Posted on 06/03/2021 2:03:26 PM PDT by 4Runner
I use it when the problem or issue I was asked to solve was easy. It accurately was not a problem for me although it may have been for the person making the request.
If someone gets bent out of shape by that, I won’t be solving anymore of their problems.
Other responses I use besides You’re very welcome are:
It was tricky, but a great learning experience.
I need to recover for a few days, but I lived.
Um, let’s never do that again.
It was a blast, call me any time.
actually my mother in law would not say thank you- “why should I thank you for something you should be doing, anyways?”
Agreed. When they respond with “uh huh” that’s a whole different story, especially when I’m paying for a service and expressing gratitude at the same time.
The last 1-2 years I’ve noticed that the working public, is far more dense/stupid than ever before. Most of these people have no skills whatsoever. Why do I have to tell them the steps involved in doing the job. Why do I have to propose solutions for them. Most cover up their ignorance by being completely distracted or out right hostile. I avoid the general public whenever possible. Is this really America anymore.
Yes let's banish saying "Thank you" in public, since it now triggers demonic idiotic replies from the newly annointed. BTW, your screen name is most fitting. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
I just say, “Courage”.
I guess you could tell these people.....
“No problem? Great! It shouldn’t be....because it’s YOUR JOB”.
That would get their attention, perhaps.
What’s funny to me is that no problem, no worries, etc. are form of humility to the person saying them and yet people get insulted.
They are saying, I wasn’t put out, or troubled, or feeling stressed by doing you a favor. I was good with doing this.
Speaking of which, my neighbor is about to come in from a 10 day work/play stint out of town. I have a 12 pack of cold Modelo waiting for him as thanks for him helping me with an electric breaker for my trailer just before he left. I hope he doesn’t say it was “no problem”, OMG I’ll be crushed!
Why people like you last in jobs dealing with the public is totally above my pay grade to determine.
:-)
a good what?
I hate yutes.
Learn to deal with it snowflake.
Your mother in law sounds nice. /s
I guess I have bigger things to worry about. If you are talking about waitresses and other service industry types, they also have bigger thing to think about. They are just pulling the cart to make a living and I’d much rather make their day/hour/minute, by engaging them with pleasantries, regardless of how it is said.
Wow, just like whatever.
To me, “You’re welcome” sounds odd and stuffy. Not to mention that it’s rather meaningless (as in, what does it mean in that context, anyway?).
In Spanish and French, you would say “It’s nothing,” which is equivalent to “No problem.” “You’re welcome” (or “be welcome”) is reserved for when people actually come to visit. If I’m responding to someone who just said “Thank you,” I don’t necessarily want them to visit.
It’s silly, IMO, to get upset over people who say “No problem” instead of the dated phrase “You’re welcome.”
Who said anything about being insulted? My original question was, in essence, why am I getting all of this superfluous info about YOU, from YOU? I don't really need to know or even give a damn if what you did for me was a problem for you, or not. You just needed to do it. That's the part y'all just don't get.
Here is a compilation of what anyone who has worked a retail job (including me) would really like to say to some customers but don’t.
That one bugs me too.
I see it as avoidance for having to take responsibility for a situation.
*Oh, I reached out and they haven’t responded yet.* [whew, now I’m off the hook)
No problem.
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