You don&#x27;t.<p>The thing is, the balance here is tipped to the &quot;you probably shouldn&#x27;t try it&quot; side, and with good reason. Maybe you miss the only chance in your lifetime of hitting it off with the cute Tech Support gal who actually was receptive to your advances. However, this is not a party or a pub, this is her job, a situation where she likely isn&#x27;t looking for a hookup, and she receives tons of inappropriate comments, and is tired of being considered by her customers and male coworkers as merely a pretty thing instead of as a professional. So what do you think is the chance YOU are the one customer who she is actually interested in, after wading through dozens of similarly lame flirting?<p>To put it another way, if she is terribly upset about flirting, she can choose not to go to parties and pubs. But this is her job!