How To Pick Up Shoppers

Say your in a grocery store, or a bookstore and see a cute guy, whats a good thing to say to start a conversation that doesn’t sound lame?
Bookstore: “Hey, heard about The Straight Dope?”:slight_smile:

If you’re a girl going up to a guy, unless he’s gay or married, he’s going to respond well to a girl making the first move. In my day (wow I sound old) I had most of my dates from girls asking me out (I had a hard time making the first move). Even if the girl wasn’t my type, I’d go out with her at least once, just because she had the courage to ask. So, don’t worry about what to say. Just don’t use cheezy opening lines. Be honest and not too agressive.

Thank you much Tommy.
ANyone else got some good ideas?

Well you could say, “hey, you must be parking ticket because you have fine written all over you!”

You appeal to his ego and it shows you are funny and have a sense of humor. But hey what do I know I’m shallow.

What works for me is when a girl wants to wrestle. :wink: Remember shhhh.

No, no no! I mean like, “What ingredients would you add for a great spaghetti sauce?” or some such.
Hey, theres a good one, thanks vanilla.
Hmmmm, I feel another thread coming…

Girl to a guy? Simple, wait 'till he’s by the meats or the deli, and go up to him and say “Nice meat…”

If he doesn’t get the hint he probably shouldn’t be procreating anyways.

all too easy…
broccoli!

I agree with Tommy. If a girl so much as said “hi” to me, I’d be inclined to be friendly and get to know her better if possible.
Guys are easy.

Agreed. Unless you’re wearing a pointy black hat and carrying a broomstick . . .

Or have an Adam’s apple and a deep voice.

Best pickup line for women-to-men or men-to-women:

“Hi.”

And I agree with the above,
Most of the women I had the best relationships with approached me first. Any woman with that much courage, in my mind, was worth getting to know.

Well first I’d make sure to check what kind of books he’s looking at. If he’s in the computer books section, then he’s a geek like me and would probably not get the hint when you talk to him.

Other than that, I think “hi” pretty much covers it.
Or maybe, “whatcha readin?”
Or, “Excuse me. Have you seen the ‘Picking up guys in bookstores for dummies’ book. I’m looking for it.”

I always see nice looking women in the bookstore, seems like a good place to get an intelligent woman.

Yes, the consensus here is right: guys are easy. But maybe not that easy. Let me explain.

If the guy is available and he thinks you’re attractive… chances are that if you say something to him in the supermarket he’ll be receptive – but you’ll probably catch him off guard; guys are not used to being approached by women. So he might freeze up as his mind races around trying to think of the best way to keep the ball rolling. This “brain freeze” might mislead you into thinking he’s not interested.

YOU: “I asked him if he knew how to tell if a melon was ripe and all he said was ‘No,’ so obviously he wasn’t interested in me. I mean, if he was he would have taken the initiative from there, right?”

HIM: “This beautiful girl asked me a question about melons and all I could think to say was ‘Err… ah… No’! She was so hot, I couldn’t think of anything intellegent to say! Besides, what if she only wanted to know about mellons? I am so lame.”

So, what I’m suggesting is that you should be prepared to carry the conversation for a little bit until he gets his footing. Some guys can take the ball and run with it, some guys need a little time to get up to speed.

Or you could be like me. The girl could be wearing lengerie that points out her breasts in neon lights, be giving me an oil massage on her bed and covering me with light, sensual kisses. Breathlessly she screams “I want you now.”

I, of course, would respond, “so…uh…are we on a date?”

I once tried the line from “My Blue Heaven” where Steve Martin walks upto this woman in the freezer section and says “You really shouldn’t be here, you could melt all this stuff.” It worked halfway, she talked to me for awhile but she was living with someone. :frowning:

Ouch. That hits close to home. Not that I ever had a girl hit on me in a store, but I can imagine saying something like, “I don’t usually buy melons, but I think you’re supposed to thunk them. I’m just buying apples.” At which point I can imagine she’d have a puzzled look and not say anything, then walk away.

I think I told this story before, but I did have one cute cashier who told me I looked like Brendan Fraser, and I think I managed to eke out a “Oh?” Frankly I had no idea how to respond to that. She mentioned a couple of his movies, I said, “Mmmm-hmmm.” That was it. If she wanted my number I wish she just would have asked at that point. Or gave me her number. Oh well.

At least I’m a little more perceptive of these things now than I was then, but keep in mind you may have to spell things out if you really are interested.

You could always use the standard pick up line;
“Nice shoes. Wanna fuck?”
Tell me how it works out :slight_smile: