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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMillennials have once again become upset over a classic Gen Z gesture. <\/p>\n
What started as the middle versus side part debate, and then evolved into the \u201cGen Z is lazy and doesn\u2019t want to work\u201d discussion, has now become an issue with how the young generation interacts with others, particularly through staring at them instead of speaking. <\/p>\n
But other generations are noticing, too. Over the last few weeks, people across multiple generations have turned to social media to talk about what has been dubbed the \u201cGen Z stare.\u201d<\/p>\n
For non-Gen Zers, this is the inability of younger people to make small talk and speak to others \u2014 though Gen Z claims the stare is what they do when a person doesn\u2019t realize how \u201cstupid\u201d they may be.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so sick of the new style of customer service where people just stare at you when you walk up to the counter\/service desk that the car service guy saying \u2018good morning, I\u2019ll be with you in a minute\u2019 immediately made me start thinking \u2018wow, THIS is how you run a business,\u2019\u201d one X user described the Gen Z stare. <\/p>\n
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\u2018A lot of older generations talk too much, too rudely, and too proudly while being too stupid,\u2019 Ahworegba said (TikTok\/@thisisjenae)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAnother X user agreed, writing, \u201cThere is new phenomenon that when you walk into food place or coffee shop etc, they just stare at you and don’t say anything first.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, Gen Z has responded to the accusations, claiming that they are staring at customers because of how \u201cstupid\u201d they are being in an attempt to give them time to realize the error of their ways. \u201cFair. A lot of Gen Z don\u2019t know how to talk to people,\u201d Efe Ahworegba, 19, said in her viral TikTok where she discussed the Gen Z stare. \u201cBut a lot of older generations talk too much, too rudely, and too proudly while being too stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to work in the food industry to fully grasp how stupid people can be,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n
The TikTok comments continued to echo Ahworegba\u2019s point, explaining that the Gen Z stare doesn\u2019t come from a place of malice. \u201cThe gen z stare is the \u2018are you deadass,\u2019\u201d one person commented underneath the TikTok, while another person agreed, writing, \u201cThe gen z stare, in actuality, is just gen z trying to make it make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the GEN Z stare is mainly developed by the fact that older generations disallowed GEN Zs to speak up for themselves especially when they know their [sic] in the wrong,\u201d a third commenter pointed out. <\/p>\n
Others have highlighted that specific factors, such as being isolated during the Covid-19 pandemic and the rising use of technology, could be a problem. <\/p>\n
\u201cSocial skills take thousands and thousands of hours to develop, and adolescence is a critical period for developing social skills,\u201d Jean Twenge, the author of Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents \u2014 And What They Mean for America\u2019s Future<\/em>, told The New York Times<\/em>. <\/p>\n\u201cAnd Gen Z has spent much less time with their peers in person during that critical stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Millennials have once again become upset over a classic Gen Z gesture. What started as the middle versus side part debate, and then evolved into the \u201cGen Z is lazy and doesn\u2019t want to work\u201d discussion, has now become an issue with how the young generation interacts with others, particularly through staring at them instead of speaking. But other generations are noticing, too. Over the last few weeks, people across multiple generations have turned to social media to talk about what has been dubbed the \u201cGen Z stare.\u201d For non-Gen Zers, this is the inability of younger people to make small talk and speak to others \u2014 though Gen Z claims the stare is what they do when a person doesn\u2019t realize how \u201cstupid\u201d they may be. \u201cI\u2019m so sick of the new style of customer service where people just stare at you when you walk up to the counter\/service desk that the car service guy saying \u2018good morning, I\u2019ll be with you in a minute\u2019 immediately made me start thinking \u2018wow, THIS is how you run a business,\u2019\u201d one X user described the Gen Z st…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}