Coffee Shop Dynamics...Strangeness

Working remotely from the coffee shop I witnessed this exchange between two patrons. One, a young urban hipster girl rocking a very short hair cut, puffy coat, and some adidas sweatpants like Run DMC used to wear, and the other, a silver fox of sorts. A middle aged, probably late 40's guy sporting some steel toe construction boots, Brett Favre Wrangle jeans, and horrific brown w/ blue floral print shirt sitting on his computer.

Girl taps guy on shoulder and says "hi".
Guy kind of gets up almost out of his chair looking for a hug possibly, decides, "nope, that's not what she's looking for" and sits back down after awkward handshake.
Pleasantries are exchanged.
Guy: "Are you from around here?"
Girl: "No, I am from the midwest, I went to school in Nebraska"
Guy: "I was gonna say, you look like you're from that area. Like, your clothes and stuff"

Hmmmm.....Is that a compliment if you tell someone they look like they are from Nebraska? Does this guy know a lot about Nebraska culture? Maybe they do just wear adidas pants and puffy coats? From now on this guy shall be named "Bull in a China Closet"

Later in the conversation.....

Bull: "So, what's your name again?"
Girl: "Jess"
Bull: "Oh, like Jessica or Jessie"
Girl: "No, not like Jessica, like Ted or Mike" -- Just kidding, but that's what I was thinking! Is Jess that weird of a name? Either her name is Jess or she shortened one of the 2, Encyclopedia Brown....

I didn't see if any numbers were exchanged, but convo ended shortly after that!

Anyways... That's the rub.