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What might you say instead of "you're welcome "? (Just you, not a list of possibilities. )

I'm from Minnesota. We say "you betcha".

Posted - September 18

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  • 3841
    Don't mention it.
      September 18, 2024 9:32 AM MDT
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  • 34450
    Sure thing 
    No problem 

    To a customer....Thank you
      September 18, 2024 4:33 PM MDT
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  • 16835
    "No worries" isn't a 'Lennial thing, it's as Australian as Vegemite.  Often with a curse word in the middle of it and Spoonerized, eg "no wuckin' forries".
      September 18, 2024 5:29 PM MDT
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  • 11103
    Millennial in the US have picked it up.
      September 18, 2024 6:04 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      I can attest to this: the first time I ever heard “no worries” as a substitution for “you’re welcome“ was on my first day in Australia (specifically Perth and Fremantle, in the state of Western Australia). I can’t remember even one Aussie uttering “you’re welcome“, so I thought “no worries“ was the colloquial Australian way of saying it.
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      September 18, 2024 7:34 PM MDT
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  • 53526




     Meh, for some crucial reasons, I purposefully stick to the tried and true “you’re welcome“: first of all, it is simple and straightforward, it adequately gets the point across, and it plainly just makes sense.

      Next, approximately three years ago, I was flummoxed to learn that the modern young generation considers “you’re welcome“‘to be rude, and for that reason they’ve come up with different ways to say it. To confront that in my own way, I still say “you’re welcome“ on every occasion of being thanked because I don’t see anything rude about it at all. It makes no sense to me that anyone would find such a common courtesy to be rude. I think some people just need to latch onto something about which they can be offended.


     



      September 18, 2024 7:22 PM MDT
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  • 34450
    I am not a millennial.  And you're welcome is not offensive to me. 
    But at the same time in a commercial situation,  I hate it when I hear a salesman/cashier etc say "You're welcome" to a customer.     

    I have told all my workers the proper response to a customer is always: Thank you. 
    Normally followed by: Have a blessed/wonderful/good day. This post was edited by my2cents at September 19, 2024 11:55 AM MDT
      September 19, 2024 10:12 AM MDT
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  • 53526


     What is the negative associated with salespeople/cashiers saying “you’re welcome” after being thanked, and why specifically salespeople/cashiers as opposed to any other human being saying it?
      
      September 19, 2024 4:07 PM MDT
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  • 34450
    I don't know why, it has always struck me as the wrong phrase to use with a customer.  It is not rude at all.  I don't know, it maybe something my Father who has always worked directly with customers may have taught me that. This post was edited by my2cents at September 19, 2024 6:38 PM MDT
      September 19, 2024 6:26 PM MDT
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  • 3841
    I'm as flummoxed as you as to why "You're welcome" would be considered rude,  Especially coming from a group in which so many lack manners. 
      September 18, 2024 7:31 PM MDT
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  • 53526
      September 18, 2024 7:35 PM MDT
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  • 11103
    This prompted me to find out more. Apparently, some people think it sounds like you're acknowledging that you put yourself out for the other person, and they are welcome to it. (I had to think about this for a while.) I guess when we say don't mention it, or no problem, we 're telling the other person we weren't inconvenienced. 

    Also, it can sound wrong in other cultures.  The only other languages I can recall right now, say something to the effect of 'it was nothing'.

    I never put much thought into it, to me it's just a phrase that isn't really taken literally like 'how do you do', but maybe the younger generation cares more deeply about it.
      September 18, 2024 9:00 PM MDT
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  • 3841
    You're a better person than me for taking the time to research this.  i think the younger generation has more issues to worry about than anyone saying "You're welcome."  In truth, there is always someone who will be offended by something someone says.  Frankly, I'm too old to care about things like this. This post was edited by Spunky at September 20, 2024 4:10 PM MDT
      September 19, 2024 8:24 AM MDT
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  • 17619
    You bet. Or.  If subject is thanks for something I did (service) I might say happy to help. 
      September 19, 2024 12:02 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Thank you very much for not filing that most recent restraining order that you were contemplating. (Folks, this is merely a test to see if she responds with “you’re welcome“).  



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      September 19, 2024 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 11103
    You betcha. But that doesn't mean it will happen again.
      September 19, 2024 5:18 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Hey, wait . . . ! 

      September 20, 2024 5:12 PM MDT
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  • 23647

    I've said the same as my2cents' answer - -  "Sure thing"
      September 20, 2024 4:11 PM MDT
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