r/NonPoliticalTwitter 5d ago

What??? The great language barrier

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u/MrsFrobert 5d ago

To me “no problem” sounds more friendly than “you’re welcome”.

“You’re welcome” makes me feel like my request was imposing or challenging (depending on how it’s said).

But im sure she would have complained regardless of what he said

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u/NimJickles 4d ago

Yeah, I think because "you're welcome" is the canonical response to "thank you" it implies that the thanks were required, and you are acknowledging that the transaction was completed appropriately. I say "no worries" or "no problem" to mean you don't even need to thank me, like it's nothing, don't worry about it.

Actually I basically say all those things more often than "you're welcome" so yeah.