her arm> ACTUALLY, I don't care-- I just came to flirt with you guys. You're just soooo cute, I had to say "Hi". :-)
GIRLS: <giggles and laughter>

Introductions went around and I went for my go-to Rapport question: "So where are you guys from?" We vibe for a minute or so but I can't take things deeper with either one. After a minute I let them get on their way.

I didn't get both of them to turn away from the direction they were heading, so I was fighting an uphill battle to keep them both engaged. Still, I made them feel good and I felt good, too, so not a loss at all.

2) Worker bee inside Nordstroms. I tap her elbow from the side, and:

ME: Hey, do I have to buy anything, or can I just flirt with you for free? :-) (credit: R. Kramer)
HER: <laughs>

Get intros and start vibing. I'm able to share some stories with her about me but she keeps looking over at the register and slowly increasing the physical distance between us. Eventually she excuses herself to help some customers and I bid her adieu.

Later on when I reconvene with B. (who was monitoring my set from a distance) he says she was checking me out while I was in a nearby section of the store, so I can't have done all THAT badly.

3) See this cute girl standing outside some restaurant.

ME: Excuse me, this may sound random, but you're really cute. I had to come meet you. :-)
HER: :-)

We exchange names and vibe for a minute. She's from Bulgaria and is there with her BF, so I try to work fast on the Rapport. No dice, she gets a call from her BF, so I wish her a good day.

4) Cute redhead inside B&N. She's listening to some music in the CD section of the store and has the headphones on tight. I put my hand in her peripheral vision so as to not startle her, motion for her to take off the headphones, and:

ME: Excuse me, this may sound random, but you're really cute. I had to come meet you. :-)
HER: :-)

While talking with her she slides the headphones on sort-of, with her ears poking out somewhat so she can hear me. We vibe for maybe a minute or two and she eventually gets back to her music.

I think with this particular set I didn't commit her body AWAY from what she was doing (listening to music), so that's a lesson for me: turn her at least 90 degrees (ideally 180 degrees) away from what she was doing while engaging her.

5) Two cute girls walking their dogs outside the Apple store. One of them is on the phone so I open the cuter one with:

ME: Excuse me, do you know if there's an ATM around here?
HER: I think there's one nea--
ME: Actually, I don't care. I just came here to flirt with you. :-)
HER: :-)

Introductions and vibe. This one's actually going really well with Rapport, UNTIL her friend's dog gets loose and runs after some other person's dog to sniff butts. After they recovered her dog that broke the vibe and they bounced.

Not sure what I could have done beyond that. I got ADOG'ed.

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Overall an excellent day at The Grove. I have to rest up since I'm double-booked socially for the evening and have to drive around Downtown LA for two things.