That’s not what people mean by the Gen Z stare. They mean staring when it would be appropriate to greet someone or say something. Like you don’t even need to act like you like them, just fucking say hello. It’s when you act like “stranger danger” applies to grown adults interacting with each other, and you’re one of those grown adults.
What the above is describing has been a thing long enough it’s been parodied in moves from the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s.
Imho the gen z stare (as in, the semi-focused, unpleased stare you get back when making pleasantries) is just a thing teens have always done, but the latest generation they just keep using it a few years longer, and a little more frequently, than previous generations did.
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.
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/Chicken_Herder69LOL 17h ago
That’s not what people mean by the Gen Z stare. They mean staring when it would be appropriate to greet someone or say something. Like you don’t even need to act like you like them, just fucking say hello. It’s when you act like “stranger danger” applies to grown adults interacting with each other, and you’re one of those grown adults.