About 6 approaches today. 2 were from coffee shops. The first one I approached her after she walked out. I ran after her and opened her. She was a Swedish woman who was warm to me, but she was flying out tonight, so no logistics. Then there was this beautiful girl from Kazakhstan who sat next to me. Opened her indirect, and then eventually asked her out, but she said she had a boyfriend. After that, the approaches were pretty bad, due to vibe and overall feeling shitty. Last approach of the day started out well, and I did some teasing, but the ending was really bad, so I don't expect her to respond. Feeling really fucking shitty at the moment.
Going to write out a decision tree for how I should approach:
1. Direct Open
2. Instead of asking a question like where she's going, or what she's up to, make an observation about her, and use that observation to make a guess. Based on that I can continue the conversation by telling her why I thought that.
3. After making a playful statement, learn where she's from. If she has an accent, and I don't recognize it, say this: "I can hear an accent, but I can't place it". If I think I know, then say "You seem <nationality>" without making it a question. She'll answer and we'll talk a little of that. If she's American, then say "You seem like you're a <state> type of girl", and then come up with a reason why.
4. Tell her she seems really cool, but that I have to rush somewhere, but that I'd love to grab drinks with her this week.
5. Tell her to scoot to the side of the street so that we won't get run over by traffic.
6. At this point, if I don't know what she's doing right now, I can ask her what she's up to, or where she's going. This will be the first question I should ask. Ideally I should be able to tease her slightly. If she's just going home to rest, then I can hopefully tease her that I thought she'd be up to something more interesting, since she looks like a <personality trait> type. This could lead into a statement on what her interests might be. This would be a good opportunity to qualify her.
7. If she's free suggest an instant date, otherwise tell her it was cool to meet her, and we'll figure out plans for drinks later.
The above is open to change in the future. For now, I'll try implementing it piece by piece.