Those aged between 13 and 28 have been accused of deploying a bored, superior expression. As a woman in her 50s, let me tell you I can do a slack-mouthed look of bafflement better than anyoneHave you been the victim of a gen Z stare? Maybe you have but didn’t realise, because you didn’t know it existed, so let me explain: gen Z, now aged 13 to 28, have apparently adopted a widely deplored stare: blank, expressionless and unnerving. The stare is often deployed in customer service contexts, and many emotions can be read into it, including “boredom, indifference, superiority, judgment or just sheer silliness”, according to Forbes, whose writer described his unease in Starbucks when faced with a “flat, zombie-like look that was difficult to read”.Hang on, aren’t oversensitive snowflakes supposed to be younger people, not journalists my age? Has a generation ever been so maligned as Z? Probably, but I’m mortified by the mutterings about gen Z, when they are so self-evidently at the pointy end of older people’s poor past (and present) decision-making. They don’t get jobs, homes or a livable planet – but we’re getting huffy about their “rudeness” and “lack of social skills”? Anything short of blending us into their protein shakes seems fair to me at this point.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please