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I hear "No problem" far more often.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I usually like to run away when someone says "thanks!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I like a hearty "No, thank YOU!" and let the feedback loop begin.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

You’re welcome to use language however you want, regardless of what the algorithm decides.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I usually say "of course" or "absolutely" instead of "you're welcome" or "no problem."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Language changes over time, and that's the new etiquette. Though No Problem tends to feel less compulsory to me and so I feel more genuine saying it. Enjoy the world as it changes, because it'll change just as much if you don't enjoy it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Where I am from, saying thank you doesn't warrant a response. It's certainly something I heard when I took a trip to New York though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

"You're welcome" sounds condescending.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

i use it sarcastically in normal conversations with friends

i use it seriously when replying to my bosses in a corporate environment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

There’s also my press, β€œmy pleasure,” or β€œglad I could help !” (If I mean it!)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Time to adopt a jaunty wink, finger guns, and a hearty "You got it, sport!" as the default response. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'll give a barely imperceptable nod in return.

Anything more than that means you have inconvenienced me and I wish you nothing but Ill will for the rest of your life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I use "you're welcome" in customer service, but nowhere else. It somehow always just sounds stilted and clumsy, even though it's something everyone else has said fine for years.

Otherwise I usually just say "of course", because I feel like it's the same sentiment but rolls off the tongue easier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Fifteen years ago when I was traveling around California and Nevada, I was weirded out at how sales people responded to "thank you". They either said "yup", "ok", or stayed silent. I assumed it was a regional thing.

In central and eastern Canada, we say it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I don't care.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I think "you're welcome" is just too formal. I would say it to a customer, not my friend.

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