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SocketRocket
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vkurup
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10 Coffee Shop Pick-Up Strategies
Coffee shops can be great, unassuming places to meet people, and it can be much less intimidating to approach someone there than at a bar.
People in coffee shops are usually there to read, get some work done, catch up with a friend, or sit quietly and people watch. Unlike at bars, where there is sexual tension in the air and the added pressure of finding someone, people at coffee shops are generally more approachable and relaxed, and it’s easy to start a conversation with someone without feeling like you’re playing some elaborate pick-up game.
But how to break the ice? Below are ten suggestions on how to start a conversation with someone over lattes.
1.â€Can I borrow your plug?â€
Competition for outlets can get pretty fierce at coffee shops. Easy way to start a conversation! Also a good excuse for sitting right next to someone–extension cords can only extend so far. (Also, sexual innuendo! Or is that a bit of a stretch?)
2. Steal their drink.
“Oh, sorry–didn’t realize this said ‘Marcia’ on the side, let me buy you another…â€
3. “Can you watch my stuff for a minute?â€
Sure they will! And then you can start a conversation when you get back from the bathroom/getting some napkins that you didn’t really need. (Possible backfire: if they steal your stuff.)
4. Either get really into the music or really visibly hate it.
“I LOVE this song†and a horrified “…is this Pure Moods Volume 3??†are equally good ice-breakers.
5. Get a really huge brownie
And then say you can’t finish the whole thing, and offer to share. (Even if, who are we kidding, of course you could finish the whole thing, you have a stomach of steel.) (Also, I’ve SEEN this in action and it TOTALLY works.)
6. Comment on the book they’re reading
Which you know ALL about (because you’ve secretly wikipedia’d it before making your move).
7. Compliment their work ethic
If there’s someone who has clearly been there all day, try this: “Sorry to bother you, I just couldn’t help but notice you’ve been working really hard all day. I don’t know what you’re working on but man you’re making me feel like a slacker. Next cup is on me, ok?â€
8. Use the newspaper
Don’t walk into a coffee shop on a Sunday morning without the paper. Sit next to someone who looks like they’re there by themselves, and just sip your coffee and read your paper. (Trust me: they’ll notice you.) Then casually offer them a section (or the whole thing) when you’re done.
9. “Do you need a refill?â€
Simple and elegant. On your way to the counter for your second cup of coffee, just stop by the person’s table and, casually, as if it’s nothing, ask them if they need a refill.
10. “Do you think they’re on a first date?â€
Look around the coffee shop. Find the couple. (They’re there.) Lean over to the person you want to pick up and, in a conspiring manner, ask them: “Do you think that’s a first date?â€
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Rooter
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Amazed that you got married Vkurup! Those are terrible and i hope if anyone used any of them, they get pepper sprayed!
Tashyboy
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If it is, then I fail how to see how net migration for the last three months is going to help it recover even more.
if a governments "Target" is below 100k and yet the "Actual?" Figure is 298k. I need to be educated. If that is not factored in what extra strain is put on housing, hospitals, schools, the general infrastructure.
where do they all go because I keep being told we need XYZ houses to be built.
Orst news for the tories before election and a massive shot in the arm for UKIPS and Labour (who helped create the problem).
But hey Like being in Europe, I am told immigration is good for me.
if a governments "Target" is below 100k and yet the "Actual?" Figure is 298k. I need to be educated. If that is not factored in what extra strain is put on housing, hospitals, schools, the general infrastructure.
where do they all go because I keep being told we need XYZ houses to be built.
Orst news for the tories before election and a massive shot in the arm for UKIPS and Labour (who helped create the problem).
But hey Like being in Europe, I am told immigration is good for me.
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vkurup
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Mrs does not know my dark side (yet)...
MegaSteve
Tour Winner
Hopefully we are not talking up an improvement in the economy on the basis that it easier to get finance to buy 'stuff' on the never never... Thought that's why it all went tits up before...
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She soon will!
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c1973
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All the proof you need that the economy is recovering.
Poundland in 99p shop takeover bid......
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31160517
Bog standard crap available in the high street could get 1p more expensive....they must be after all the new found disposable income we've now got......a sure sign were on the up.
Poundland in 99p shop takeover bid......
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31160517
Bog standard crap available in the high street could get 1p more expensive....they must be after all the new found disposable income we've now got......a sure sign were on the up.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
After twisting about not getting a decent payrise I got a call from the gaffer yesterday who told me I'd be getting a 9.5% rise (majority are just getting 2%).
To say I'm chuffed is an understatement, I did work my knackers off last year though :thup:
To say I'm chuffed is an understatement, I did work my knackers off last year though :thup:
9.5%!!!
Nice one Martyn.... I guess the company are doing well. Our pay rise was 2.3%, against an inflation rate of 1.9%. And like you I worked my bits off last year - mine was a very very tasty rise on top of that.
