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Normally I wouldn't make one of these, but it seems a necessity for somebody who wants to become a valued member of the OcUK GD community
This Friday, I was told that Saturday was the last day that parcels could be sent out to afghan. My brother is serving over there and I was trying to think of something to get him. My sister told me he was in dire need of some flip flops because his army boots were hurting/hot. I went to every shop I could think of, and couldn't find any that I knew he'd wear (I was told he is a size nine. He won't wear anything that's cheap).
Couldn't find anything. Later on that night, the boy in work told me that a shop called Tempo Clothing would definitely have flip flops since they keep their summer stock downstairs.
I was 1hour late for work already, and decided to go look in this shop. I had a look around - couldn't find anything. As I was looking around, one of the girls kept looking over at me. I looked back giving eye-contact and the pair of us smiled at each other.
I asked this girl, was behind the counter (they had 3 members of staff), she had a look around but couldn't find anything either. She asked girl no. 2 and she pointed us to two pairs of flip flops in the window.
One of them was green, no way would my brother wear these. The other pair was navy blue. Both were a size 10. I asked for a size 9 of course. Girl no. 1 was running like crazy all over the shop (no pun intended) looking for a size 9 for me. She went downstairs too look too. No luck. She asked girls 2 & 3 but they said they only had these two pairs. She still kept looking around at which point I told her "It's ok, I'll take these then" in a friendly manner. She replied with: "Thanks" with a big smile on her face.
We proceeded to the counter. I paid for the flip flops (20pound for a pair of flip flops that'll get ruined in a single week!). Girl no. 2 was standing at the counter too when I was paying.
Girl no. 1 asked me where I was going on holiday (pretty obvious why). I told her I had heard it was the last chance to send a gift to my brother in Afghan, and he really wanted flip flops for xmas. She was like: "Ahhh ok". She asked me if I would like to buy a points card, explaining that I gain points on every purchase, and that the card costs 5pounds.
I responded: "Yeah, sure, whatever". As she was taking my details, girl no. 2 walked away to do something. Girl no. 1 then told me that I was actually getting a 20% off on all purchases card. I didn't get charged either.
Went to work, when I finished the first part of my split shift I went back into the shop to look for nice shirts/hoodies/jeans I might want to get since I now had a 20% discount in a shop that sells fairly expensive clothes.
I had a look around the mens section twice (it's very small). I saw a hoodie that I liked, white with red text. I picked it up off the shelf and unfolded it, measuring it against the top I was wearing at the time. Whilst I had been looking around, I glanced at her standing behind the counter a few times. She was looking back at me every time.
When I finished looking at the top, I put it back on the shelf (didn't fold it very well). Turned around and saw her looking at me yet again, I gave her a little smile of acknowledgement and she smiled back and said "Hello". At which point I walked out.
Normally I wouldn't notice things like this, even if the girl was definitely showing interest in me - I'm terrible with girls and rarely pick up on the fact a girl likes me unless it's very obvious. Can't work out if she does like me or not. Maybe she was just being friendly in the way that shop assistants are meant to be, and gave me the card because she thought I was doing a nice thing for my brother.
Maybe she gave me the card because its some promotional offer they are giving to all their customers, or they have so many to give out. That wouldn't be unheard of. The card expires on the 1st of Jan.
Or maybe she was subtlety showing that she was interested. I can't explain it very well since I don't remember absolutely everything, I just remember she seemed overly keen for a sales assistant.
What do the OcUK experts think I should do I would've tried that hoodie on, but I was in a rush in the morning to find my brother a present. I lost my bank card after I got out of the van that my mother gave me a lift in. I rang her up, she said she had looked "everywhere" in the van and it had gone. So I went to the bank to ask them if anyone had handed it in. Nobody had. They said since it might have been picked up by someone in the street they would need to cancel it immediately - leaving me skint. No money for the hoodie.
I'll be visiting town again tomorrow to pick up my wages (I might even be working tomorrow, the other MOS said she wasn't feeling well earlier). I'd be finishing if I am indeed working. I think I'll go in to take another look at this hoodie - I rather liked it.
So, if she is working, do I try to talk to her, and how do I go about doing it? I'm terrible with girls, really. I've never had a girlfriend, hell, I've never even kissed a girl! Hope she doesn't read OcUK ha..
I can't picture her face that well, she was quite pretty, slim, slightly shorter than me (perfect height for a girl tbh), and she had nice erm....*insert word that rhymes with "bits" here... I was thinking, that if she is working tomorrow, I just say "hiya" or whatever when I see her, try to get her name. Maybe she'll recognize me and say something when I'm at the counter, if not I could be the first to say something. Maybe I'll get lucky and grab her name while I'm there
After that...well...maybe I'll just pop in again sometime during the week and ask her if she wants to grab a drink/coffee (I can't drink hot drinks myself though).
So c'mon, what's your verdict? Is she interested Y/N? What should I do if she is? And no "we need pics of her **** before we can advise you" answers please
Hopefully this won't end up like the Asda thread...I remember reading that ages ago, so funny!
