Ideas for a bored Mall Employee (pick-up lines anyone)?
 

So, I work in the mall, not something I usually admit to... I refill Ink Cartridges at an Island Inkjet. It's boring and repetitive (though it pays well) and the only respite I have is exploring this forum trying to learn how to fix macs, or trying to help with said activity.

But, I would like to expand my horizons, specifically, I'd like to expand my horizons to include all these cute college age girls that keep walking by. So, here's my questions:

What's your best pickup line? And why does it work.

And for the love of Mike, keep it clean.

well since you live in utah say "Would all of you like to be my wives" they wont resist.

just kidding :)

The way I see it, you have to take it one person at a time. Women at least want to feel special for a month or two, right? Just kidding ;). Okay, now that the obligatory mormon reference is done with, does anyone have any good monogomisitic pick-up lines?

Darn, that rules out the "Let me fill up your cartridge" lines. ;)

But seriously, women respond quite well to honest, non-sleazy compliments on their appearance.

Styrafome, I hereby reward you with the "Island Inkjet Funniest Comment of the Day" award. That will keep me laughing for a while!

And yes, I'm sure they do, but I'm really looking for one liners. I'm not out to get lucky, as it were, I'm just curious what I could say if I was feeling cheeky...

giyf
 

Yes yes Hayne, and we all like google. But really, I wanted to see what people in this forum thought were good pick up lines.

Just incase my sarcasm slipped past everyone, I'm really just looking for funny pick-up lines. I thought it might be an interesting thread...guess you can't win every time ;).

Personally, I don't find pickup lines very amusing, on the whole... There's something unsettling about them, like it's the open sesame to the door.

but something really funny happened to my (female) friend, a bartender. She was serving the drinks, and this bloke who was about 6 years older than her, really drunk, comes up to her and says "If I tell you my pickup line, will you tell me if it's any good?" She goes "Sure." He takes a deep breath, draws himself up, and says "YOU'RE PRETTY!" ... that was it. My friend goes "Yup, that's fine."
He thanks her and lurches off into the bar, going to try out his killer pickup line. :)

Polite and funny is the way to go - if there's something about her clothes or hair that makes you go 'wow!' then you should compliment her on that. You can do better than "YOU'RE PRETTY!" - especially because you're sober. ;) If you're not sure that you'll sound confident, practice on your sister or mother - it's good to be as clean as that. The compliment leads to more talking, which, although it may not lead to you 'picking up' as such, will while away the day quite nicely.

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How about this one, spoken with a combination of innocent and tongue-in-cheek facial expression:

“What’s your favourite pickup line?”

Seriously, that ought to be worth a laugh in a situation like that. Especially if you repeat it to her. ;) And you can always add a cute intro to that sentence.

– ArcticStones

Ahhhhh I have been waiting for a post like this......


"Excuise me darlin, have you ever kissed a parrot?.....I bet youve sucked a cockatoo"

The Game

-as a note... read the whole book before trying any of it's techniques...

Ahh, those college girls... :))
 

Ha ha... nice lines...

My friend, you wanted pick up lines that work? here are some Pick Up Lines That Work!

But if you really want to know how to attract women, see what David DeAngelo (the world's leading guru in this area) has to teach you about it.

:cool:

Ask her to feel your shirt... "Could you feel my shirt please?" and when she does say "Now, does that feel like boyfriend material?"

in my experience (from my younger, more successful, dating days), the only value to a pickup line is to get the woman to stick around long enough for a second line, then two, then a conversation. doesn't really matter how stupid it is, so long as it's engaging. just choose your approach:

super-direct: "excuse me for saying so, but you're absolutely gorgeous. can I buy you a... uh... inkjet cartridge?"

back handed: ask them what time it is, and then ask them if they can spare 5 minutes to cheer up a bored store clerk.

you get the idea... ;)

Wow, I forgot about this thread!

Yeah, so...totoally don't work in a mall anymore. Actually I'm starting a business, and, uh, I've been married for 2 and 1/2 years now...Let's hear it for old threads! Yeah!

wait... you've been married for 2.5 years, and you don't want pick up lines? :confused:

heh

I just say hi gorgeous and introduce myself. Flattery can and does work, so does bribery. May I buy you a drink, is considered bribery in my book. That only gets you the foot in though.

Not any that can be posted on public forums, no. ;)

Honestly though, you bring up an interesting point. It's important to keep the flame alive, eh? I'd never thought of using pick-up lines still, but it might be a good idea. Maybe I should give it a shot...

that's an innocently dangerous game. if you're going to do it, make sure that your other half never feels even remotely like she's getting pushed into the back seat. Women are attracted to men who are attractive to other women, but it has to stop well short of the point where they feel like they might lose to the competition.

I, uh, more meant using pick-up lines on the wife actually... :eek:

Son, I can see I'm going to have to work on your liberal sensibilities - lol

i thought you were married? lol....

I am certainly confused at this point, but I'm used to that, so... :).

