Let's All Say, 'Your Welcome,' Again

17 years ago

I am just returning from a shopping trip and stopped at several stores. During each stop I had the occasion to ask a someone for assistance and after their help I thanked them and they replied, Thank-you. On the way home I listened to an interview on the radio and the host thanked the guest and the guest replied, Thank-you. I began to think of the last time I heard someone say, "Your welcome." We end our conversations with what amounts to a routine from the old Marx Brothers movies. Groucho would say Thank-you and Chico replies no, thank-you, and animatedly Groucho would reply again saying Thank-you. Chico with his back arched would yell Thank-you. Both would continue until Harpo comes along and grabs Groucho's hat. It is as if we want to out polite each other and have the last thank-you. So please can we again start to say, You are welcome? Just for the sake of politeness, Thank-you.

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grinch_gut
17 years ago
Your welcome.....Stacy
caflowerluver
17 years ago
You're welcome. (short for "You are welcome.")
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petaloid
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You're welcome! (Around here it has morphed to, "no problem," which is starting to give me a headache.)
cynic
17 years ago
Interesting that this came up. There was talk before about alternative forms of "you're welcome" bothering some people and I thought it's true, we don't really say the Y.W. often enough. Couple weeks back I ran into a situation and I can't give the details where someone needed some help. IIRC I helped someone reach something at a store and they sincerely said thank you very much. I gave an overused reply of "no trouble, glad to help"... and it hit me so I added "you're very welcome". And now checking out at a restaurant or two and some other placed I've been giving myself a boot to give a Y.W., however only when there's a sincere "Thank you" preceeding it.

I do enjoy the routine of "no, thank YOU..." though, it really does exemplify the insincerity of so many TYs that are thrown about.

Sincerity is what it's all about to me. I take some offense to the scripted TY being blurted out at each customer when you know they don't care. But when someone TRULY appreciates something and gives a sincere thanks, that's priceless to me. Makes my day.

So, thank you all, for making my day brighter on these forums. You're welcome to keep it up! :D
samkaren
17 years ago
I've always said thank you and you're welcome. I also hate the saying "No problem"

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jannie
17 years ago
My fifth grade teacher used to say "I thank you." Which of course, is correct. You are welcome!
marlingardener
17 years ago
"No problem" as a response rates right up there with be addressed as "you guys" by wait staff--both make my blood pressure go up! I was taught to say "You're welcome" when thanked. I appreciate hearing it when I am doing the thanking.
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Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
17 years ago
hmmm...I made a post similar to this a while back, only I was expressing my problem was with people mindlessly responding with 'No problem' as opposed to 'You're welcome." In that post 'most' admitted they used np and they really didn't see just what the problem was with using it.

Great post!

Thanks for posting.

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ilene_in_neok
17 years ago
I'm one of those persons who says "thank you" back when I am thanked for something... but it is when, in doing something for someone, I have also benefitted. I think at those times, it is fitting to "thank the thanker".

I also admit to saying "no problem" at times when it was just a small thing I did that I am being thanked for. Similar to, in other languages, the use of what translates out to "it was nothing". If I do something for someone that has required me to expend energy, time or money that I wouldn't have normally, then I think the correct response is "you're welcome". I had no idea there are people who actually are annoyed when something other than "you're welcome" is said. It negates the "thank you", in a way, to walk off annoyed at a person you just sincerely thanked. They did something for you and you wanted to show them you appreciated it, so you thanked them. They acknowledged your appreciation. This can be done in many non-verbal ways, actually. A bow, a touch to the brim of one's hat, a smile, a nod, a pat on the shoulder; all these are considered adequate acknowledgment by many.

Lots of people have pet peeves but "you're welcome" is not one of mine. What DOES bother me is when newscasters and public figures, who should know better, mis-pronounce words. It makes them sound uneducated. Two prime examples of this is "realtor" (REAL-tor, not (Ree-lit-er) and "nuclear" (NOO-clear, not Noo-cyah-ler). I can't believe that in all his time in office, no one ever told George W. Bush that he was mis-pronouncing nuclear. Also something that bothers me a little is the incorrect usage of the apostrophe in print, such as "neighbor's" when the writer meant plural rather than possessive.

Some years ago, there was a big discussion in our church about people writing "Xmas" for Christmas. They called it "Taking Christ out of Christmas". What I didn't know then, and obviously no one else in the discussion did either, is that the "X" is representative of a cross that has been taken down. If you look at the "X" in that context, it is quite symbolic.

There are so many more serious human errors, such as rudeness, confrontational behavior and snobbishness that I tend to try very hard to overlook errors made when someone is making an effort to be polite. I appreciate the effort in a time when some people actually enjoy "being ugly".
FlamingO in AR
17 years ago
I agree with chemocurl, I think saying "you're welcome" to someone lets them know that you appreciate being sincerely thanked and that you were glad to be able to help them, whereas "no problem" or "thank you for thanking me" doesn't. To me "no problem" means "I didn't really go out of my way for you", it's kind of a blow-off statement.

My boss and I have been thru this a lot, an older man wouldn't stop thanking my boss for a favor he did and boss kept saying "no problem" until I snapped and said "Charles, just say "you're welcome", he needs to hear it and know you mean it" and when he did that, the man stopped and he clearly felt better. So now it's become a joke at work and even at home, when someone says thanks or thank you, "you're WELCOME!" pops out of someone else's mouth, really fast. lol And we're all getting better at it.

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