Where you bring an older lady along with you on a potentially-problematic endeavor, so that any observers will feel less concerned/suspicious.distrustful of you and what you are wanting to accomplish. P.S.: This strategy **always** works --- no exceptions.
I first discovered the grandmother approach --- and how wonderfully effective it is for "opening doors" --- merely by accident at age 15, when Mother and I went to meet one of my favorite radio-announcers "after hours" ; the announcer had kindly agreed to come down the elevator and meet me outside during her break, and so my mother and I had gone to wait outside the front doors of the building. A burly security-guard or maintenance-man subsequently happened by and pleasantly asked if he could help us; we explained that we were waiting for my announcer-friend to come and say hello to us. Without hesitation, he said, "Well, there's no need for you to have to wait outdoors here; I can let you in and you can go up to the studio to wait." I am sure, however, that if I had just been there by myself, the employee would not have felt nearly so confident or trusting of me that he would have actually just allowed me to effortlessly "waltz right in" like that; I realized that it was my super-respectable-looking mother's presence that had caused the man to "automatically" figure that "we were okay". I have employed this "bringing an older lady along" strategy several times in subsequent years whenever I have been concerned about possible negativity/suspicion from others regading something I'd wanted to do, and it has ALWAYS succeeded --- people everywhere feel an automatic compulsion to respect an older lady, plus of course they would not want to behave disagreeably in front of her.
by QuacksO February 21, 2019
Get the grandmother approachmug. Previously you failed, work doesn't stop. To continue progress complete tasks you were going to do.
Fun! Obviously distracted now brain wanna cooperate. Learn you circled back eventually by reminding yourself of the bad experience on accident: casual balance found.
Fun! Obviously distracted now brain wanna cooperate. Learn you circled back eventually by reminding yourself of the bad experience on accident: casual balance found.
by cerx February 27, 2024
Get the le approachemug. When an individual is unable to focus on one thing and wants to do/prioritise many things.
By doing so they fail to achieve anything
By doing so they fail to achieve anything
by ipa March 7, 2019
Get the Gung-ho Approachmug. You tried the first time but it ain’t work that way, so I gotta try something different. You gotta just make another approach.
by Bawsev March 4, 2021
Get the Another approachmug. by 4love August 20, 2024
Get the smiling upon approachmug. A certain type of approach too making music where you just place notes all around until it sounds on-key, without learning what keys are and how too use them.
basically smashing your head against the wall until it sounds good.
basically smashing your head against the wall until it sounds good.
by Cari Smant September 27, 2023
Get the The Loose Asshole Approachmug. A calm, composed, and strategic method of solving a problem, especially in situations where emotional reactions are common.
Instead of arguing with the panel, she used a cold cucumber approach to present her data and win them over.
by Aman kumar June 15, 2025
Get the Cold Cucumber Approachmug.