Is it possible in pickup to make an awkward approach?

[enzyme]

Last time I was in the city roaming around and hitting some shops I had an inkling to try cold approach if I saw someone I found attractive.

There were a few girls but the issue was that I felt the actual physical approach would've been too jarring (noticed this one girl but she was behind me on the escalator, didn't want to turn around 180 and approach her that way, circled around the store to look at some stuff then returned to see if she was still there).

Another similar situation was in the food court.  Saw a girl sitting alone.  Brain told me to approach but there were tons of people walking by and it was overall just noisy as hell.  Maybe I could've used that as an opener if I brute forced it haha ("boy it's LOUD in here right?").

But all this made me wonder if there is such a thing as an approach that's just gonna seem total forced and awkward?  Or is it mostly just mental?

[lostingenosmaze]

1 hour ago, enzyme said:

if there is such a thing as an approach that's just gonna seem total forced and awkward? 

Yes, it's called the "pranking for Internet clout" approach