How about just being gracious instead of being offended at everything. I always say “sure no problem” as a way of acknowledging the “thanks.” If this is offensive I might as well just say “screw you old coot” instead.”
I agree! I think it’s just a different way of saying “Happy to oblige.”
It doesn’t offend me in the least.
And if you ever mouthed off to me that way in person, I would make damn sure you knew how to file for unemployment benefits. That's how "gracious" I would be.
We live in the sensitivity era as part of the decline of Western Civilization. I knew a very hard working Jamaican who loved America for what it stood for. His typical phrase was,”No problem “mon”. We could depend on that coworker to give a 100% and get any job done.
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.
I agree. Whether you like it or not language is always evolving. Why obsess over the trivial and picayune.
“Sure no problem “ is not being gracious; it is being dismissive, as in, “i did what i had to do ,now you may go away.”
You’re fooling yourself if you think that you are being gracious. So no problem you can do something else now. Bye bye.