What makes you annoying?

[supafrey]

I rarely look people in the eyes when they're talking for more than a few seconds. This seems like a minor thing, and in my head it purely seems less confrontational/awkward, but the people I interact with pretty much hate it.

Guys think I'm losing interest in what they're saying, girls think I'm simply losing interest in them. Teachers think I'm rolling my eyes when in reality I've just stopped staring directly at them as they answer my questions... Believe it or not, people, but I am capable of following an argument or conversation without direct visual contact - it's not an insult, I swear!