| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 5/31/2006 8:14:09 PM | Whole Foods, in checkout line. Next to it the Bistro, and the smell of fresh coffee is mesmerizing. Woman behind me asks if that wonderful coffee is mine.
I tell her no, but it smells so good I'm gonna get one. She joins me.
It CAN happen. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 1:54:46 AM | | I got this idea from watching "happy days" fonzie gave Richie some pointers to meet women in the grocery store. He suggest Richie to take his cart and bump it into a cute womens cart to maybe start a converstaion or something. A light bulb pop in my head thought i try this. One day i was in the grocery store and rammed my cart in this womans cart and she said "man whats your !@#@ problem dude" So meeting women in produce is off my list. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 3:53:17 AM | Just the other day I noticed this guy at the hardware store. He kept appearing in various isles I was in. Finally, he crossed over in front of me. Apoligized and said "excuse me". I said "no problem". We engaged in a conversation over various types of locks. This went on for about 3-4 minutes. We both decided to purchase the same lock. Then came the dead silence. At that point I said, "good luck on your project" and walked away. Internally, I was hoping he would stop me but he didn't.  He's probably attached or maybe just a nice friendly guy with no romantic interest. It's very difficult in a store and be bold enough to ask for a number or ask if their single. I wanted to do it but chickened out. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 5:31:17 AM | Well I have to say its more fun and more successful to actually meet someone in person.....on here people tend to be hyper-paranoid....but I was at Loblaws one day, just shopping for some groceries and sorta ran into a gal and her friend while I was turning into another lane.....once we our eyes met we both seemed to see each others eyes just light up and grow large....
we kept on our ways not saying anything, I ran into her again a little way after....we both stop breifly and we like 'wow'....thats what it felt like....but still didnt say anything....walking away again, we both turned back after a bit to check each other out.....
now talk about body language speaking volumes! I decided to just chase her down and say 'hi'...approaching her she smiled, I knew she wanted me to, said hi, what you shopping for, we chatted about stuff, I then asked her out for coffee and conversation....she said sure, we exchanged numbers and went out one day....
we actually dated for a while, but I have tried more of the grocery store meetups since then and have had fun and met some great people....still looking for one special gal....but it so invigorating to actually meet and talk with people....not just pass on emails, IM's.....which in my opinion are cold....you cant really see there face, expressions, body language....heck their SMILE! J | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 6:01:45 AM | You got it all wrong. It doesnt just have to be the workers. You could "accidently" bump into a hottie in the aisle and get talking and yadda yadda. There are a million different scenarios. Go try it. lol just kidding. There are always good looking men at the grocery store.
Twilighttwin- That is the biggest problem...Not making a fool of yourself? How to know if he's attached to someone...Hmmm....Maybe the guys can give us some help here | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 10:33:27 AM | There's no way to know if he's attached, other than the ring... I'd like to say that if he flirts with you he's probably not attached, but men (and women) sometimes like to do a little flirting even though they know it's not going to lead to anything.
If the guy likes you, he will ask for your number. It's YOUR job to make it clear you're intertested. It's much easier for a guy to make that move when we have a sign... body language, eye contact... or just keep the conversation going... ask "so do you live in the area?" etc...
If after the initial chatting about whatever it was that started the conversation (hardware, produce, etc) if SHE made an attempt to keep talking me to, I'd take that as a clear sign she was interested and not just being polite because I asked her a question. Then I would find it easy to ask her out. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 1:49:18 PM | | That is true MOJO LA Its not like you stand there and strike up conversations with people in the store every day. But if he was attached, I would really feel like crap lol I guess if you're a scaredy like me you shouldnt do it. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/1/2006 2:19:40 PM | | When I was up north visiting I walked to the grocery store with my daughter strapped onto me. Well I didn't realize how far it actually was..so I decided to take the bus back. I was making Greek food and when my shopping was done I'd bought a lot of food. I can manage on my own but a very nice, very handsome man actually offered to carry my groceries across the highway to the bus stop. He stayed and waited for the bus with me and we chatted as if we'd know eachother for years. He actually did ask me out for coffee. Sadly I was still with my ex back then but it was an interesting day. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/2/2006 8:00:57 AM | You forgot the part where you need a time machine to go back to a 1950's supermarket for that trick to have any chance of working...  
