An Afternoon Stroll

Went for a quick walk down to 3rd St Promenade with a co-worker of mine so he could pick up some goodies from the Apple Store. On the walk down I see this STUNNING Asian chick walking in the opposite direction. I've gotta meet this chick for sure.

I wait about 10 seconds, tell my buddy to excuse me for a second, and I jog after her. I get within about 10 feet of her, slow down to a brisk walk, get in her peripheral vision and open her Direct.

We exchange pleasantries and go into Rapport. The issue I'm running into: I can't get her body to commit to the interaction. That is, her feet are still pointed in the direction she's travelling, and no matter how much I try to walk past her point of rotation she keeps just rotating her hips and neck towards me! It's kind of funny in a way and in hindsight I should've called it out to see if she'd turn to face me (away from where she was going), but that basically made the interaction very short. Couldn't really dig past Wide Rapport topics, and she eventually thanked me and went on her way.

LESSONS:
-Move your feet towards what you Want. More times than not wherever you were going originally can wait. Unless you're bleeding to death, then by all means stick to Plan A. ;-)
-GET HER TO COMMIT HER FEET TO THE INTERACTION. Do this by guiding them with your hands lightly and moving your body away from their original direction of travel. With this chick I couldn't get the initial kino in before the handshake, so it made steering her a touch difficult. Note to self...
-Don't let something like walking with co-workers stop you. Just excuse yourself really quick and do your thing. They'll understand, especially if you prep them beforehand ("If you see me take off after some random girl, don't mind me.")