Is that what people mean by lack or respect?
Seems more like disinterest or a lack of friendliness.
Seems more like disinterest or a lack of friendliness.
But I think consistently refusing eye contact does constitute a lack of respect, if the person refusing to return eye contact has no problem returning it to the upper echelons of staff. And, having attended one of those grammar schools, I know that some of the teachers who refused to return eye contact had no issue with faux friendliness.
I could see that expectation being a form of respect.