ClueChick: real clues from a real chick

Well, then! I will certainly give someone a blowjob in celebration of the hopeful turn of yesterday's election. But first, I need to have some anal sex to mark my specific celebration with regards to Mr. Santorum of PA. (For those of you who don't understand the link, click here.

But I now return to my regular night job of dispensing opinions, advice and all-out snarking:

While in a local bar the other night I found myself flirting with my waitress. She seemed to welcome it - lingering at my table, holding conversation beyond "what do you want to drink next", etc. What suprised me was that she actually made physical contact with me - touched my shoulder when asking if I needed another beer, and leaned up against me lightly to point me in the direction of the bathrooms.

So I have two questions: one, was this a sign that I should have left her my phone number (I didn't, though I left a nice tip), and two, is trying to pick up your waitress extra-gauche?

I'll start by saying I've never waited tables, so I could totally blow this one. I encourage any women who have direct experience here to weigh in.

But! Yes, you should have left her your phone number. If you ask me (and you did), it's never gauche to pick up a woman who's clearly flirting with you. (Okay, that's not true if it's, say, your best friend's fiance the night before the wedding and she's really drunk and they haven't talked about it first, but let's consider most reasonable examples, here, shall we?) As long as you, personally, are not skeevy (and if you are, she's probably not flirting with you), you're in good shape. Also, leaving your phone number is extremely low-key as come-ons go.

In fact, my first thought here is that, well, of course you should leave your number! But because women are often used to being the pursued rather than taking the initiative, if you actually want something to happen, you might do better to ask for her number. But, really, if she's flirting that much, she ought to be able to pick up the damn phone herself, right?

So, now I have an assignment for you: go back to the bar, flirt with her, leave your number, and report back, 'k?