You're right, it is typical. Actually, I meet five or six people every Friday afternoon and we sit together for a drink. They aren't friends of mine, that is to say I only know them from the pub every Friday.
One women is always eyeing me when she thinks I don't notice. I twice asked her if she wants to get something to eat together but she's "playing hard to get". She keeps eyeing me and secretely licking her lips every Friday so I know what her game is but she doesn't realize that she's already had her last chance. I don't have time for games so I let her continue sneeking a peek at me but I won't ask her out and if she asks me out she can shimmy up a tree and flirt with the monkeys for all I care.