I'll be staring down to my feet. Because Medusa if I ever looked around the face would turn me to Stone. There aint no way out of it. Even if you look your dead straight out of your nose. You're still gonna turn into marble.
This is just a lose lose situation You don't want to be rude and continue staring. But at the same time you can't look up or else you'll be turned to stone.
When being taller can be an advantage (yes Ik it can also be said the person is just looking down, but you can't deny what I said would have equal results, possibly funnier)