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I went to a Mexican themed restaurant just now. When I got there, there was a big line because some volleyball team was there. A lot of the girls were pretty cute but I saw one girl in particular was mesmerizing. They were with their parents and you know how that is where you think there's no chance of approaching.
I got my food and sat down, finished my food. The girls had moved to a table where their parents weren't around. I noticed one of those crane machines filled with beenie babies and hatched a plan. Maybe it's kind of cringey now in retrospect.
Inside the crane machine, there was a snail beenie that had just the right shape so that the claws could wrap around the shell. Mind you, I've never won anything from these machines before and only have tried it once before.
First try, I align the claw, let the machine time out. The claw comes down, wraps perfectly around the toy, grasps it, starts lifting it up. Once the claw reaches the roof, the toy falls out. So close. I try again, this time, I don't get a good grasp on the toy and it doesn't lift off the ground.
Damn, I didn't plan on spending more than a dollar at this point. But now I'm emotionally invested. So another dollar goes in. 2 more tries. I get it up off the ground like the first time but no win.
At this point, I say to myself, I'll only spend 50 more cents. I don't have change, so I go to the cashier to get quarters. 50 cents go in, and I fail again. But now the snail is in the perfect position. I say fuck it, put the last 50 cents in. The claw comes down, grasps the snail. The claw comes all the way up and the snail doesn't fall out. Soon, the snail is falling down the prize chute and I'm reaching in to grab it.
Wow. This plan is actually happening. I walk over the the table with the girls.
I admit, I was nervous and not that confident. I wont describe the conversation but it was very short. When I asked for her number she reply with the standard "I have a boyfriend". It wasn't even that friendly kind of tone. I just ejected at that point, didn't try to force it or switch to the other girls. Yeah that completely didn't play out how I had planned. The lines I had in my head just didn't come out at all.
I got my food and sat down, finished my food. The girls had moved to a table where their parents weren't around. I noticed one of those crane machines filled with beenie babies and hatched a plan. Maybe it's kind of cringey now in retrospect.
Inside the crane machine, there was a snail beenie that had just the right shape so that the claws could wrap around the shell. Mind you, I've never won anything from these machines before and only have tried it once before.
First try, I align the claw, let the machine time out. The claw comes down, wraps perfectly around the toy, grasps it, starts lifting it up. Once the claw reaches the roof, the toy falls out. So close. I try again, this time, I don't get a good grasp on the toy and it doesn't lift off the ground.
Damn, I didn't plan on spending more than a dollar at this point. But now I'm emotionally invested. So another dollar goes in. 2 more tries. I get it up off the ground like the first time but no win.
At this point, I say to myself, I'll only spend 50 more cents. I don't have change, so I go to the cashier to get quarters. 50 cents go in, and I fail again. But now the snail is in the perfect position. I say fuck it, put the last 50 cents in. The claw comes down, grasps the snail. The claw comes all the way up and the snail doesn't fall out. Soon, the snail is falling down the prize chute and I'm reaching in to grab it.
Wow. This plan is actually happening. I walk over the the table with the girls.
I admit, I was nervous and not that confident. I wont describe the conversation but it was very short. When I asked for her number she reply with the standard "I have a boyfriend". It wasn't even that friendly kind of tone. I just ejected at that point, didn't try to force it or switch to the other girls. Yeah that completely didn't play out how I had planned. The lines I had in my head just didn't come out at all.
