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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 1:14:42 PM | My favorite grocery store encounter happened on a dark winters night during the Christmas season. I was baking and making gingerbread houses, gabillions of cookies and just having a ball. It was about 7 at night.
I got to a recipe, realized I didn't have all the ingredients, and dashed like crazy to the store to get their before they closed. They were literally locking up the doors, but were nice enough to let me in.
I jogged to the baking aisle, scanning and scanning..where ARE they?
Nice looking guy comes around the corner and in my breathless haste asked him:
"Hey! Where do you keep your nuts?"
The look on his face was priceless as his gazed fell downward and smiled at me.....
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 1:28:42 PM | Honestly though, I don't think women appreciate being hit on in public.
hmmm maybe they do..all on how you aprroach them ..lol...but then again..man am i that nieve to see a pass when i get one...so correct me if i am wrong...if a guy comes up an says hi an smiles...what do i do smile bac an say hi then what..ask if hes interested in me?? lmao...man dont know shit bout him though...what if hes married..or if hes crazyyyyyyyyy..lol
i need lessons peoples...damn been deprived way to long..."shrug"..lmao | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 1:29:35 PM |  lmao fish...good one...i've done it but with melons...and said you like my melons (holdin the fruit up)..to my sisterinlaw...but lookin at the guy next to her...lmao..my sister got embarrassed but he laughed so hard...hahahaha an said yup..lol. an blushed an walked away...lookin back ...probably thought i was nuts...hahaha..oh well....highlight of his day..heheh | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 1:50:01 PM | daylillie, you're a smart one! Me and my buds always joke with eachother and be like-Watch me make this chick's day!-and then laughing a little and acting kinda goofy, we'll be like-Hey, you're cute, wanna go out some time? Most women just sorta smile back and say thanx for the compliment, but once in a while someone hooks up..Gotta see it all as a fun game and joke with it. Stick a carrot up your nose and ask a woman what she thinks of your new look. So what if she thinks you're a jerk.
Want to stop a woman in her tracks? Crack her right in her ankles with your cart!lol | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 2:15:56 PM | | Guess there are no country music fans on this site. There is a song How's a guy gonna meet a girl in this town, and it is suggested he try the grocery store. He bumps into her and only suceeds in breaking her eggs and artichoke hearts. Actually the trick to finding singles in a grocery store is to shop when it is normal for families to be eating. And you know, if someone bumped into me and apoligised and said he hoped he didn't break my artichoke hearts, I'd think, hey we have something in common! | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 2:17:20 PM | No. Dont bump as that just shows you dont pay attention. better to just say excuse me and get that can of pickled lima beans off the shelf behind her. she will most likely smile and step aside when you say exscuse me. Then say thanks. try not to sound cheesy but say something like you have a great smile. dont come on too strong or like a stalker. see how she responds. If she then starts to talk to you then good luck and get her number. If she looks at you like you are a freak that stalks women in grocery stores then better luck next time.
Bumping her cart means you didnt see her. If shes good looking you cant hide the fact you already spotted her. women get hit on all the time. try not to make it fake or give her a line. An honest, hello should work to start things off. good luck! | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 2:41:56 PM | | kitsguy, sorry if I sound rude but honestly, your idea sounds very very very boring! If you say excuse me, then she moves without smiling, you've got nothing! Dude, you want a chick to respond? Grab a tomatoe, slam it on the supermarket floor. I guarantee you anybody who sees this, that has any sort of sense of humor, will die laughing. I'm telling you, woman like stupid funny! | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 2:49:00 PM | hehehe ...kingfisher..all good right...
ok carrot up the nose..now u gone to far...ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwpuk..lmao...an DONT be runnin inot woman with ur cart...if it were me i wouldnt be impressed...i was jokin in a harmless way..u know a good laugh but not at others expense....never to piss them off silly..lmao
smaks king....man do i gotta teach ya manners!!!!! | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 2:54:24 PM | ok king hun...as for don..hes a polite gentleman which woman like...so king...hush an be nice dammit..lol.. and umm...thats not funny with the tomato...ur distructin someone elses property ..not funny dude...lol... chicks dont dig this..only little girls do....big difference..king
damn i got work ahead me i see ..lmao | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 3:57:52 PM | hehehe, gentleman schmentalmen! All is fair in the pursuit of the opposite sex!..Hey now lillies, surely you saw I put the infamous lol on the end of my cart to your ankles statement, meaning I was only joking. Honestly, I wouldn't run over more than a toe or two!
Admit it, watching a grown man smash a tomatoe on the floor and then jumping as high as posible so he doesn't get it all over his feet would be darn funny. So what about the mess. That's job security for the poor **stard who has to clean it up!..Teach me manners? hahaha, can't teach an old dog new tricks!
OP-Put your most expensive item into her cart while you're waiting on the checkout line. | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 6:23:24 PM | .
In truth, I never just “walk up and say hi” to an interesting woman while shopping. Quite often, there is something tied to the conversation. Being colorblind, I often ask women about the color of clothes when shopping. Most of them have been very helpful.
