Alright, another day at it. Did a total of three approaches, after the second one I got a bit side tracked so blew maybe a half our and ended up doing one more approach and just called it a day.

First approach, I got destroyed completely. It went bad, like REALLY bad. Well, the worst I've ever experienced over three days of doing this. I saw a cute girl go into Old Navy so I went in and saw her checking out scarves. I didn't want to miss this chance so I just went right for it without thinking about what to say. This is where it went horribly wrong. I approached her with, excuse me but do you work here? She replied with no I don't and then I transitioned into, actually I wanted to just get your opinion on this scarf here. When I said that I was scrambling all over the place to find the words so it didn't come out completely fluid. I was going to say I thought she was cute and I wanted to talk to her but I choked and got self conscious because a lot of people were around us and I was afraid one of them would hear me. She said, for a guy or girl? I said guy. At this point it got even worse, she said in terms of quality it's not really the best, then she like flicked one end of the scarf up and in my direction as I was holding it, I got purely destroyed at that point. I decided to still follow it up though and asked where is a good place for quality then? She suggested me some stores and then somehow the conversation shifted to her telling me that she was at old navy trying to find a present for her boyfriend. Another blow to the stomach. At this point I was all silent and shit and since I just got destroyed so much I just wanted to talk, I just put all the pickup and seduction aside and just asked her if he would like a scarf like this, and I held one up. She said he wanted more of a beanie, and I replied what color? Then she just said she had to go and that was it.

My first thought was that I got purely destroyed. But then afterwards I wanted to give it another shot and thought I could do better next time. On to approach number 2.

I saw her standing by cinnabon looking at the menu. I walked up beside her and said, hey do you know what the best thing to get here is? She did an awkward giggle, paused a bit, and then she replies and tells me her usual order, I said that's cool and then asked for her name and gave mine. She hesitated to give me her name. I then asked if she worked at the mall and she replied with no and then I realized alright I'm just gonna cut the crap and be direct. I said I wanted to talk to her because she looked pretty cool and I wanted to get to know her. She just did another awkward type laugh for a second and said alright. I then asked what she's doing in the mall today. She replied, shopping. I said, oh awesome which stores did you go to? She said some store I forgot the name. I'm like, ah I see is that an all females store? She's like, yea. At this point I'm just thinking ok fuck this I can't have a conversation with a brick wall. I'm like, alright well nice chatting with you, bye.

Third approach, I just wanted to do one more and call it a day. She was sitting down, I walked past her, tried to make eye contact but she didn't meet my eyes. I came back and approached from the side and asked if she knew where jcpenny was. She gave me the directions confidently and then I said I actually thought she was cute and I wanted to come talk to her. As soon as I said this she got very quiet immediately and gave me the most serious face, it was pretty crazy. I said, what's your name? I'm ___". She then like whispered her name to me. I asked what she was up to in the mall today and if she was waiting for someone. She said her sister was in a store nearby and she was waiting for her to come out. At this point I tried to delve deeper into the topic but failed. I asked ah do you shop at "store's name" often? She said no, which is why I'm not in there. I don't know why I get these types of responses. I don't even know what to call them, it's like I try to progress the conversation but get nitpicked by the girl when something I say isn't completely in tune with the context. I thought it was more about HOW you say things and not exactly what you say. I thought it was about whether you actually said something, anything, and not what exactly you said. Anyway, after that reply there was a short pause because I was trying to progress the conversation yet again but I asked like if she worked at the mall or something and she just gave me quiet short answers the whole time through. I just ended it and said alright it was nice talking to you and left.

I learned a decent amount today. The first approach I fucked up because of a lack of confidence and not knowing how to transition properly. I was looking for something to say and I was too slow, she picked up on that and I wasn't confident at all in my voice so she just destroyed me with that indirect scarf flick, shit was painful.

Second approach I personally think the girl was too awkward. She legit just stood there, I gave her like 2-3 chances to try and advance this conversation with me. If the girl is not putting in the effort when I am I just decide it's not worth it and leave, which is what I ended up doing.

Third approach, I think the girl was too young. I feel like she just wanted me to leave so her sister wouldn't see us talking. Either way she was really quiet in her voice and couldn't see anyway of me salvaging that situation so I just left.

Whenever I do an approach I try to vibe a bit, I try to start a conversation and ask about what she's up to in the mall and which stores she visited and I try to talk about those stores. Once I can get that far and she seems interested in me I would then go for inviting her out and getting the number. I can't get far at all though, whenever I try to vibe it does not go well for one reason or another. Would I find more results if I just tone down the vibing and invite her to do something earlier in the conversation? Or would it not make a difference?

TL;DR Did three approaches, first one indirectly flicked a scarf in my direction and had a boyfriend, second one was awkward and gave one word replies so I just left, third one gave short and quiet replies and i gave up and left.