It’s a free society: people can all gaze in any direction for any reason or no reason.
It’s no big deal.
They can look, you can look, you can both share & savor the mutual discomfort of looking.
You can call it impolite, call them the devil, and they can just heedlessly carry on untroubled by the absurdity of it all.
They’re not even necessarily looking for the reason you imagine.
Their eyes may just blankly face a direction to avoid eye contact as their mind idly wanders.
It’s a free society: people can all gaze in any direction for any reason or no reason. It’s no big deal.
They can look, you can look, you can both share & savor the mutual discomfort of looking. You can call it impolite, call them the devil, and they can just heedlessly carry on untroubled by the absurdity of it all.
They’re not even necessarily looking for the reason you imagine. Their eyes may just blankly face a direction to avoid eye contact as their mind idly wanders.