Whatever happened to "YOU'RE WELCOME"? Has "NO PROBLEM" replaced it?

by Terry 24 Replies latest jw friends

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  Terry

  Wherever I go, I say "Thank you" to clerks, servers, delivery people, hosts and hostesses and the response has become invariable: "No problem!"

  Have I aged to the point I'm now an old Fuddy Duddy who doesn't "get it"?

  Is it counted mannerly to avoid, "You're welcome" in favor of "No problem"?

  If so, why? Further--do you prefer being assured you have not been a problem

  rather than being told how welcomed you are?
  
  Are manners dead?
  Or . . .

  is it a manifestation of the lack of parenting?

  Am I at fault? Should I just relax and go with the flow and forget the world of yesteryear?
  
  
  
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  Simon

  Just a change in language. I find myself saying "np" in tech chatrooms when thanked for helping someone out. It kind of feels less 'formal'.

  Change, it happens.
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  Dagney

  LOL. I think Simon is right. I don't like it either yet I hear myself saying it from time to time as well!!!
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  OUTLAW

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  Finkelstein

  The difference between hip modern mannerisms and older ones
  

  No Problem, have a good one ..... hey
  
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  Terry

  Okay. No problem!
  
  
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  OnTheWayOut

  This reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld:

  Kramer tells Jerry that a bank will offer anyone $100 if they are not greeted with a "hello" by a teller when they enter the building.

  At the HOME FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Kramer walks up to a teller.

  Kramer: Hey!

  Teller: Hey!

  Kramer: Hey! wait a second. You didn't say hello.

  Teller: Yes I did

  Kramer: No no you didn't ...Hundred dollars.. I get a hundred dollars.

  Teller: No, No I said Hello.

  Kramer: No, No You said Hey!

  Teller: Well.. Hey! is Hello, same thing.

  Kramer; The ad said that the bank's gonna pay a hundred dollars if you are not greeted with a hello

  Teller: You're taking that much too literally. Now sir , do you have any business to transact.

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  What do you want? Acknowledgement? You call out their parents because people use a different expression?
  I choose the old fuddy duddy answer.
  
  "You're welcome" "no problem" whatever. I sometimes say "It's no bother." Even a short "Oh, sure."

  We don't dress up in a suit to get on airplanes anymore either, and I like that better.
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  Lieu

  Younger people say things differently than oldz. Case in point: "the authorities". Under 60 simply say, "the police".
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  sparrowdown

  No worries.

  Cheers.
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  justme

  or another one is--no worries..