It’s a fixed, unblinking look that some commenters have described as a lack of “basic politeness”, while others on TikTok say it makes them feel as though their custom isn’t welcome.I was on TikTok when I first came across the phrase. Digital creator Dante Elizabeth James acted out a scene between a customer and a server labelled as a member of Gen Z (someone born between 1997-2010).
“How are you?” their customer character asked, before being met with what the creator termed a “...


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