[Silly]

When I say, “Thank you, and told, “That’s okay.” That is a pet peeve.

“That’s okay” is never an appropriate or correct response to “Thank you.” The correct response is, “You’re welcome.” Or, “You’re very welcome,” or “quite welcome,” or, “It’s my pleasure.”

But not, “That’s okay.” Unless you want to sound like a 15-year-old.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> When I say, “Thank you, and told, “That’s okay.” That is a pet peeve.

I first encountered this when I emigrated to New Zealand. In Canada, “you’re welcome” was the only correct and polite response to “thankyou” and was always expected. “That’s alright” or “that’s ok” would have been the correct response to “excuse me” or “I’m sorry”.

It felt really weird expressing gratitude and getting a resonse for having done something wrong...

Even today, 14 years on, it still grates!

[OldBlondBabe]

When I say “thank-you” to my teens’ friends, they respond “no problem”. I usually respond “do you mean you’re welcome”?...to which they respond, “yes you’re welcome”. I’m now getting the same “no problem” response from some adults!

[HIDEK6]

“No problem,” seems to be the new, “You’re welcome.”

[pepperdog]

Around here they say “no problem” when I say Thank You. It took me a long time to figure out what they meant as I wasn’t aware of what activity they were talking about that turned out to be “no problem”. I have come to believe it means “You’re Welcome”. It still sounds weird to me.