DISQUS

adam.riggins: “You’re Welcome” vs. “No Problem” vs. “My Pleasure”

  • Steve · 1 year ago
    I say "you're welcome." But sometimes at work I say "yep."
  • Steve · 1 year ago
    I say "you're welcome." But sometimes at work I say "yep."
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    I went through a phase a few months back where I said "yep" to people at work. I guess that should be the fourth response.
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    I went through a phase a few months back where I said "yep" to people at work. I guess that should be the fourth response.
  • ifoundme · 1 year ago
    for me it has always been "no problem". i don't know why. maybe because it just became a habit, plus, it's quite understandable when i just key in "NP" when sending sms. :)
  • ifoundme · 1 year ago
    for me it has always been "no problem". i don't know why. maybe because it just became a habit, plus, it's quite understandable when i just key in "NP" when sending sms. :)
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    good call with the SMS.
  • Adam · 1 year ago
    good call with the SMS.
  • Steph · 1 year ago
    Good post. I've always had a problem (lol) saying "no problem." It just felt wrong. Kind of like when people say, "What are you doing?" and I automatically answer "Nothing" or "Not much."
  • Steph · 1 year ago
    Good post. I've always had a problem (lol) saying "no problem." It just felt wrong. Kind of like when people say, "What are you doing?" and I automatically answer "Nothing" or "Not much."
  • adam · 1 year ago
    yeah, that is usually my answer too. Also, "So, how is everything?" Response: "Pretty good".
  • adam · 1 year ago
    yeah, that is usually my answer too. Also, "So, how is everything?" Response: "Pretty good".
  • Jimmy Terry · 6 months ago
    "No problem" irritates me - it's become the new answer that to me typifies the malaise with which most service employees treat their jobs. Older people say the other two - it seems to me that "no problem" is more what the youth are saying. I also might say "thank YOU" in cases where service is exchanged for money.
  • Amy Arnaz · 6 months ago
    I have also been watching the popular "no problem" response spreading like wildfire. I ordered a dozen roses for my cousins Bday and thanked the clerk. She said "no problem." In a day when roses are a luxury and rose sales are probably way down, she should have said "My pleasure! Please order from us again!" The popular "no problem" certainly has a negative connotation. It's plain old wrong and plain old rude.
  • Wellbroughtup · 3 weeks ago
    It also iritates me! It implies that "you have not totally inconvenienced me too much!! A negative, rude approach! Then there are the ones who think they make it moreformal or acceptanle by saying "Not a problem!" A feable misdirected attempt, that is still negative!