So you are the guy who coyly tells the ladies you are a housepainter and then winks at themBut I agree, using an occupation, real or not, to try to pick up indicates a douchebag.
He was not trying to take her, he was ordering a BigMac and making small conversation to rescue her from having to hear your "game". And why are you hanging out with your O's?Last time the "real thing" tried to one up me and take the girl I was hitting on, he lost. Interjecting words like "Pilot" and "Naval Aviator" or phrases like "Well yesterday when I was flying my jet." into a conversation doesn't get you much if thats all the game you can bring to the table. Enlisted AC always get the best tang anyhow, my O's always ask me to talk to girls for them.