Today I walked in the streets of Chicago hoping to pick up some girl. Unfortunately my anxiety stopped me many times and I missed an opportunity with a girl I met at a restaurant that looked at me a couple times (she was alone and didn't even use her phone while we waited for our food)

So heres a little trick I came across

Act like your new to the city and your phone isn't working. While looking for a taco reasturant I went up to a cute girl asking for directions since my phone legitimately was bugging out. ASK IF THEY CAN INPUT THE DIRECTIONS IN THEIR PHONE. The girl was nice enough to offer if she could find the location for me and we talked for a quick minute. Come to find out the taco place is where her husband worked. Lol what a small world. After she told me to say hello to the people in the shop I knew i had met another opportunity to talk to someone else.

So heres where I messed up and where I can help you. While waiting in line a beautiful Latina girl asked if she could go in front of me. I insisted but got to nervous to strike a convo. Instead of being bold and outgoing I froze and while she sat alone one table in front of me we waited for our food separately. I couldn't think of any conversation starters so I decided it was best to move on. Then it hit me. IF YOU'RE IN A RESTAURANT AND YOU'RE NOT SURE IF YOU CAN DINE IN ASK THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. I could of jokingly said I'm not sure if we could eat inside or had to take our food to go. But before I knew it she was gone.

Here comes the best advice I can think of. I walked around the streets like a lost kid at the mall. Looking for a place to eat I wasn't sure where to go. So I decided to play stupid again and ask for directions to the nearest park I can eat. I met another girl I found rather attractive and told her my situation. By explaining my phone wasn't working and looking for a place to eat since in door dining wasn't allowed we walked together for a few blocks chitchatting about who we were and where we were from. I asked if she mind if I tagged along with her and she was fine since she understood I was just looking for a place to rest at. I could have continued the convo, but I could tell she was a bit annoyed and I hadn't escalated things fast enough so I said bye and to have a nice day.

Overall it was a nice day and I realized that I do have the ability to strike convos with random girls I just need to not be such a chicken and escalate to get a girls number or flirt and ask out.

Either way I hope this might be a nice tip for someone who is gonna try cold approaches. Most people are more then willing to talk you just have to learn how to read them for you to open up to them.