Tancred...
johnny: if you ask them money, you WILL scare them away... I'd rather you say, "hey nice shoes..." LOL
I'd suggest just break out. it is mainly what everybody's saying.
hey, it is not normal here to do that... damn... hmmm... what if i just did that... approached someone, talked to her... oh i did... it ends up to be quite a nice friendship... on where if I did something (since she is female), something special might have happened. so there... just talk to people!