I do opens with staff at coffee shops, restaurants and stores. They are soft opens because they are obliged to talk to you and are a great way to warm up.
Shop Open
Walked into a cheese shop the other day to find this beautiful 25 year old behind the counter. She seemed quite distracted when I started talking to her. My conversation was very light banter such as 'How did you get started with cheese'. Now I know this isn't a great question, but we had a joke about it so its helpful to remember that you don't have to think too much about what to say, just talk about whatever is in front of you. If she is into chatting, she will continue talking. I bought some cheese and she gave me double what I ordered for free. Now she didn't contribute a lot to the conversation but she signified in another way that she liked what I was doing by giving me 'free cheese'. What I liked about my behaviour at this time was that I was clearly indicating interest just by standing talking to her but was also very relaxed and not needy in any way.
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