That's how you pick someone up in Inuvik. It's as easy as pie. If someone says, No thanks,' you just move on the next person. No hard feelings. And it's equal opportunity.
Women are just as willing to make the first move.
I wonder how different Thomas thinks this is from any small, remote community. I think in small towns back home, people keep their pants on a little longer. And they might at least pretend it's a date. Maybe even have dinner, you know, at least feed the person before having sex with them. Things are a little better in the other cities she looked at where populations are about three times that of Inuvik.