That doesn"t work for me either. Not the locations, but hitting on some random person I have never met before while shopping or what have you. I just can"t do it in that manner unless the stars align and a conversation is able to start in natural fashion. Now on the other hand, if I"m at some function or what have you and talking/mingling is more or less expected, I tend to do better. It"s more of a mental block thing on my part, because I end up getting extremely anxious because I am entering a situation with no intel. I am HORRIBLE at starting conversations unless I have a base to build off of. Small talk seldom works if chosen at random, because I will end up doing epic overthinking.