Day 30

I set 2 personal records today: the most number of approaches in a day (8) and the most number of approaches for a 30-day challenge (70.)  I still have tomorrow to add to the monthly total for August, so 75 is a reasonable goal to strive for.

The first approach was at Metcalfes at West Towne. I saw a woman that  looked rather classy, so I told her such.  It wasn't a very long conversation, I pretty much just told her about the challenge. I think I might have given her my card as well, but I don't remember for sure.

The second approach was also at Metcalfes.  Since the first approach went to the checkout lane right soon after I approached her, I felt like I could try for one more approach.  This one also wasn't a very long approach, as I just told her that she looked good in glasses and then told her about the challenge.

The third approach was at Shopko.  I'd almost given up on that place, since I've never found someone to approach, but I finally did.  I told her that her hair looked nice.  Also a short conversation, as I just told her about the challenge after that, and that was pretty much it.

My fourth approach was in Target @ Hilldale.  I approach an Asian woman and told her she looked classy.  She seemed very shy and I could see she was trying to get out of the conversation, so I just let her go.

My fifth approach was also in Target.  I told her that her glasses looked good on her.  This was a pretty lengthy approach, as I told her about the challenge and we talked about that for a bit.  Then I asked her what she did and found out that she's a Vet Tech.  She asked me what I do, so I told her.  Then we talked about books for a bit.  This was definitely my longest conversation of the day.

My sixth approach was in Metcalfes @ Hilldale.  I told the woman she looked classy, but I don't think she understood the word, so I said "elegant."  I found out she just recently (as in a few weeks ago) moved here from Turkey to study at the university.  She seemed nice, but she didn't know what to make of a stranger talking to her at the grocery store.  Even after I told her about the challenge, she still seemed unsure.  I chalked that up to cultural differences.

My seventh approach was really interesting, because for the first time ever, I actually approached someone for the second time without knowing it.  I told her that her glasses look nice on her (I know this might seem like a broken record, but I think glasses do look nice on a lot of women, so this isn't a lie) and started telling her about the challenge, when she stopped me.  Here's a from-memory transcription of the interaction:
her: I don't want to sound rude, but do you go around stores just talking to random people?
me: Well, I set 30-day challenges for myself to meet at least one random person every day.
her: Well, because you already came up to me and did this before.  That's kinda weird.
me: Why is that weird?
her: Because you've already done this to me. 
me: Well, I've met over 150 people while doing this challenge, so it's hard to remember them all.
her: Well thanks.
me: Yeah

Funny.

Undeterred from the seventh approach, I told the checkout woman at Half-Price Books that her glasses look nice on her.

An even 8 for the day and 70 over the 30-day challenge.  Tomorrow being the 31st is a bonus day.  August was definitely my best month so far.