Dating coaches sell scripts, confidence drills and the perfect opener, all to extract one phone number from a stranger.
Skip the opener and go through official channels. In the supermarket, nudge your trolley into your crush’s at a gentle 0.4 mph, then insist, calmly and with a notepad, on exchanging names, numbers and insurance details. Field notes: 23 nudges yielded 23 numbers, every one of them an insurer’s claims line. One insurer did call back, and would now like to discuss your excess.