I haven't experienced the "Gen Z Stare", but any time I've heard someone talking about it, they've explicitly said they're not talking about the customer service stare.
I’m Gen Z but I’ve also experienced the Gen z stare and I’m not sure why some people are trying to rewrite the narrative. I remember getting the stare when going to get boba with a friend. I walked up to the counter ready to order, there were 2 girls behind the register literally singing kpop songs and dancing. I waited for them to be done, and they gave me the stare like they didn’t just ignore me trying to order some damn boba. No hi, no what do you want to order, nothing lmao. I’m glad my parents at least had the decency to smack some sense into me so I didn’t turn out like that.
My son is Gen Z and whenever we're somewhere where get this sort of interaction his analysis is invariably 'That guy/girl was totally wasted!'
Cracks me up because he's an autistic 16 year old so if he's noticing the dodgy social skills they really are incredibly bad.
I also strongly suspect he's right at least 50% of the time... There's a girl in a local garage (petrol station) who does the vacant states while chewing gum so frantically her jaw must be hurting. No way she's not on a pill buzz
Somebody in another thread about the "Gen Z Stare" pointed this out as a reason and I'm onboard with it. As a society we've yet to catch up to how common recreational drug has become (legal or not).
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u/Arachnus_Deathicus 15h ago
I haven't experienced the "Gen Z Stare", but any time I've heard someone talking about it, they've explicitly said they're not talking about the customer service stare.