Umm, does this girl want me to ask her out to dinner?

[Descartes]

I can't imagine her putting the <3 <3 and xoxoxo nonsense unless she was trying to drop a hint. Just seems out of place otherwise.

 

[SpanishFry]

how does she look?

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: IBuyUFO
I must have missed something but where in that note does it say or hint that she's asking you out? From the way it sounds, she is thankful that you fixed her computer and gave you $30 to buy dinner. It was a nice gesture on her part. I think you're reading too much in between the lines.

QFT...stop reading between the lines. She felt sorry for the lowly computer nerd and left him a note to boost his confidence. If you see her around campus say hi and ask how her computer is doing, and if she got a new one. She might invite you back to "set up her new one"

 

[Fraggable]

I say it's worth following up on. Doesn't sound like a simple thank you.

 

[kranky]

It would be completely acceptable to contact her and say "I'm glad your PC is working fine now and thanks very much for the $30. Dinner does sound like a good idea... would you like to come along?"

Worst that can happen is she says no.

 

[Coquito]

You looked malnourished. She didn't want you to pass out while eating cardboard ramen, so she threw you some bones.

 

[step-dawg]

go for it. You have absolutely nothing vested in her at this point so there is nothing to lose. I could see how it might be her way of getting you to ask her out. Like others have said, it doesn't hurt.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: kranky
It would be completely acceptable to contact her and say "I'm glad your PC is working fine now and thanks very much for the $30. Dinner does sound like a good idea... would you like to come along?"

Worst that can happen is she says no.

This is what I would do. If she says no than a shrug and 30 bucks richer you be. If she says yes but as friends than a new friend in town you have (and access to all her girlfriends and her telling them how helpful you were which is a good in). If she says yes and smiles coyly throughout dinner a lover you may have. All in all a win/win/win for you if you follow kranky's advice.

 

[mflacy]

1. Take the money.

2. Have her take YOU out to dinner.

3. Profit!

 

[Tiamat]

keep the 30$, and if she is really interested, she will give one "last" go at it with an email or another visit to you during your shift and hint at it even more.

 

[RaiderJ]

You mean all this time all I had to do was format her partition? Wow, and I was trying to *hide* my nerdiness!

 

[jmdeathsquad]

waaaaait a second here... is she hot or not? may need pics to verify...

 

[dirtboy]

I don't think that's a date invitation, because if she wanted to take out out on a date, she would have asked you. Instead you got $30 which was clearly stated for you to use for yourself. Otherwise she would have said I'd like to buy you dinner for your help.

Big difference.

Answer her e-mail and forget about her. If she continues to e-mail you, then come back for more advice.

 

[letdown427]

Originally posted by: preslove
O.K. so I'm a graduate assistant at the computer help desk for my grad program. Last week this girl comes in and asks if we can help her with her 'puter. It is totally fvcked by a virus and I call her up and tell her that if she doesn't have vital data on the drive that we should just use the recovery partition to reformat it and start off with a clean slate.

You dirty, dirty stud you.

I left that for a girl on the next shift. Well, I find a note from last week this afternoon with $30 in it. The note reads:

Preslove,

I just wanted to say thank you sooo much for fixing my computer! And thank you for doing it so fast!

This girl is showing promise.

I really appreciate your help, time, and generosity,

Erm, you said you left it for some other girl to do? She doesn't sound too bright. Really showing promise now.

and although it's not much, I wanted you to be able to go get something (dinner?) for yourself.

That doesn't sound like TAKE ME TO DINNER YOU RED-HOT IT STUD to me, does it to you?
She apparently thinks you can't afford to get dinner yourself without her charity.

Thank you so much again!!
<3 <3 always,
(girl's name) x0x0x

P.S. -If you know somewhere in Tally where I could get a Mac [she asked what kind of laptop she should get and I told her to get a macbook] - they don't have them @ Best Buy - Would you let me know?
Thank you!!!
(gives her email address)

She does seem to be making a slightly over the top effort to 1. be nice, 2. have you contact her.