This Friday, I was told that Saturday was the last day that parcels could be sent out to afghan. My brother is serving over there and I was trying to think of something to get him. My sister told me he was in dire need of some flip flops because his army boots were hurting/hot. I went to every shop I could think of, and couldn't find any that I knew he'd wear (I was told he is a size nine. He won't wear anything that's cheap).
Couldn't find anything. Later on that night, the boy in work told me that a shop called Tempo Clothing would definitely have flip flops since they keep their summer stock downstairs.
I was 1hour late for work already, and decided to go look in this shop. I had a look around - couldn't find anything. As I was looking around, one of the girls kept looking over at me. I looked back giving eye-contact and the pair of us smiled at each other.
I asked this girl, was behind the counter (they had 3 members of staff), she had a look around but couldn't find anything either. She asked girl no. 2 and she pointed us to two pairs of flip flops in the window.
One of them was green, no way would my brother wear these. The other pair was navy blue. Both were a size 10. I asked for a size 9 of course. Girl no. 1 was running like crazy all over the shop (no pun intended) looking for a size 9 for me. She went downstairs too look too. No luck. She asked girls 2 & 3 but they said they only had these two pairs. She still kept looking around at which point I told her "It's ok, I'll take these then" in a friendly manner. She replied with: "Thanks" with a big smile on her face.
We proceeded to the counter. I paid for the flip flops (20pound for a pair of flip flops that'll get ruined in a single week!). Girl no. 2 was standing at the counter too when I was paying.
Girl no. 1 asked me where I was going on holiday (pretty obvious why). I told her I had heard it was the last chance to send a gift to my brother in Afghan, and he really wanted flip flops for xmas. She was like: "Ahhh ok". She asked me if I would like to buy a points card, explaining that I gain points on every purchase, and that the card costs 5pounds.
I responded: "Yeah, sure, whatever". As she was taking my details, girl no. 2 walked away to do something. Girl no. 1 then told me that I was actually getting a 20% off on all purchases card. I didn't get charged either.
Went to work, when I finished the first part of my split shift I went back into the shop to look for nice shirts/hoodies/jeans I might want to get since I now had a 20% discount in a shop that sells fairly expensive clothes.
I had a look around the mens section twice (it's very small). I saw a hoodie that I liked, white with red text. I picked it up off the shelf and unfolded it, measuring it against the top I was wearing at the time. Whilst I had been looking around, I glanced at her standing behind the counter a few times. She was looking back at me every time.
When I finished looking at the top, I put it back on the shelf (didn't fold it very well). Turned around and saw her looking at me yet again, I gave her a little smile of acknowledgement and she smiled back and said "Hello". At which point I walked out.
Normally I wouldn't notice things like this, even if the girl was definitely showing interest in me - I'm terrible with girls and rarely pick up on the fact a girl likes me unless it's very obvious. Can't work out if she does like me or not. Maybe she was just being friendly in the way that shop assistants are meant to be, and gave me the card because she thought I was doing a nice thing for my brother.
Maybe she gave me the card because its some promotional offer they are giving to all their customers, or they have so many to give out. That wouldn't be unheard of. The card expires on the 1st of Jan.
Or maybe she was subtlety showing that she was interested. I can't explain it very well since I don't remember absolutely everything, I just remember she seemed overly keen for a sales assistant.
What do the OcUK experts think I should do
I would've tried that hoodie on, but I was in a rush in the morning to find my brother a present. I lost my bank card after I got out of the van that my mother gave me a lift in. I rang her up, she said she had looked "everywhere" in the van and it had gone. So I went to the bank to ask them if anyone had handed it in. Nobody had. They said since it might have been picked up by someone in the street they would need to cancel it immediately - leaving me skint. No money for the hoodie.I'll be visiting town again tomorrow to pick up my wages (I might even be working tomorrow, the other MOS said she wasn't feeling well earlier). I'd be finishing if I am indeed working. I think I'll go in to take another look at this hoodie - I rather liked it.
So, if she is working, do I try to talk to her, and how do I go about doing it? I'm terrible with girls, really. I've never had a girlfriend, hell, I've never even kissed a girl! Hope she doesn't read OcUK ha..
I can't picture her face that well, she was quite pretty, slim, slightly shorter than me (perfect height for a girl tbh), and she had nice erm....*insert word that rhymes with "bits" here... I was thinking, that if she is working tomorrow, I just say "hiya" or whatever when I see her, try to get her name. Maybe she'll recognize me and say something when I'm at the counter, if not I could be the first to say something. Maybe I'll get lucky and grab her name while I'm there
After that...well...maybe I'll just pop in again sometime during the week and ask her if she wants to grab a drink/coffee (I can't drink hot drinks myself though).
So c'mon, what's your verdict? Is she interested Y/N? What should I do if she is? And no "we need pics of her **** before we can advise you" answers please
Hopefully this won't end up like the Asda thread...I remember reading that ages ago, so funny!
and what are these stars meant to represent ey? I'm young and have an innocent mind*.
