The mainstream media keeps creating fake issue nonstories even after the election . Clearly their smear tactics didn ' t work against getting him elected , now they ' re doubling down ? This is pathetic . <| sep |> I live in a crowded city and women get chatted up here so often that they ' ve become jaded and suspicious when someone approaches them . There is such a thing as ' right place , right time ' and the commute to work in the morning isn ' t that time , nor is the lunch time rush . I ' m usually the type to see a lovely woman , appreciate the beauty from a distance for a second or two , then keep on walking . I ' ve had more luck offering a woman a stick of gum during the slower periods and making some very light banter . If she wants more she ' ll make sure we keep talking . If not , she ' ll let me know without causing a scene and I ' ll drop it . I remember just recently a lovely , petite young lady that I sat next to on a bus trip thanked me for not chatting here ear off on the ride North from Philadelphia as she was both tired of getting hit on in places she couldn ' t flee from indicating that this may have happened more than once and physically exhausted she slept nearly the entire trip . I gave her an understanding look , offered her a handshake , a deep ' thank you ' of my own for letting me sit next to her and some bedroom eyes for effect . She blushed , clasped my hand a little longer than necessary for our parting and looked like she wanted to say something more , but I had places to go and it was already getting dark . My walk home was nice and I know I had an lasting effect on a beautiful , yet complete stranger .