Ah, that. When we did that back in the day, the Old Ones, the ones who made us, called that the "deer in the headlights" expression.

I enjoy a good-natured ribbing of the "youths these days" as much as any generation, but I don't think I've ever actually encountered someone doing this.

Gen-X has their own version: it used to drive me nuts when I’d say ‘thank you’ to someone and their response was ‘uh-huh’. In what world is that a response? No ‘you’re welcome’?

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