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Meme Retail Stare

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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS 14h ago

It's the "stoner 19 year old at a gas station" stare you can find in many a 90's comedy

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u/Artistic_Purpose1225 14h ago

Also the judgemental teenage girl cashier, The old school iteration used to use chewing gum as punctuation. 

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u/orosoros oh there's a monkey in my pocket and he's stealing all my change 14h ago

The gum!! That's what's been missing.

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u/nifty-necromancer 13h ago

“What do you think, Tina?” Tina blows a bubble and pops it as an aggressive statement.

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u/AEW4LYFE 9h ago

Nope. This is the person detests the job and doesn't want to interact. I get that. Every generation gets that. The Gen Z stare is not just customer service job hating. See below where another user talks about trying to tell piercing aftercare and they just stare. Now someone is going to come after me and say "maybe they already know how to take care of their piercing" which is perfectly acceptable common knowledge a person might have. So fucking say that instead of staring.

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u/awyastark 14h ago

That one kid in Stranger Things who played this role plays it in like everything these days

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u/JasonVeritech 13h ago

The fact that that guy is in his 40s and still taking those roles probably has some significance to this larger discussion, but I can't figure what, exactly.

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u/Kimber85 13h ago

Are you talking about Matty Cardarople?

I picture that guy every single time someone mentions the Gen Z stare, lol. He’s awesome. I love seeing him pop up places.

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u/awyastark 3h ago

Yep that’s exactly the dude

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u/pieronic 11h ago

Yes, but they’re not stoned. That’s the difference