Timeline for When should "no problem" replace "you're welcome" as a response to "thank you"?
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| S Apr 3, 2018 at 20:42 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Simple grammar mistakes. (EX: Your instead of you're, to instead of too, etc.)
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| Jan 18, 2014 at 20:00 | comment | added | Erik Reppen | @BraddSzonye I don't necessarily disagree as there's an awful lot of room for gray area interpretation. But I think it's easier to take it one way rather than the other when the effort undertaken was clearly a great deal vs. just a polite thoughtful thing that didn't expend a ton of effort. Speaking as a sometimes awkward nerd raised by Norwegian immigrants, I have definitely offended when the intent was humility at times. Sometimes it's better to acknowledge the effort and that they were the reason you were happy to undertake it. But as I said, few would take either the wrong way. | |
| Jan 18, 2014 at 19:52 | comment | added | TecBrat | I like it when language makes sense. Often times, it does not. This answer is the way I think it should be, but in practice I don't think this is how people use it. I have always wondered what a Spanish speaker might say to "Thank you for giving me your kidney. It saved my life..." I guess the answer is "It's nothing" | |
| Jan 18, 2014 at 16:04 | comment | added | B. Szonye | Expressions like “no problem,” “no worries,” “it's nothing,” and their equivalents in other languages are an expression of humility. They don't mean that a service was no effort, but rather that it was no bother compared to what the recipient deserves. I'm not downvoting because clearly many people do take it the wrong way, but I think they're wrong to do so. | |
| Jan 18, 2014 at 4:28 | history | answered | Erik Reppen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |