The Pick Up Artist

A guy walks up to a girl at a bar and asks her if she would like to see a magic trick, what would your natural reaction be?

I was posed with this scenario last night, I was “game” to see what game (if any) this guy had.  If your going to pull out the big guns with a line like that I’m expecting you to deliver!

The click of a lighter, a flash of orange flame igniting a flammable piece of paper and voila, out popped a tiny flower. Yeh I must admit I was impressed and was curious to see more, all the while waging a secret bet with my self if this guy was a one trick pony?

Then..out came a 2/3 green and 1/3 white napkin and away he went making an impromptu white stem rose. Sure his act was covered in a thin layer of cheese but I found his attempts to try to chat up a girl at the bar quite endearing.

The next part, unfortunately, was where he lost points.

He asked me my name and I said it was Sarah.

“Oh My God” was his response “that is like my most favourite girls name in the world, wow your name is really Sarah?”

Ok sure, Sarah could be his favourite name in the entire world, but then I ordered a bourbon and coke  (for my brother who unfortunately had front row seats to ”my sister is being hit on” show).

“Oh My God are you seriously he replied, bourbon and coke  is like my favourite drink in the world.”

The whole meant to be, destiny spiel was making me want to run for the hills, and fast!

It then got me thinking, meeting someone at the bar shouldn’t be hard work, just keep it light, keep it breezy and make sure you be yourself.

In my opinion that’s the key to any good pick up.