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream, Make him the cutest that I've ever seen, Give him the word that I'm not a rover, Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over...
I got this idea from watching "happy days" fonzie gave Richie some pointers to meet women in the grocery store. He suggest Richie to take his cart and bump it into a cute womens cart to maybe start a converstaion or something. A light bulb pop in my head thought i try this. One day i was in the grocery store and rammed my cart in this womans cart and she said "man whats your !@#@ problem dude" So meeting women in produce is off my list. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/3/2006 8:05:54 PM | since I was 15, my jobs during school have been at grocery stores. i'm now 22.
i have never, seen a male and female walk from opposite ends of the store (isle, etc), and just start casually chatting (without there being touching involved)
i've heard about it too, but I really don't think it happens.
some of the pretty cashiers get perverted comments now and then, and one male cashier got asked out a few years ago, but other than that... | |
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TishaG
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Joined: 11/13/2005
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/3/2006 8:30:36 PM | | I used to always frequent a grocery store (this was 15 years ago) on my way home from the gym. I didn't realize it then..(found out later) the guys in that store had a sort of code over the loudspeaker to let each other know when there was a "hottie in aisle 4/whatever". Well....these two guys would always end up in the aisle I was currently in and the one would always say hi. After a few weeks of this, he finally got the nerve to talk to me..and I reciprocated because I kinda had a feeling he was trying to flirt. Needless to say..his name was Paul and I dated him for about 6 months..lol. So..it can happen. I also was shopping for cookie mix sometime ago on a Friday night to make cookies for a b'day at work the next day..and this really cute guy was buying the same thing with his little girl.....and our eyes just locked on each other and the smiles appeared..he goes "baking too?" and I said "yeah"...but that's as far as it went and darn it I never ran into him again..::sigh:: I have always wondered how to go about this..but...I guess the fear that someone will look at me like a woman on the "prowl" kinda keeps me from going ahead. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/3/2006 11:16:24 PM | I guess I could see the grocery store being somewhere to find a date, but it still seems a bit far fetched. I suppose it's a good place to see how someone's diet is, and what they eat. Me, I just get in the store and get outta there, i'm pretty impatient (hey, i'm a guy!), and patience usually rewards people with more opportunities in this life, whether that's dating or anything else. But I could see maybe if one was waiting for their number in line to come up at the deli counter, that there could be eligible members of the opposite sex waiting there, too.
One place that I think could yield a good meeting place, is waiting for the bus. Think of it, you're standing there with nothing else to do, then a cute girl/ guy comes up. It's happened to me before where i've struck up a conversation with a cute girl (or she did with me), but I don't take the bus very often (takes two to get to work, two to get back). But it's a good way to be checking someone out, even when you don't intend to.....and both of you are bored waiting around there, so what better opportunity than to relieve that boredom by talking? Taking the bus takes longer, but you also don't meet anyone driving in your car, either. It's a tradeoff. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/5/2006 1:32:47 AM | Although I dont' know anybody who has met in a grocery store I also don't know anybody who has met at the traditional pick ups either.
The last list I saw was that the number one, beyond all the rest put together was the grocery store. Common interest multi gender groups such as music clubs, skyding clubs, camera clubs etc were second and the rest picked up the dregs.
(At a personal level most of my gf/s have started out as neighbours.)
If a grocery store is more relaxed for a woman then think about how much easier it is for a man. No fighting your way past bouncers, stoned on steriods, to even get past the front door, no overpriced everything, no music turned up to make conversation impossible, no attitude problems among the girls. It's great for guys whether they pick up or not.
In Australia the chain which attracts the greatest number of single men is the SIDs chain. Stuffed if I know why.
