Today is the first day I’ve went out with the knowledge of cold approaches, but I didn’t do it. Mainly because I couldn’t find any girl my age that was not either in a group, talking on the phone, or without their AirPods on. I took the bus + walked in a very busy area, and I went to a very busy mall for some clothes, but honestly did not find a girl by herself who didn’t seem to be in the middle of something or have their AirPods in (thus not wanting to be bothered I assume).

Do you think I should’ve spent more time at the mall just hovering around until I saw a girl I could cold approach? Or am I just making excuses and I should grab the attention of the girls with AirPods on, allow them to take them off, and then cold approach? How would you attempt a cold approach with a girl who is on the phone? This is during the day btw.