For everyone who suggested saying, "No thank you," I think you misread the original post.
If a girl asks me if I'd like a lap dance, "No thank you" is perfect. But that's not the situation we're talking about. We're talking about when a dancer comes up and asks, "How's your night going? Mind if I sit here? Where are you from? Have you been here before? What do you do? Yadda yadda yadda."
If you were to ask a customer how his night was going and he said "No thank you," you wouldn't consider it a bit dismissive, and possibly rude?
I'm interested in this topic because I've had this exact conversation before:
Her: Hi. What's your name? [Starting to sit down next to me . . .]
Me: Hi. I'm Brock. Just so you know, I'm not going to be interested in getting a dance.
Her: God. [Rolls her eyes.] I didn't ask you to dance. I was just making conversation. Geez. [Gets up to leave, obviously pissed.]
Me:
It's definitely caused me to think twice before trying to avoid wasting someone's time again.
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