Here are the things people will do to you if you don’t look at them when you talk with them:
- ignore you
- repeat the question
- ask you to repeat the answer
- mis-hear you
- ask an irrelevant question
- play dumb
- flattery and condescension
- mislead you
- say something preposterous
- offer ‘good night’ in the morning
- lie to your face
- leave out what you requested from the order
- leave out something important
- give you a different thing
- short change you
- contaminate food
- play dumb
- avoid you
- insult you
- ridicule you
- high 5 you
- gaslight you
- pity you
- don’t trust you
- betray you
- treat you like a creep
- lurch car at you
This behavior is unconscious and instinctive and pervasive across all demographics.