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I greet her with a "We really must stop meeting like this." and a smile
People can take that as a chat-up line, given that it's usually used as a chat-up line.
Just wait until you cross paths again and continue being cheery and nice. People soon learn that you're only interested in being a friendly human being, that you're not seeking a tumble in the bushes.
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Slightly different kind of commute story this time - not just me whinging about crap driving.
About 6 weeks ago I was riding northbound in the segregated bit CS7 at Oval - just before the Oval bus trap. I see a bus driver amber-gamble the left-turn light and consequently almost skittle a pack of riders moving away from the cycle-only light to go straight on. One woman in the pack, let's call her Sarah*, berates the driver for what was a dangerous and stupid bit of driving. When we roll to a stop at the next reds I ask if she's OK and we get chatting about crap driving. We end up riding most of the way into Southwark just chatting away rather pleasantly.
Fast forward a few weeks and I bump into Sarah again - a little bit further down Kennington Park Road this time. That morning I'd almost been rear ended by a bus after slamming on the brakes to avoid being "right hooked" by a car, so the conversation flowed pretty easily from there and we rode together into Southwark again.
And finally this morning. On the same route, I greet her with a "We really must stop meeting like this." and a smile, but alas she's clearly not interested and explains she has to rush off to work... and then when I say "Oh no problem, see you around then", she indicates that the way in which she wants to rush off is by me speeding up. Oh...say no more.
Awkwardness compounded by stopping at the same reds a few more times in the same journey.
In hindsight I get why suddenly bumping into the same guy three times on your commute might seem a bit suspicious... I must have come off creepy, and I know that's the impression many of you will get from this, but honestly the first two encounters felt organic and not creepy at all. Ah well, you live and learn. And it seems like a good story for the commuting thread...
*Names have been changed to protect the innocent.