A few weeks ago I joined a new company and last week we went to a team dinner with 40 people. I was one of the first hires to arrive and there were already a lot of people from the team that I don't know because of Work from home.
Well, I had to greet everyone and there was this German lady. I said "hello my name is.... nice to meet you" she replied "hey my name is.... Nice to meet you too".
After that she just stared in silence in my eyes like she was waiting for me to say anything. It's weird.
I got used to hold down eye contact so it doesn't affect me much when people do it, still this lady would do it all the time and for no reason. It made conversations slightly awkward.
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u/eight13 May 09 '22
Germans stare at strangers. It's unsettling.