Last summer, I was shopping in a large food store where I always start out in the produce section. There was a heavyset elderly lady there looking down into a large cardboard box that was on the floor. At first, I thought maybe she was sick, or something, and walked by closely for a look. She was looking down at very large watermelons in the bottom of the box and obviously wondering how she could get one out of there.
She looked up at me and I simply asked, “do you know which one you want?” She said she wanted the largest one in the corner of the box, so I got it and put it in her cart and walked off.
Before I got too far, a very pretty woman of the correct age group came up and thanked me for helping the old woman, saying that she would have but I beat her there. We talked less than a minute, then continued on our own ways shopping.
Except . . . every isle, for the next three isles, there she was. So, of course we said hello again. By the fourth isle, we were laughing about it and I asked, “who’s following who here?” More laughter, and she answered, “I don’t really know.” So, I simply suggested that we walk the isles together, then no one is following anyone. And so we walked and talked while shopping, till the frozen foods section. I left her there because I never buy that stuff.
Ha, but guess who was right behind me in the check out line. . . .
Later I noticed that we shop there on the same days often so we always stop to talk for a while. Nothing wrong with that.
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 6:46:24 PM | Don't run her down with your cart.
Stop. Look in her direction until she notices you, then smile. If she's into you, she'll smile back and keep smiling as she's walking away, rather than the smile leaving her face and quickly focusing herself back on her grocery list.
Later on, if you run into her again on the same trip, make a contextual comment about what she's buying or putting in her basket. (I'm one of those basket-toting single females.)
ie. "Say! did you know you can make a great fruit smoothie with that?"
Again, if she's into you (or just super friendly) the response will be genuine, not forced and she'll linger to speak with you - rather than give an answer and rush off.
Comment that you always seem to go shopping on the same nights.
You could always ask to meet her at the grocery store same time next week to shop together. If she says yes - you're in! If not, on to the next enchalada ;) | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 8:06:06 PM | | Whenever I'm at the market, I don't see women that look like they want to stop and talk. Instead, they look frazzled, worried, stressed. They usually look like they just want to buy what they want and get out of there. The last thing I want to do try to strike up a conversation with them. | |
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/24/2006 10:03:42 PM | metrosexual said:
as a single male, you wouldn't be pushing a cart. One of those hand baskets is all I ever use because I never buy enough at one time to justify a cart.
So then, I guess the question would be, Should you throw your handbasket at her?
If you want to break the ice, how about pulling something off a shelf and asking her if she knows how to cook it?
If you play it straight, chances are, she'll tell you, because it's a legitimate question and you're asking a favor.
Then, to make it clear that you really just wanted to talk to her, you might say something like, "Good. Then you're my new girlfriend. Last one was all hotdogs and potato chips. I need someone who knows something about cooking."
Tease. Be funny. And see how she responds. At that point she's either amused or she'll brush you off because she's not interested or not available. Follow on as appropriate.
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/29/2006 7:46:19 PM | So I was in Trader Joe's this afternoon and got bumped from behind with a cart. Turned and it was a rather cute lady, no ring on her hand. I smiled and she apologized and we talked for just a minute. It didn't really go anywhere, I was sort of at a loss of how to keep it going.
Then later, as I was driving away, I remembered this thread. Geeze. I should have accused her of bumping into me on purpose. Said, "You're just trying to hit on me, don't deny it." And told her about this thread on Plenty of Fish. Would've been fun, if nothing else.
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| In A Grocery Store ... Should I Run Her Down With My Shopping Cart?
Posted: 1/30/2006 12:46:41 PM | I suspect there's a whole science to this cart-bumping business. And, if not, perhaps we could create it.
For instance, two gentle nudges on the rear-end with your cart while your prospect is bending, reading the ingredients label on the packages of chili-flavored dried mango on the bottom shelf is quite different from ONE gentle nudge on the rear-end. AND is substantially different from a head-on, bumper-car, cart-careening-into-cart CRASH! BOOM! BANG!
And that is quite different from a sudden-screeching-brakes panic stop resulting in only a save-the-day tiny, little, gentle tap as you round a corner or look up from examining shelves... And which, again is quite different from a whispery gentle brush on the side of a hip as your cart maneuvers past in a tight aisle.
Then there's the bold, jolting, wild-grin, crazed-direct-eye-contact crash. And the absent-minded-intellectual looking-at-the-items-on-the-shelves-while-slowly-backing-up and ...BUMP.
Technique, technique, technique.
Help me out here. There must be a thousand ways to say "My cart seems especially drawn to you. Coincidence?" | |
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Posted: 2/10/2006 11:46:07 AM | Can you pass me a couple cans of ... or if I see a woman looking for something or confused I will engage in conversation. The last time I was shopping I guess I was looking confused  and a woman asked me what I was looking for, we ended up shopping side by side. I found out she is married, unhappily she says. She asked what days I "normally shop?" I replied "I never shop normal."  So it is possible to meet women in the grocery store. As for the handbasket, even a single woman pushes a cart, but if she just needs to pick a few things even married women will grab a handbasket for a few items
As for Metro, well to keep from being banned by saying something that is unkind, I wonder why you are a 37 yr old Virgin? hold out 3 more years they might even make a movie.
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Those carts are death traps (coming from someone who worked at a grocery store for 13 months).