Hi all,

I was out the other night with a friend of mine I consider a "natural". It was his last night in the city before he flew out.

So we went out. We hit up a few bars. At one of the last bars we were at we went to the rooftop and drank and chilled while he smoked a cigarette that he'd just asked off a stranger.

A Russian girl, I'd say an hb9, in terms of her confidence, was just on a table next to us. So naturally he got talking to her.

While they were chatting she asked for a smoke and he handed her the cigarette he was smoking while he was in the middle of a story.

However after the story had ended he simply asked for his cigarette back and she said "No, it's too late, it's mine now".

And not even in a jokey way, in a I'm-a-girl-who-gets-what-she-wants-way. (seriously she's the kind of girl which most men would have let her keep the cigarette and pulled out another one if they had one)

He just calmly looked at her, didn't break frame, didn't say anything.

She laughed and smoked the cigarette one last time, but it was clear that she now felt embarrassed. She handed it back. They started chatting again.

But it was a piece of art. Most advice of how to handle shit tests is to agree and amplify:

E.g make a joke about how she could have the cigarette because you'd specifically laced it with extra carcinogens which would make her turn 60 tomorrow...

But he just stood there. Didn't break frame. You could almost read the subtext from him. "No because you and I both know that isn't cool. Stop embarrassing yourself."

And it worked. Just thought to share guys.