I've never noticed the "Gen Z stare", maybe I'm just not a shitty customer.

This feels like just another example of "the younger generation has no respect, in my day we respected our elders" that's been a part of society since we've had society.

I started asking people that express these kinds of opinions if they themselves have witnessed what they're claiming. Sadly, they all say yes and I've stopped believing them.

See now, I believe that they've seen a stare from service industry workers, but I'd bet it's the "dealing with assholes" dead-eyed stare, which is multigenerational. If they say they see it everywhere they're telling on themselves.

That's exactly what I'm getting at, too. If "Gen Z is lazy and doesn't want to work", maybe it's missing a "with you". I've not experienced any of the usual claims.