So, are you hot? If so, yes, ring her, hit it like the fist of an angry god, and be done with it. Once she gets that mac, she won't like you anymore

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

I think you should give it a shot, but then again, I'm in a great mood.

By the way, to echo the question, was she good-looking?

 

[TXHokie]

You're getting ATers all excited that there's a minute possibility of pimping IT skills for chicks when we all know better

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Canun
Doesn't seem like a date invitation to me. Just answer her email, see if she keeps writing. That will answer the question eventually. (Or she will just keep your email address for the next time she has computer problems.)

^^ It can't hurt to ask though.

 

[kranky]

You know, reading some of the replies in this thread, I guess the only way some people would ask a woman out is if she says "Hi, you steaming hunk of maleness! I am just DYING for you to ask me out! If you do, I'll say 'Oh, yes, yes, YES!' then swoon at your feet!"

How do you get dates? You ASK. Some say no, some say yes. But you have to ASK! And if a woman...
1. takes the trouble to leave you a personal note signed "<3<3 always".
2. Asks you a question that gives you a reason to get back in touch with her.
3. Gives you $30 for dinner, an amount that fairly SCREAMS "dinner for two"

...then just ask her out. For crying out loud. Once again, the worst that can happen is she says no.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: kranky
It would be completely acceptable to contact her and say "I'm glad your PC is working fine now and thanks very much for the $30. Dinner does sound like a good idea... would you like to come along?"

Worst that can happen is she says no.

Take this advice. She wasn't asking you out, but doesn't mean you shouldn't ask her out. I've found that with girls, you don't need to worry about if one likes you or not. You simply keep making moves until they say no. First a date, then touching, then kissing, then....

Anyway, it doesn't matter if she was asking you out, all that matters is if you want to ask her out. Even if a date with you was the furthest thing from her mind, there's a good chance she'll say yes if you ask. If you do your part, then she'll like you after the date even if she didn't like you before it.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: kranky
It would be completely acceptable to contact her and say "I'm glad your PC is working fine now and thanks very much for the $30. Dinner does sound like a good idea... would you like to come along?"

Worst that can happen is she says no.

Take this advice. She wasn't asking you out, but doesn't mean you shouldn't ask her out. I've found that with girls, you don't need to worry about if one likes you or not. You simply keep making moves until they say no. First a date, then touching, then kissing, then....

Anyway, it doesn't matter if she was asking you out, all that matters is if you want to ask her out. Even if a date with you was the furthest thing from her mind, there's a good chance she'll say yes if you ask. If you do your part, then she'll like you after the date even if she didn't like you before it.

Yah...just ask her to come along for dinner...can't be too hard...work in the "computer-buying talk" if you need to.

 

[chambersc]

Haven't read thread:

Are you even single, OP? Would be kinda akward asking her out and having a gf...oh wait....JACKPOT!

 

[Kromis]

I say you take her out for a spin, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout?

 

[Murphy Durphy]

Originally posted by: kranky
You know, reading some of the replies in this thread, I guess the only way some people would ask a woman out is if she says "Hi, you steaming hunk of maleness! I am just DYING for you to ask me out! If you do, I'll say 'Oh, yes, yes, YES!' then swoon at your feet!"

How do you get dates? You ASK. Some say no, some say yes. But you have to ASK! And if a woman...
1. takes the trouble to leave you a personal note signed "<3<3 always".
2. Asks you a question that gives you a reason to get back in touch with her.
3. Gives you $30 for dinner, an amount that fairly SCREAMS "dinner for two"

...then just ask her out. For crying out loud. Once again, the worst that can happen is she says no. :disgust:

Jeeze, I'm glad someone else notices the subtle female psychology there.

If that note was written in the way you said it was, that was DEFINITELY a hint to ask her out.

All of you people who make fun of the OP for thinking it was a hint are really the ones who should be laughed at. And you all wonder why the majority of the users here are single....

 

[phatj]

you need to ask her.

 

[Zee]

what did she do to you would recommend a mac to her?