Funnily enough, the only time I’ve experienced this was also at a CVS.
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JerkyChew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve run into it, I think. Went out to eat with the wife and as we walked into the restaurant the hostess just stared at us, then picked up two menus and started walking. We were like, “Do we follow her or…?” And so, sheepishly, we followed her and she did indeed lead us to our seats. It was a couple weeks later when I first heard of the Gen Z stare. I showed my wife and we were like, oh… That was it, we guess.
I’ve seen it a couple other times - recently at CVS the guy at the pharmacy counter would just sort of stare at each customer without really acknowledging them until after they said what they needed. No greeting or pleasantries of any kind, and then he would go into his standard cvs scripted questions.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 days ago
bss03@infosec.pub 3 days ago
why words wen none good
(I’m GenX, [1980] but I’ve always thought a lot of “polite” “social” habits are dumb.)
TractorDuffy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
refusal to engage in smalltalk is laziness
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
small talk is fake conversation
not being able to accept that you have nothing interesting to say
TractorDuffy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s letting the other person know that you consent to discussion and that you appreciate their company. People who don’t do this are lazy and selfish.
bss03@infosec.pub 3 days ago
Laziness is my choice and a virtue in my profession and my preferred operational method…
TractorDuffy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Laziness is selfishness when your actions negatively affect other people. Selfishness is not a good person’s trait.