I do not advise that as a pick-up line. :D

oh I don't know... confusion, done well, looks sensitive and tends to bring out the care-taking instinct. an almost sure-fire phone-number-getter is to go into a gift or flower shop (or department store, though that's a little less intimate), stand around for a bit with a hang-dog look on your face, and then ask some passing woman if she can help you pick out something for your sister's birthday, because there's just so much strange stuff to choose from...

of course, you'll have to tap dance a bit later when she finds out you don't actually have a sister, but if the relationship has gotten that far you can probably wiggle out of that. ;)

That's actually a good idea; throwing pick up lines on the wife / girlfriend is always very entertaining...
:p

Huh. Waste of time. If you got the looks, you don't need lines, and if you don't, the lines won't help.

I saw a cartoon once, wish I could find it again. Two frames. First frame: "Wrong way to pick up women" -- little runty guy with glasses saying to bored blonde at bar, "Do you come here often?" (or something equally inane, I forget). Next frame: "Right way to pick up women" -- tall handsome hunk saying to same BBaB: "Do you come here often?"

hence why i didnt write anything down..just googled "pick up lines" and posted the link :p

Though looks only get you so far, having a way with words is also key to getting the ladies, me being suave like james bond helps a lil :)

Nah, you got it all backwards. It's words that only get you so far. Where the combination of articulacy and poor looks gets you is, to be precise, the job of court jester, aka the privilege of being the one they don't sleep with because they "like you too much".

hunh. I respect your intelligence, woodsman, but comments like this make me think you don't know much about women. :p I'm no great looking guy, but I've been with women who were (by all accounts) way out of my league because I talk to them the right way. I mean, sure, if you're talking about a "damn, I need to get laid" scenario at a meat market bar, then physical looks play a big role (if sex is the only goal, then beauty is the main criteria). but that kind of sex is a poor cousin; I always prefer something with more of a connection.

I thought said scenario was the topic, hight "pick-up lines"? As for more serious relationships, of course they require a heck of a lot more than beauty/sex, but it remains my impression that the bad-looking don't get that far in the first place. Maybe you're not as unattractive as you imagine :) I stand outside the whole mating game myself, but I can still observe.....

most relationships begin with a pickup of one sort or another - it's a very normal way to shift things from casual to not-so-casual. and I have to say, if you're standing outside the relationship game that will make the whole experience seem a lot more visual than it is.

Was just going out for an evening hike, forgot my camera and came back; just as well, because it occurred to me as I departed that I should have replied more systematically. My considered position is this:

All hooman beans (any sex) respond to another at first sight with one of the following:
1. Yes, yes!
2. Maybe, let's wait and see
3. No way, José!

You're talking about moving from 2. to 1. by virtue of not looks but intelligence, wit and whatnot. Fine, I buy that. From 3. to 1.? Nope. So yes, if the guy wanting pick-up lines is a 2., they may help. If he's a 3., I stand by my guns.

Now off for some beautiful evening light. I can't remember when it rained last, but our unaccustomedly Mediterranean spring/summer is due to end tomorrow. See ya later! :)

This whole revival of the thread begs the question Jay....Which line worked on your wife? or was it just a random series of events which crossed your paths?

Oh wow...that's a story that would take far to long too tell...at least in a regular post.The only line that I ever used that was effective was kind of as follows.

After trying to court my wife for about 4 months and being rebuffed I ran across her at a computer lab on campus. She was with some mutual friends and we all headed off to Wendys. I didn't have time to actually stay (final exams week), so I just chatted with her for a couple minutes and then said I was going to have to leave. But, right before I left I looked at her and said, in as serious a manner as I could muster:

"I really want to get to know you."

To which she replied, "What if I don't want that?"

"That's to bad." Was my response, followed by a nervous laugh. Then I left. (:rolleyes: ahh...so young/dramatic/serious)

She tells me that that was the first moment she really considered actually taking me seriously. Later on she found out that I have a sense of humor when I'm not suffering from "nerve induced weirdness" (she thought I was a stalker for about three months...but that's a different story...). And I eventually discovered that I do have a spine, and things have just kind of gone from there :).

LOL. I once overheard someone describe me as "that creepy quiet kid". I feel like relationships are 90% projection so I'm not sure how I wound up married if that was the sort of vibe I was putting out. I don't remember attempting any pickup lines. May have been assisted by certain altered states but you can't really use those at work (at least if you want to keep the job :rolleyes:).

All I can say is that learning to be outspoken is like overcoming any fear. You just have to do it until the nervousness goes away. It's how I've overcome my fear of heights, social groups, needles and flying...

On the other hand, I think it was Mark Twain who said, "You can either have people assume you're an idiot, or open your mouth and prove them right...". I fear I've strayed towards the later...but I do so enjoy it now ;).

I just saw a commercial by Dos Equis about pickup lines. It's from their campaign about the guy who lives vicariously through himself....

"There is a time and a place for pick-up lines. The time is never. The place? I'll let you figure that out for yourself." -The Most Interesting Man in the World

I just want that dude to address the moral ambiguities surrounding dating people who are clearly less than half your age. 'Cause that part is a bit weird to me... Granted, when I think about it, I can't figure out why it would be a problem, it's just always been weird to me for some reason or another...

Well Jay in one case a I can see a problem dating people less then half your age and that's when you are something like 30-35 years old then its a problem. :D

lol! And I guess that it would also be true for anyone younger than that. I remember I had a friend who had a formula for figuring out the "proper" age threshold for those you date. It was something like (your age)/2 + 6. No idea where he got that from, but it was his theory...