While you're riding a crowded city bus, a woman sits on the seat next to you. Rather than strike up a conversation, she briefly rifles through her purse, then puts in earbuds, turns on some music, and stares past you out the bus window. The woman is exercising

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Marina Dorsey

Social Studies

25 September, 00:47

While you're riding a crowded city bus, a woman sits on the seat next to you. Rather than strike up a conversation, she briefly rifles through her purse, then puts in earbuds, turns on some music, and stares past you out the bus window. The woman is exercising

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Mattie Moon · Answer 1

Civil inattention

Explanation:

Civil inattention is when people are in the same space with minimal acknowledgment of each other's presence and avoidance of eye contact.