Body language can veto even fully legitimate public encounters
Evidence
Even in situations of fully legitimized encounters, body language may suggest that interaction is inappropriate, as with a store clerk who reported that she could tell just by the way persons handled themselves whether or not they wanted to be waited on. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1010
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- DEFINE: Illustrates how appropriateness is read partly from non-verbal signals independent of formal legitimacy.