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Over the past couple of weeks, there's been this really cute girl who sits near me inside a coffee shop, which has a cozy, "productive" vibe to it -- everyone's doing work on their laptops. I want to start a conversation with this girl, but there's one significant obstacle: she's always wearing her headphones.

So, my question is:

How can I effectively and politely start a conversation with this girl who's sitting next to me and wearing headphones?

We've seen each other - and smiled at each other - for a few weeks now. The vibes feel pretty good, but her wearing the headphones makes it tricky to say "hello" to her.

Over the past couple of weeks, there's been this really cute girl who sits near me inside a coffee shop, which has a cozy, "productive" vibe to it -- everyone's doing work on their laptops. I want to start a conversation with this girl, but there's one significant obstacle: she's always wearing her headphones.

So, my question is:

How can I effectively and politely start a conversation with this girl who's sitting next to me and wearing headphones?

We've seen each other - and smiled at each other - for a few weeks now. The vibes feel pretty good, but her wearing the headphones makes it tricky to say "hello" to her.

The location: Manhattan, New York, United States.

I had previously discussed this topic in chat but decided to ask the question here on the main page, in order to get a broader perspective, so here goes ...

Over the past couple of weeks, there's been this really cute girl who sits near me inside a coffee shop, which has a cozy, "productive" vibe to it -- everyone's doing work on their laptops. I want to start a conversation with this girl, but there's one significant obstacle: she's always wearing her headphones.

So, my question is:

How can I effectively and politely start a conversation with this girl who's sitting next to me and wearing headphones?

We've seen each other - and smiled at each other - for a few weeks now. The vibes feel pretty good, but her wearing the headphones makes it tricky to say "hello" to her.

Over the past couple of weeks, there's been this really cute girl who sits near me inside a coffee shop, which has a cozy, "productive" vibe to it -- everyone's doing work on their laptops. I want to start a conversation with this girl, but there's one significant obstacle: she's always wearing her headphones.

So, my question is:

How can I effectively and politely start a conversation with this girl who's sitting next to me and wearing headphones?

We've seen each other - and smiled at each other - for a few weeks now. The vibes feel pretty good, but her wearing the headphones makes it tricky to say "hello" to her.