Originally Posted by
GoldfishMan
He made the right moves there, bro. Nothing lame about it.
People's initial reactions when being unexpectedly approached by any stranger is to get away from them. If he said hi without her even noticing him, that's exactly what she would've done, he would've crashed and burned on the spot.
What he did was do something to make sure she saw him. Ok, maybe his technique was a bit too dramatic but it got the job done.
Then he observes if she made a second glance at him. This gives a clue that there might be a chance to do something more. If I were him, I would've been looking for that second glance as a sign.
You gotta give the girl some time to think about your "physical" proposition. Let her think about whether she likes your look, your physique, etc. If you just walked up and say hi, she only has 0.5 sec to do that so she'll just pick the default No answer. That's what it is.
I think if he failed, it must've been because of wrong timing. Trying to hookup on the way to work is one of the worst times because she would've had serious work stuff on her mind. Not a good time at all!