Comments | stephaniepirate: random question i'm curious about...

stephaniepirate

random question i'm curious about...

Jul 10, 2006 15:10

Do you think "no problem" as a response to "thank you" is rude?

Comments 16

comeuppances July 10 2006, 19:14:07 UTC

CRAZY!

I never, ever EVER say "no problem" and then today I totally said it to someone when they said "thank you" and I thought "Was that appropriate?"

TWINS!

stephaniepirate July 10 2006, 19:36:27 UTC

haha, no i say it all the time and i've read about it TWICE while reading the paper recently.. that it's bad manners and that "you're welcome" is becoming obsolete for the ruder "no problem" response.

i neeeever thought of no problem as being rude! i guess i should stop saying it...

perfectlylegal July 10 2006, 19:30:53 UTC

I say it all the time. It never seems to bug people when I tell them it is "no problem".

stephaniepirate July 10 2006, 19:37:32 UTC

me too!

i say it all day everyday to my customers on the phone.. i never thought twice about it but i read in the paper that people think it's really rude. it's not like i'm saying "fuck you!" or anything!

perfectlylegal July 10 2006, 19:47:03 UTC

Well yeah, it seems when customer call in with a "problem" or question you are having, after you help them find their solution or get them the information they need, they said "thank you" out of courtesy of the time it took you to give them that information. "No problem" just seems like an appropriate response. Maybe saying "no problem" is too casual?

nebula1500 July 10 2006, 20:17:50 UTC

i read a while ago i think some "dear abbey"-esque column where some lady was talking about how she HATES when people say "no problem" cuz it's so rude.

i don't get it!

i'm pretty sure the reason she thought it was rude was that she was saying something about how saying "no problem" implies that for you to do whatever they were thanking you for really WAS a problem and you're really saying "i don't mind about the problem you just caused me." or something like that.

i dunno. i say it all the time.

OOH - i found what i read:
Dear Prudence ( ... )

facemeetfloor July 10 2006, 21:11:53 UTC

And to say we're "linguistic sheep" because use terms in their modern meaning is quite rude as well. If I'm a linguistic sheep then old Prudie is a vernacular tight wad.

nebula1500 July 10 2006, 21:17:35 UTC

yeah - it's weird. i used to really like that column because she seemed to have a lot of the same opinions as i. but i was not pleased with that one.

she has since been replaced.

tylernathaniel July 10 2006, 22:23:20 UTC

Depends on how anal retentive the recipient of "no problem" is. lol

stephaniepirate July 11 2006, 02:14:00 UTC

haha definitely. i'm thinking that old fashioned people probably think it's rude.. i just read about it in the paper twice that people think it's the new thank you response that's sooo uncalled for, haha. i just don't get it!

xunseenstarx July 10 2006, 23:08:39 UTC

Nope. You're telling the person it wasn't a problem. Almost as to say, "no need to thank me, it wasn't a problem."

yea. i say it ALL the time. we didn't look for each other at brand new! we suck.

stephaniepirate July 11 2006, 02:15:32 UTC

that's how i see it!! "it was no problem at all to take your order or to answer that question for you or to look something up for you.." etc.... jeeze. these old fasioned assholes trying to make me feel bad for what i say! haha.

i did NOT see you at brand new.. bbuutt it was a sold out HOB show so it was nearly impossible, haha. plus you were probably near the front?

xunseenstarx July 11 2006, 12:15:54 UTC

nope. i was up in the balcony. standing in the very center at the top. it's my new favorite place. :)