"Oh, I met this great girl last night, you should meet her!"

"Oh yeah? Is she crazy?" That should be the default answer. If there's one symptom that we can ascribe to being creepy, i.e. being needy or falling for every bait someone throws out. Another good response is, "Is she hot?"

Quite often, I see people fall for every little breadcrumb that someone else dropped. Instead of being at the mercy of what someone else does, people would appear much less needy, hence, less likely to come across as creepy, if they stand back a little bit, and start from the evaluator frame. We should have some standards and not be subjected to the whims of others.

Girls who are used to being chased or guys who have choices with women tend drop hints and bait others into these traps. The world would be a simpler and nicer (but a boring) place if people don't play games. The reality is that people enjoy the whole cat-and-mouse game of chasing and getting chased... it's what normal people call flirting in the dating scene, people in business call negotiation, and what your parents call arguing. But of course, if gurus didn't have a name for these behaviors, e.g. "banter" "negging" "push-pull", they wouldn't be able to sell their workshops. In fact, give something a name, brand it, and then you too can market it.