Boom. That’s perfect. Wait a week or so and if you don’t hear anything back, you could ask her about the note, and be on your way from there. Just don’t be pushy about an answer, ya know?

To you it may not be awkward, like I said I’ve seen some interactions that didn’t seem awkward at all to me (even if I put myself in the guys’ shoes), but to her it may be. I only say “may” because after those interactions that I’ve seen the girls almost always mention of how it’s awkward. This is usually followed by stories about other guys that have asked the girls out while at work; this is a common thing that women deal with so most of them have stories to share when it happens.

I think it’s just the fact that most people are at work to do a job and not really looking for connections most of the time. But of course that’s just a generalization so it may not apply to everyone. This is just my personal experience working in industries that have been mostly women.

All this being said I understand just wanting to get out there and try something, especially when it comes to women, because I spent too much of my adult life not doing so. But just understand that just because it seemed okay (as in not awkward) in your mind doesn’t necessarily mean that’s how someone else will take it.