When I was a teenager I believe the government made efforts to reduce or totally abolish petrol attendants. But recently I see a lot of them standing around again. One petrol station I went to had about 5 attendants (normally foreigners) working. What changed?
Dating is basically two things.
You've said it yourself.
Essentially if you wanna date you gotta have a positive mindset about it. Else the relationship is already facing an uphill battle and will likely fail.