I don’t condone staring, but setting fascist a time-limit is dehumanizing and insulting, and I’d quit whatever company imposed such an arbitrary restriction on me.
Ok but they didn’t do that. And five seconds is a loooooooooong time to stare at someone. They’re making a point - don’t be a creep. And clearly they need to make that point because some people somehow don’t get it. As evidence, I present this thread.
Five seconds isn’t that long. Especially not in a setting where people are interacting with each other. There are a lot of reasons to look at somebody. There are a lot of times where I’ll be staring in someone’s general direction and not even realize it. I’d rather just take things on a case by case basis rather than institute some bullshit rule that will punish far more innocent people than it will actual harassers. I also hate the notion that looking at someone is harassment. How about this? Any action that literally causes no harm whatsoever to another human being isn’t harassment, even if it’s creepy.