Attainability question

[HellAtlantic]

Im a good looking guy and constantly get IOI from girls I used to think were out of my league. I workout a lot and enjoy the fruits of my hard work. I think I would be classified as an "8", maybe more depending on who you ask. My question is I seem to also get heavy, HEAVY, IOIs from like 5s and 6s. From what I thought I understood (especially from GC) girls won't go out of their way to indicate interest to a guy they think is out of their league. I'm not a monster - I look *every* girl in the eye and let them look away. I don't think I give false hope to 5s or 6s, I like to make as many girls as I can feel that tinge of excitement when a decent looking guy gives them eye contact. But a 6 today said hi to me in my work's parking lot. It caught me off guard and I simply looked at her, smiled and did a half wave (and overacted that I was cold (which it was) and proceeded to my car and buttoned up my coat buttons (in a "would love to talk but it's too darn cold out" sort of way). I respect the guts it takes for a girl to make a move like that but I don't understand why she would do that with someone who looks like me.

This is not the first time something like this has happened. I don't want to be mean to average looking girls but my attainability must be so off that it's making these caliber of girls think they have a chance with me. My question is how to deal with less attractive girls so that you aren't being rude but also maintaining that invisible layer of "I'm out of your league, look but don't touch"? I know this sounds very pompous and vain but this is the only forum I know where I can get a helpful answer. I don't want to be mean to girls, every girl is someone's daughter and I try to be respectful and pleasant to every girl I cross paths with.

Thanks guys!

 

[HellAtlantic]

Keep in mind my interaction with these 5s and 6s is purely on a stranger to stranger level. I haven't talked to any of these girls, my fear is my not talking to them will give the impression that I'm shy. That's not the case. I think it's one thing to look a girl in the eye as you pass each other by and another to do the whole "what's your name?" thing. I don't want to become the weird never talks guy - I'm not trying to give off the "socially awkward" vibe. I definitely think if I were to start convos with these kinds of girls that shifts things to leading them on territory. Don't know what to do.