BusinessWeek is here to help! The magazine, for some reason, is offering tips for people interested in “picking-up” a co-worker.

None of them seem to be in anyway tailored to the situation- namely, that you’re trying to hit on someone in your place of business and not out at a bar- and include the following:

* “Ask questions like you’re a radio show host and they’re the guest.” (That one comes from Neil Strauss, author of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists)

* “If you can’t think of a question, ask someone if they floss before or after brushing.”

* Use a straightforward approach like, “I think you’re really pretty, and you’re probably also cool. Give me your phone number, and then I’ll call you and we’ll go do something fun.”

We’ve come up with a few that probably couldn’t hurt your chances any worse than the above, such as:

* Get the objection of your affection’s attention by shouting “I want you inside me!” from across the room. (In the unlikely event he/she looks at you like a freak, and responds “Uh..what?” shake it off and tell them “Oh, I was just saying hey…from before.”)

* A great line should be a springboard to a follow-up conversation. Approach the dime you’ve got your eye on and ask, “How many sexual partners have you had in your life?”

* Strauss likes breaking the ice with a “sincere open-ended question about a topic you’re genuinely interested in.” So try this: “Do you know what the the statute of limitations on manslaughter is?”

Hope this helped.

How To Pick Up A Co-Worker [BW]

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Comments (52)

  1. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    <3's Mrs. JerseyShorePatrol wink wink!

  2. Posted by The Cross Pollinator | March 25, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    “Hey, you’re in grad school, right? I can fix your grades. I graduated from Nevada-Reno!”

  3. Posted by John Carney | March 25, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Thanks Businessweek but this is a few years too late.

  4. Posted by Two Fer | March 25, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Try “you have the water guy’s number? Cause, I’m into that.”
    OR
    “Do you like your ruffinis with or without olives?”

  5. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    “Have you seen my Sharpie?”

  6. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    I can read between the lines. Bess, call me.

    -Zack

  7. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Seriously?

    -Greg

  8. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Where did you put my dildo?

    -Mom

  9. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    “Put these yoga pants on… “

  10. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    “Put these yoga pants on… “

  11. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    “Put these yoga pants on… “

  12. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    I often break the ice with a bit of “puppetry of the penis” in the breakroom. The “swan” is a crowd favorite.

  13. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    I often break the ice with a bit of “puppetry of the penis” in the breakroom. The “swan” is a crowd favorite.

  14. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    I often break the ice with a bit of “puppetry of the penis” in the breakroom. The “swan” is a crowd favorite.

  15. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | March 25, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    I thought you were straight.

    -Zack

  16. Posted by jackwagon | March 25, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    “I’d like to vlookup your skirt sometime. How about Happy Hour?”

  17. Posted by NakedShort | March 25, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Whats your favorite Food Network show to masturbate to?

  18. Posted by NakedShort | March 25, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Whats your favorite Food Network show to masturbate to?

  19. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Why bother putting in that kind of effort at the office when you can just stop by a Taco Bell

  20. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Why bother putting in that kind of effort at the office when you can just stop by a Taco Bell

  21. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    EOPD, you ok?

  22. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    EOPD, you ok?

  23. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Windows key + “L” if you walk away from the terminal

  24. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Windows key + “L” if you walk away from the terminal

  25. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    I find asking my staff if they would like a bigger bonus does the trick.

  26. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    I find asking my staff if they would like a bigger bonus does the trick.

  27. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | March 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Just mixing my uppers and downers here. It’ll balance out in about 30 minutes. Unless I run out of whiskey.

  28. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | March 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Just mixing my uppers and downers here. It’ll balance out in about 30 minutes. Unless I run out of whiskey.

  29. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Cream Fraiche!!! Yea, F*ck Yea!

  30. Posted by Asd | March 25, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    So, you want to Bunga Bunga later?

  31. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    I always like for people giving out tips.

  32. Posted by Shecky CFMP | March 25, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    I knew a shoe salesman with a lisp who used to asked babes if they’d like him to look up their “thize”

  33. Posted by Shecky CFMP | March 25, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    I knew a shoe salesman with a lisp who used to asked babes if they’d like him to look up their “thize”

  34. Posted by UBSAss | March 25, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    “Wanna practice interview techniques?”

    - UBS Associate

  35. Posted by Lovin' calm women | March 25, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Ina. What? Is that wrong?

  36. Posted by Lovin' calm women | March 25, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Ina. What? Is that wrong?

  37. Posted by Lewis Winthorpe III | March 25, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    There’s always Bess’s go-to favorite: Wanna go halvsies on the abortion?

  38. Posted by East Texas Gas Trader | March 25, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    The natgas traders at RDG+Bar Annie in Houston just say, “You know, you don’t sweat much for a fat girl…..”

  39. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Is that a stapler in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

  40. Posted by Harvard Joke Punchline | March 25, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    “…….and he stepped on the ball!!”

  41. Posted by Texashedge | March 25, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Very sorry to hear that place has gone downhill

  42. Posted by Anonymous | March 25, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Let me try…

    “I think that you are a sizzlin’ split tail. Want to hear a riddle?……After UBS sucks, does it spit or swallow……TRICK QUESTION! UBS never finishes sucking.”

  43. Posted by McCroskey | March 25, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    I picked a hell of a week to stop sniffing glue

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    I picked a hell of a week to stop sniffing glue

  45. Posted by Lord Humongous | March 25, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Do you have a gag reflex? Because my anal bead tail is over 12in long.

  46. Posted by Lord Humongous | March 25, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Do you have a gag reflex? Because my anal bead tail is over 12in long.

  47. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Second use of that Wet Hot American Summer reference in Dealbreaker, nice!

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  49. Posted by Guest | March 25, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Do you wipe front to back or back to front? Let me check for you.

  50. Posted by Youreallyloveme | March 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    And when he/she calls you a douchebag, simply maintain your cool as a recently crowned class B dungeon master and reply: “douchebags are a sanitary device, I take that as a compliment”

    - guy who just wants to feel close to Bess by using similar quotes.

  51. Posted by Von Sloneker | March 27, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Bar Annie’s crowd goes to the Tasting Room or Mo’s now…Arturo’s if you’re looking for “higher miles” desperate divorcee.

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