You're Welcome already!!!!

[WillyBWright]

Last year I was listening to a call-in show on NPR and a caller made an excellent point. The Proper response to "Thank you" is "You're welcome". So why do most people these days make it into a contest? "THANK you." "Thank YOU." It's Rude! Here the first party is generously offering an olive branch and the responder is putting it back in his/her face which demands a response when the conversation should be over. I never really noticed it before that call, but it's almost always true and it bugs me every time I hear it. At least 85% of the time I hear "Thank YOU" in response to Thank you. What do YOU say when somebody thanks you?

 

[aspeck]

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"You're welcome" should always be the first response. Then if clarification or thanks is to be given, it can come after the appropriate response.<br /><br />ie:<br />"Thank-You."<br />"You're Welcome. But I also need to thank you for the input and help you gave ..."<br /><br />or "You're Welcome. But the thanks really should go to you ..."

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Your welcome.

 

[Gone]

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"You're Welcome" beats the hell out of "No Problem". Where did "No Problem" come from anyway??

 

[heycods]

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Your just as welcome as the flowers in may me boy.

 

[Haut Medoc]

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The proper response is: "Thank you for thanking me" .....JK

 

[scrapper]

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Your very welcome!

 

[roscoe]

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Saying "you're welcome" to a teenager, is like asking them to make change without a cash register. <br /><br />They get thet bewildered look on their face and start to cry.

 

[WillyBWright]

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I have to admit to "No problem" with cutomers. I try very hard to say "You're welcome" to the kids, but sometimes I hum it (MM mmm). Most of the rest of the time it's "You're welcome", especially after hearing that caller. I never really gave it much thought before then. I was probably frequently guilty before that, thinking that "Thank YOU" was the "more" polite thing to say. Kind of a contest of who's more gracious ... which is kinda oxymoronic if you think about it.

 

[brother chris]

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When I deal with customers, I tend to say "your welcome", but sometimes they are being sarcastic, so a "uh huh" is what they get.

 

[Chief101]

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_agradeç você