There’s a cute girl working at the local blockbuster. She knows who I am (at least, recognises me) and I’m thinking of asking her out.
This isn’t a should I or shouldn’t I thread.
I’m curious, do you think getting asked out by a customer is a rare thing or is it something that women working behind a cash register have to put up with constantly?
The worst you could say about me is that I’m average looking and I’m 20 so I’m not too worried about coming off as a sleazebag. 
When I worked fast food I got asked out at least once a week by a customer. A couple of times I had a customer send me flowers. I thought it was creepy and never went out with one.
do it at a time where there are no customers behind you and no management that might get upset with her for “fraternizing” around-
that’ll save both of you from embarrassment
If she says No, smile & be polite & maybe say “OK, the request is open in case you ever change your mind, but don’t worry, I won’t keep asking you so you don’t have to be uncomfortable every time I come in here.”
and have paper & pen handy for the needed info in case she DOES say Yes
Mmkay. Voice of experience here.
I worked at/ran my local Blockbuster for about 4 years. Both I and my female staff had to deal with our fair share of drunk fraternity boys coming in to rent ‘Billy Madison’ every week. If you’re looking for a straight statistical hit ratio, I’d say it would average at least 5-10 per week per cute-ish girl. However, rarely were we ever asked out (I was asked out by a co-worker who I later married, but that’s another story).
I’d say if you’ve already stricken up a few conversations and have similar tastes in flicks, go for it. Just keep in mind that she has your address, phone number, credit card, and complete rental history at the tips of her fingers. You don’t want to piss her off.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Jet
I worked at a grocery for several months and was never hit on once by a customer. Of course, we were way out in the middle of nowhere serving one subdivision, and the only guys my age were my co-workers.
That’s not helpful at all, is it?
2 years as a Coles check-out chick. I got asked about once a week. The typical request was given during a late shift ~8pm and later, and was delivered in romantic tones such as “come over the pub when ya knock orf darlin an I’ll buy ya’beer” by a fragrant admirer adorned in two day old stubble and dressed to the nines in his stubbies and navy singlet. IOW, the only people who chatted up/ asked me out while I was a check out chick were those who would have exactly zero chance of getting a favourable response from me. Since you’re 20 and sound reasonably intelligent, I hope you have better luck.
Just out of curiousity, SG, are you asking her out simply because she’s cute, or is there another reason (e.g, have you chatted with her, share interests, etc) ?
Just to echo JetGirl, speaking as a former employee of Blockbuster, as long as you’re geunine, and honest, and think you have common interests, give it a try. We are human under those blue and khaki uniforms, after all. 
One thing to consider: video rental is like any other retail occupation during the month of December. Maybe worse for Blockbuster because they’re actually open on the 24th/25th/31st. Someone new to date may either be a welcome distraction, or an added frustration to an already overworked video store clerk. You know her better than we do, so it’s your call.
Just remember what JetGirl says… she already has lots of vital info on you. If you typically drop lots of money on rentals, don’t cheap out on the date.
Wow, a fellow brisbane-ite doper close to my age! amazing!
I can’t answer the OP but I reckon you should go for it. Weigh up the negatives and positives!
All I know about her other than her looks is that she thinks my dog is cute.
I find asking girls out before I know anything about them (other than their looks) is far easier than after I know them better. If she turns me down (and she probably will, but I’ll ask her anyway) at least I can be comfortable knowing that she knows almost nothing about me, and didn’t turn me down cause she thinks I’m an asshole!
I’ll one up that: till a couple of weeks ago when I dropped out we went to the same uni.
… which you’ve obviously forgotten :).
Course, the fact that I haven’t probably means I should stop hanging around online so much…
You took your dog into the video store? Not unheard of, but what sort of dog was it, besides a cute one?
Too late. She’s seen the movie’s you rent. 
Ooops Sorry. :smack: I’m usually pretty good at remembering things like that. 
Now I’ve forgotten no PMs or editing on this board.
Why did you quit uni? What were you studying?
Blue Curls:
I was doing an IT degree but I decided that it wasn’t a career that would give me much satisfaction. So I’ve applied to a nursing degree in Wollongong. I’ll find out in the next few days if I’ve gotten in.
SC_Wolf:
He’s a Tibetan Terrier/ Bichon Friese. A small dog that doesn’t look like one of those miserable yappy toys. He’s small enough that I just carry him into Blockbuster if he’s with me - I’m don’t know what would happen if I took him in on a lead instead but it’s something I don’t plan on finding out!
She thinks your dog is cute? you’re in.
Honestly, I can’t see the debate here.
Pros: She says yes.
Cons: She say no.
Sounds like the exact same situation as any girl I’ve ever asked out. I mean, it’s a video store, right? So even if somehow you manage to piss her off so much that you can’t set foot in that store again, it’s just a video store! There are others around, right? It’s not like she’s your neighbor or a coworker who you have to see every day.
Go for it.
Well, yeah. Which is why I wasn’t actually asking that. Like I said in the title, I’m just wondering if I’m going to be making a splash in her week (non-drunk guy asked me out!) or not even breaking the monotony (god, another one).
From my OP:
I think you’d definitely make an impression. We had a guy come in one evening with two baby kittens. Asked us if we would mind baby-sitting whilst he browsed. Of course, two of my female employees jumped at the chance! I think he later ended up going out with one of them, although I don’t think he asked her out at the store.
When you’re on display as a customer service rep. you’re bound to get your fair share of comments, good, bad, and ugly. I live in a college town, and we had 5 BBV stores in geographically distinct locations. My store and one other seemed to have a particularly high concentration of college students, and add to the mix the legislature and pols that would filter in during session, and you end up with an environment rife for getting ogled. It seems that there is a direct correlation between the vicinity of establishments serving alcohol to the hit ratio at a given location.
The summer I worked at the grocery store in my hometown of 3000 that swelled to 10,000 during harvest season, I got hit on at least twice a week, ranging from “You wanna go drink this beer with me?” to “You are an angel of beauty, nothing like your father, my boss…marry me and I can remain in this country!”
When I worked in the college computer lab, years later, I got hit on about once a month, ranging from “Your eyes are the color of rootbeer” to “There’s a silent film fest downtown this weekend and I bet you like quiet, working in a library and all…want to go?”
Never went out with anyone from the grocery.
My advice, should you choose to accept it is to offer a specific, not just a do you wanna go out sometime.
I didn’t get hit on too much when I was a checkout girl. Well, if someone said something to me, I always assumed it was a joke and treated it as such, so I really don’t know.
I think that most guys who hit on checkout girls are Boomhauer types who just hit on any female they see.
Anyway, whether she gets hit on a lot or a little doesn’t really matter. If you are non-drunk, age-appropriate, and have a cute dog, she won’t see you as just some other schmuck. Even if she doesn’t say yes, I’m sure she’ll appreciate a sincere offer of a date.