There's a guy I'm attracted to, and have seen for many months. He's a regular bus driver on my daily route to work, so often I can see him 5 times a week.
In the last month or two, I began acknowledging him more, smiling at him and saying hello hoping to pick up on small talk. This doesn't go far.
However, when he's on a bus route on the opposite side of the road (so going a different way) he'll see me and smile. When he's on this route I seem to get the most engagement from him. He always looks at me, visibly checks me out, he often nods his head or winks, and will hold eye contact until the very last second. However, when he's my driver he won't look at me, he looks at the ground or behind me, and when I say "Hi how are you" he'll often just smile or say a small hello. But if he's on another route the next time he'll smile and make eye contact
What's with the mixed signals and how do I proceed with it? I feel like the nature of the job doesn't allow me to chit chat, so I can't really converse well with him, and I'm not sure if he's even interested in pursuing anything and don't want to run into a risk of making things awkward.