In the second panel, these violations are the most prevalent issues at work. Jon believes that his pick up line is completely acceptable. Yet to the woman and the reader it is clearly obvious that the line is not permissible in most social interactions. Jon's pick up line also violated the expectations that are associated with a dating situation. There are many common lines and variations that are usually associated with this type of greeting, and this is definitely not one of them.
Perception portrays numerous themes of social psychology within the strip.
He seriously believed that she would reciprocate his feelings of attraction if he asked her to wrestle. He attributes his desire to meet her as a shared feeling between them both. Unfortunately for him, her perception of the same verbal cues was dissonant from his own, and thus Jon was not successful in his original pursuit. Garfield's expectations, however, were not changed during the course of the strip. He knew from the very beginning that Jon's attempt would fail, and his comment clearly illustrated this attribution.