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
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I usually say "of course" or "absolutely" instead of "you're welcome" or "no problem."
Youβre welcome to use language however you want, regardless of what the algorithm decides.
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.
i use it sarcastically in normal conversations with friends
i use it seriously when replying to my bosses in a corporate environment.
"You're welcome" sounds condescending.
Thereβs also my press, βmy pleasure,β or βglad I could help !β (If I mean it!)
Time to adopt a jaunty wink, finger guns, and a hearty "You got it, sport!" as the default response. What could possibly go wrong?
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.
I think "you're welcome" is just too formal. I would say it to a customer, not my friend.
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.
I don't care.
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.