You want a good pick up line. Short skirt and reach for the top shelf as he approaches so it rides up a touch. Point to the top shelf. "Excuse me can you reach that?" | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/5/2006 8:58:32 AM | Here is a prime example of what not to do~~I had a man approach me the other day at the grocery store.He commented that he sees me walking all the time in his neighbourhood.I told him its a very nice area and a great place to unwind.He seemed really nervous which was endearing at first in its own little way.....After a few minutes,he came back over and said.."Is that your daughter?" I said" she just sort of started following me around in the candy aisle and Id never seen her before in my life" He wasnt prepared for that one and just sort of stammered. He found me again later on in the produce section and made some other random comment...I think,if youre going to approach someone in a public place,its best to be friendly and open.Doing what this guy did and walking away and coming back a few times gets a bit freaky after a while.Feeling followed isnt spiffy.If you do it,do it with confidence PS....Please dont use the"nice melons " types of comments..LOL O:) | |
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Catwm
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Joined: 3/1/2006
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/5/2006 9:06:55 AM | I have seen some pretty nice looking guys in Wa-m---.
Wish I had the guts to approach them when I was fishing.
One time a guy asked my mom ( we were shopping together that day ) about me, it was really a complement. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/5/2006 10:00:21 AM | New update on my previous post:
At local grocery store yesterday, nice looking lady with her early teen kids shopping same isle as me. I go to next isle, she tells her kids to get something at the end of her isle, then comes into my isle, smiles and says “and THAT’S how you get rid of your kids!” and we talk a bit. She’s married so it’s just a little flirting, but we knew if she had been single….
Personally I have found coffee shops (independent ones, not ones that are part of a store) to be excellent places to meet people. I used to hang out at a Starbuck’s on the corner of a main street in downtown in Colorado and met many women, sharing tables etc. Outside of a few clubs, this has been my best bet so far. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 6/5/2006 11:19:38 AM | | I've also found that liquor and wine shops about 5:30 to 7:00 in the evening are great places to meet. Try to choose ones that are in more affluent neighborhoods. The pricier, the better. You don't want to meet some homeless guy out for his quart of Thunderbird. | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 12/5/2006 2:21:00 PM | | nicole23, even if he's attached, i don't think you should feel like crap -- because he's flattered & feeling joyful at the compliment you've just paid him. i think, if he's normal, you've just made his day! | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 12/5/2006 4:57:17 PM | I'm the example of someone who always says "I wanna meet someone in a grocery store." Why?
My theory = I don't wanna meet someone drunk at a bar. I don't wanna meet someone drunk at a restaurant. I don't wanna meet someone typing behind a keyboard 24/7. The grocery store thingy is a metaphor in my opinion. A metaphor to say - I just wanna meet a guy in a normal everyday or once a week scenario. Then again, maybe it's because my father ran grocery stores all his life and I tell you - you can judge a man by what's in the cart.
Better yet, cart or one of those arm carry thingy baskets. Is it full of junk food and diapers - or is it full of health foods? Maybe all microwaveable snacks? Have I approached a guy in the meat aisle? Sure! "... I thought chicken was on sale this week - was it another store by chance?" or how about "...man the produce is bad this week I think I should try the place up the street this week." or how about "...I'm sorry but since they rearranged this place I can't find where they keep the BBQ steak sauce?"....
Yea okay - bad but hey - I gotta have some fun when I do get out.... | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 12/5/2006 5:07:51 PM | You're all thinking about it WAY too much!
I talk to strangers in the grocery store on a regular basis. Not only is it great for dating, but you get to know people in your neighbourhood and it builds a great sense of community. Just say hi, good morning or smile!
You don't even have to approach the men to start - I've found myself enjoying a friendly convo with a little old lady over how to cook such and such and had a young man join in. If you're friendly and approachable all the time, you'll find more often than not people will respond positively. :D
And as far as going from small talk to asking for a date - that just takes practice. Besides, what's the worst that can happen?? All my talking to strangers and I've never had a bad experience. Good luck - go for it!! | |
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| What's this about meeting people in grocery stores!
Posted: 12/5/2006 5:21:02 PM | I'd say - Sunday is the best day for grocery store luck.
The guys that shop on Sundays before closing, and have pizza, frozen salad and a carton of milk in a huge cart usually suffer from a hangover after partying with friends the night before, but at least it all indicates they are single.
Once I was in a paint section of Canadian Tire and they just washed the floors or something - there was no sign "wet floor". So, I slid and almost fell and was caught into strong arms of this guy... He was single, so was I. Handsome devil, smart, etc. He walked me out of the store, very gently supporting me at the elbow. We dated for quite a while. Stopped when I discovered Sunday's grocery shopping. | |
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