Let me start by saying, I'm no pleb. I've read the sidebar, The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi, The Game by Neil Strauss, and at least a couple hundred of the best posts from the main subreddit.

I'm just at a point in my life where, along with improving my physical appearance, social status, and financial situation, I'm trying to amass as much inner and outer game knowledge as possible.

I have a relatively clear idea of how to avoid this type of interaction, (the polite, platonic type of conversation where the guy comes of completely dickless) but one can never know enough and it never hurts to hear other perspectives.