She seems interested in him, she likes the flowers. She keeps smiling whenever he talks, then he mentions the flower event and she suddenly becomes almost disgusted. Did I miss something? She could have always said "no thanks" but instead acts all creeped out and disgusted.
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It was a bit sudden, but I think she just thought he was moving too fast with it and had second thoughts about him.
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From her point of view, what he was asking could feel very threatening. Notice that when she goes to tell the other waitress, she is not laughing or making fun of him; instead, she looks quite serious and worried--almost scared. Some women feel like they have to be on a high level of alert against danger whenever they are out in public interacting with unknown men, and a waitress sees a lot of men she doesn't know every day.
From Charlie's point of view, he was trying to do a nice thing, but he didn't think about how unfair it is to go to a woman's workplace--a workplace where being nice to him is part of her job--and put her in that awkward and potentially dangerous position. It's a little ironic that as a writer, he is supposed to be able to metaphorically put himself in other people's positions and understand others' thoughts and feelings but in his actual life he failed at a very basic, elementary chance to do that.
Ties directly to one of the film's central themes...miscommunication. It's a Kaufman trademark.
shareI can see this scenario from both sides. It's one of those bits in film that makes you wince. Sadly very realistic in terms of human relationships.
They both end up a bit shocked but for different reasons.
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I thought it was obvious she was being nice to him just because that's how you get a good tip. Every single waitress who's been chirpy like that to me has gotten a higher than usual tip, it works. But never once in my life did I ever mistake that for genuine interest. It's one of my favorite scenes in the movie; I was cringing so hard when I watched it for the first time.
Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life!
I have a friend who thinks the waitresses at Hooters were really into him...they weren't.
shareShe just wanted a bigger tip.
interpret that as you will
She probably just wanted tips but IDK why it's so hard for women to just say "no thanks" and move on with their life when stuff like this happens. The excuse you always hear is that they're nervous about a bad reaction, but being rude just makes it more likely that you'll get one.
Given the adaptational theme of the movie the bad reaction could have been exaggerated in his mind, though. In other words, showing it as he felt at the time and not as it literally happened.