People who don't say "you're welcome"

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anyone find that this convention is dead? most I ever get is a "no problem", sometimes the indifferent "sure", but usually nothing
 
People still say it, you're just around rude people.
 
I'll take a sure or no problem for manners violation if it meant that people would start chewing with their mouths closed again. I swear its a fucking epidemic of people who forgot how to keep their traps closed when there is food in it.
 
No problem is fine, and as authentic, or whatever, as you're welcome. Sure means the same thing, even if it's not as polite. Same for yep, yeah, etc. The way people say things changes over time.
 
Davedough said:
I'll take a sure or no problem for manners violation if it meant that people would start chewing with their mouths closed again. I swear its a fucking epidemic of people who forgot how to keep their traps closed when there is food in it.
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Food tastes better when you allow air in, i could give a fuck less if my doing so offends others.

More on topic, I generally don't say "You're welcome" because almost certainly I didn't want to do the thing the person is thanking me for and I probably resent them for it.
 
Ah, i can't bring myself to answer to "thank you", usually i just nod, or something. I'm also very bad at greeting other people... skipping them with a nod or something, again. When i know i can get away with that.
I do thank others.
I find so many "manners" so unnecessary...
 
People say "sure" in response to "thank you"?

I don't think I've ever heard that used before.

I personally say "no problem" because I think it's too easy for "you're welcome" to sound sarcastic. :p
 
I opt for the rather slick 'Hey, its the least i could considering the specific circumstances of this particular situation'
 
"you're welcome" and "goodbye" (on the phone) are pointless. Also in text, responding with "Ok" again, pointless.
 
To me, it has to do with the level of work involved in rendering the favor. If it's a sufficient task, "You're welcome" should be invoked. However, if it's something as simple as, say, grabbing something for another person when the item is in your reach, "No problem" is more appropriate.

Redux said:
"you're welcome" and "goodbye" (on the phone) are pointless. Also in text, responding with "Ok" again, pointless.
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Saying "goodbye" on the phone and "ok" in texts are acknowledgments that the call is over or the text was received, respectively.
 
Tesseract said:
it's one of those everyday part of life courtesies, or should be.
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Why do we need those? So unnecessary. Sure, greeting a person you meet only very rarely or don't know is okay, and thanking people is always good but does one have to respond to those?
Greeting friends?

Okay, i don't have an issue with this stuff really but small talk... dear lord i hate that.
 
Oh, great. A thread about the US "polite" culture. The thing I hate most about going to NYC is the fact that so many are polite, but in the most insincere manner ever.

I like Norway much better in that regard. People don't have canned responses. They say genuine things and not in every single case. It makes it more sincere.

Redux said:
"you're welcome" and "goodbye" (on the phone) are pointless. Also in text, responding with "Ok" again, pointless.
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Only in movies are goodbyes left out. And imagine this: "So we'll meet at The Big Phish at 8" and not getting a response to that text. So, yeah, there's a point. In networking terms it's called ACK, and you're apparently UDP.
 
Septimius said:
Oh, great. A thread about the US "polite" culture. The thing I hate most about going to NYC is the fact that so many are polite, but in the most insincere manner ever.

I like Norway much better in that regard. People don't have canned responses. They say genuine things and not in every single case. It makes it more sincere.
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Tell us more about the esteemed Scandinavians
 
Koopakiller said:
anyone find that this convention is dead? most I ever get is a "no problem", sometimes the indifferent "sure", but usually nothing
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Seems like a none issue? No problem/ sure/ and your welcome seem about as interchangeable as hi/ hello/ welcome.

I guess depending on the person different styles of formality will be used, but I wouldnt classify them as being different.
 
GavinGT said:
Saying "goodbye" on the phone and "ok" in texts are acknowledgments that the call is over or the text was received, respectively.
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They get the point when the call has ended, or message sent. They know I received the message, why bother replying with an "Ok."

My natural goodbye in person is basically me coughing up a cicada onto the person's fine jacket.
 
What about a power embrace?

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Redux said:
They get the point when the call has ended, or message sent. They know I received the message, why bother replying with an "Ok."
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Maybe if you live with your phone glued to your hand at all times. I can go hours without checking my phone.
 
Redux said:
They get the point when the call has ended, or message sent. They know I received the message, why bother replying with an "Ok."
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Even if you have a smart-phone and your recipient can get a status saying "message read", not acknowledging leaves an uncertainty that you've taken in the information. If you never acknowledge shit, I would never know when you'd show up for something, or when you'd seen the message while jerking off and forgot to really read it.
 
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