This is just a little observation: Why is it so difficult for some people to say "You're welcome" when somebody thanks them?
Sometimes people will acknowledge the thank you, but will say things like "No problem", "Sure" or even worse...they will give you an "Uh-huh."
I don't mean to offend anyone who does say "Uh-huh" but, I don't get it. I think it sounds rude. People should be more polite.
2006-12-01 13:34:16 · 24 answers · asked by Aurora Betancourt 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I do a mixture....it just depends on the situation. What about the people that don't say thank you?
2006-12-01 13:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by E B 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
People these days just aren't concerned in the importance of being courteous and polite. Sorry for being so general. It's mostly the youngun's that aren't being taught to say thank you, your welcome, please, no ma'am, yes sir and so forth. I was brought up in the late fifties, sixties, and seventies and was taught all the right ways of being polite and even taught to look both ways before walking out in the street. You rarely see that anymore.
The apartment complex I live in has some unusually polite kids and that's nice to see. Course it may be because sometimes I have to use a cane that they hold the door open for me when they see me coming. It's not all the kids, but most of the kids that live in my building. So there are some parents who are teaching their children to be polite.
Most of the time when somebody says thank you to me I reply with your welcome, but often I just say sure. There is nothing wrong with that.
But I do agree with you that You're Welcome sounds a lot better and most polite.
2006-12-02 10:56:22 · answer #2 · answered by angelcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in being polite, and saying thank you and you are welcome. I have often wondered about people saying, no
problem. I guess if it were a problem then they wouldn't acknowledge you at all? Is it laziness, or do they just have to be different? I guess the shocker would be, if you say I love you and they go uh-huh!!
2006-12-01 13:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by Bethany 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the two. The extra i think of approximately "No situation" the extra I finally end up using it, like a drug. From human beings, i'm satisfied in the event that they ackowledge the thank you in any respect. Addition : whilst did "Sir" and "Mam" develop into so insulting? i replaced into raised to declare them yet in the artwork place i'm getting instructed to no longer use them and that i replaced into very aggrevated whilst, in a save, I say "thank you, Mam" and have been given "My call is April no longer Mam" as a reaction. Are manners the recent taboo?
2016-10-17 14:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by winstanley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, if you get a response at all, count yourself lucky. From what I've observed of today's society, courtesy is almost nonexistent any more.
I'll take a "no problem" or "sure" or even "uh-huh" any day.
2006-12-01 13:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by dreamweaver.629ok 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good observation. Unfortunately, and not for the better, we have become less formal and less polite. I think it is the same as the people that will see a mother pushing a stroller through a door and not stop to hold the door for her.
2006-12-01 13:36:39 · answer #6 · answered by FL_Engineer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know, its hard to tell, some people are just plain jerks. but my best friend on the other hand just doesn't say it she does the "mmm....hmmm" thing. or nods her head. honestly it doesn't bug me because i know that she is appreciative for what someone has done for her when she does that. it is just her own way of saying you're welcome.
it could also have to do with the way someone is brought up. if a person as a child wasn't taught good maners, then they just don't have good manars.
anyway you shouldn't let it bug you too much, because if they are saying you're welcome, then that means they did a service to you, which means they cared enough to do it. so yeah. :P chin up kid.
2006-12-01 13:46:23 · answer #7 · answered by IrishDreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some times I say those things, but to me they mean the same thing. Don't get to worked up over it, some people just use different words to express there feelings.
2006-12-01 13:44:08 · answer #8 · answered by chromecranium 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually respond with something other than "You're welcome" if it's a situation where I don't expect to be thanked. If my mind isn't in that "thank you" mode I usually just say whatever comes to my mind. Often that's "no problem" because I'm just kind of stunned that they would even thank me for doing something that is so essentially normal to me.
2006-12-01 14:13:06 · answer #9 · answered by Jetgirly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person responding this way isn't being rude, their probably just not sure what to say. Chances are theey may not get thanked a lot, or maybe what you thanked them for was second nature for them.
People responding this way are either:
a. Inarticulate
b. Shy
c. They didn't think it was that significant. (Either they really didn't care or have little confidence in the effect of their actions.)
On the flipside, I find it almost inconvinient when someone thanks me for something. Then I have to make a commitment to the conversation as well as the deed.
Take their deeds as welcome to you, and your thanks as welcome enough to them.
2006-12-01 15:16:11 · answer #10 · answered by Al Zuchini 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
depends on the situation......but honestly i'm happy when people just acknowledge the thank you at all....i've noticed that when i go shopping the cashiers don't reply to anything i say, not hello, not thank you...nothing!.....manners are becoming a thing of the past apparently
2006-12-02 03:26:39 · answer #11 · answered by SNAP! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