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I spend a lot of time in Hawaii. This happened on the mainland USA a few days after Thanksgiving while I was shopping.
I got a few items and got into line. Cashier (approx 25F) calls "next" and was chatting/friendly as she rang me up. When she hands me the receipt she says "thanks for shopping at X", I give her a smile, lean my head back a bit and throw her a shaka. Like always.
Except the young lady looks positively stunned/upset/mortified. (As a dad with daughters of similar age I absolutely recognize a "if looks could kill" silent stare.)
In retrospect, I suppose a shaka does look somewhat like that "call me" gesture. Wish I'd figured it out at the time, but instead I just walked way confused.
For those who don't know, a "shaka" is a gesture of friendly intent (hello/goodbye/cool/thanks) very widely used by young and old, familiars and strangers in Hawaii.
TL;DR Inadvertently made a nice young lady think a creepy old dude gestured "call me" after she chatted nicely with him.
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