Before the Covid nonsense two kids in their 20s were standing in front of the frozen food my wife likes for an extended period of time comparing every label, etc... To finally get the food I wanted, I said, “Oh, my wife really likes those; you ought to give them a try.” They looked at me like I was a space alien and skulked off in horror.
Maybe Fred Meyers should program their robots to recite little one liners to make them seem more personable. Things like, “What do you call a pile of robot lawyers at the bottom of the sea??? A good start! Ha... ha... ha... Is that a carrot in your pants or do you just need to recharge your laptop battery??? Ha... ha... ha...
Obviously they would need to employ out of work comedians to come up with fresh material.
I am sorry you encountered that blank stare from the 20-somethings. It is a sad commentary about the young people of today that they don’t engage in conversation. Perhaps they spend too much time texting, playing video games, or tweeting on their cell phones.
One of the reasons I never joined Twitter was that conversation was limited to 147 characters per Tweet. Now, human interaction has been affected by this. Your kind suggestion about frozen food put the kids in overload!
The youth of today are starting to act like robots.