People That Wont Look You In The Eye
By onabreak2
@onabreak2 (1161)
United States
June 9, 2007 1:02pm CST
I know people think that people that wont look you in the eye when they are speaking to you. It is thought that these people are liars. But what about people that walk with their eyes downcast. I think they have no self esteem. I work with a girl that walks like this. She almost crashed in to me. Aside from not having any self worth she is going to get hurt. I noticed today a person at the store, he was walking towards his car and when he saw me in the car he cast his eyes down so he wouldnt make eye contact. I dont generally trust people like this. I dont think I would buy anything from anyone that wont look me in the eye. Do you know people like this too? What do you think their problem is. ?
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@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
9 Jun 07
I think there are as many reasons for this as there are people like this - almost. I actually heard that people that look you straight in the eye, and that do not blink much are the liars. Most people know that people think you are oliar if you look away. Liars know this - they will look you in the eyes.
i think most people that will not look at you do so because they do not want to engage in any contact with you. They may be shy, they may be scared, they may be drunk, they may be tired
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@onabreak2 (1161)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I have never heard that. It is interesting though. Im a people watcher. I will look for that next time I am talking to a stranger. I will probably make them uncomfortable.
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@CarlyLaine (759)
• United States
12 Jun 07
teison--I heard that too.
Could be that the person doesn't want to look you in the eye because the eye is REAL close to a very ugly face. Ever think of that?
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@friendship (2084)
• Canada
9 Jun 07
I also don't feel comfortable if people don't look me in the eye when speaking to me. But I always try to understand why they are doing it. Some people may be too shy or they may not be comfortable when looking at strangers' eyes. We can't generalize that people who don't look into your eye when speaking to you mean that they are liars. Because humans are complicated people. I ever heard someone who told me that she wasn't comfortable by looking into someone's eyes because the person was rude. If she looked into his eyes, he might have a wrong impression toward her. So, there are some reasons why someone doesn't want to look into our eyes.
@friendship (2084)
• Canada
10 Jun 07
Yeah... I know what you mean.... When buying a car or something, I also want someone whom I can easily communicate with and of course, he should look into my eyes. I think all salesmen especially car-salesmen have been trained how they should deal with customers. Thus, they should understand... making sales means that they have to convince customers about products that they are going to sell. Have you ever encountered car-salesmen who didn't see your eyes when you wanted to buy something?
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@onabreak2 (1161)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I know some people are shy and wont look you in the eye because they are shy. I know you cant lump people all together. But I still would not feel comfortable buying something , like say someone had a car for sale and I asked them questions about it and they wont look me in the eye. That kind of thing.
Thank you for your response
