Just be yourself. Sooner or later, things work out...

Sheesh...The story is so typical. Guy sees girl. Girl doesn't really notice guy, but guy thinks that he can convince her to think otherwise. The backdrop for this situation is on the job. The timeframe was today. The guy and girls in this drama will remain nameless (of course). Anyway, I was walking down a particular hallway and see the girl and she is walking down the hall as if on eggshells since she had like 6 different sized boxes in her hands that were just delivered. I felt this was going to end badly for her, but I let the drama play itself out as I was getting closer. She had a look of concentration on her face and I waited until I was closer to greet her. I had already intended to ask her if she needed some help since I knew this pseudo-balancing act was about to come to an end. Well, I look in her direction and say, "Hey, ________, how are you?" Not meaning to startle her, but also not being surprised that she reacted to an above average volume greeting. The boxes jumped out of her hands onto the floor. Ok, well, I said, "Let me help you with those." Before I could even knell down, a guy from the other side of the building flies past me down the hallway and grabs some of the boxes and says to me, "Let me show you how it's done." I said, "Uh, ok. It's all you." I let the sarcasm in my eyes speak to this girls eyes and she knew I would circle back for a reaction to this silly episode later on because this is not the first incident in which this guy tries to be her hero. The point here is that if this guy (or any guy) just plays it cool and loses the whole "junior-high-passing-a-note-with-two-check-boxes-yes-or-no" mindset, the girls will notice, but when you play the "I-have-it-all-under-control-but-I-look-like-a-Fabio-wannabe-on-a-romance-novel" mindset, then you just look like a clown.