I liked the method described in “Old Man’s War.” It wasn’t teleporting exactly, but the premise could be used here too. The consciousness of the person was being transferred to another body and during the process, The singular consciousness was aware of being in two places for a short while.
What’s annoying about this layout is that it is only one-sided. It looks like they approached from the back of the corral and then decided good enough. I’d say this is a failure of the parking lot design.
I met my fiance on a dating site and what worked for me was after a short communication in the app quickly deciding to meet up or not, but not dragging it out. Where you can see each other without it having to be a texting event. And not even a real big day, just a quick in-person meet up to see if you’re compatible, on the since it’s hard to tell via text.
Except, the whole point of this thread is an example of that not being the case.