No Problem
Well I think there is. A problem that is with the phrase all Generation X, Y and Z humans retort when you respond with Thank You to them. They say “No Problem”. Growing up in the 60’s Please, Thank you and Your welcome were the normal salutations when asking for something and receiving it. Somewhere in time I don’t when this annoying response to Thank You became part of our pop culture but I have detested it since I first heard it.
When I broke it down I usually heard it from people in service jobs. Restaurants, gas stations, Dunkin Donuts all the employees would say it. No Problem? Maybe they don’t mean the words as they are written because if it were a problem a lot of coffee and gas and food wouldn’t be bought in too many places. It just irked me and I know there are many more important things to talk about but No Problem is just bad manners.
And as long as we’re at it how about waiters when they pick up the check at a restaurant? Do you need change? The gall that some of these individuals have gets me steamed. It’s preposterous. Instead of bringing back the change from the bill they want to know if they can keep the residue. I am sure this works for some getting more than they deserve because to say: Yes bring me change makes you sound like you’re penurious. When waiters or waitresses say that to me I just say yes. It’s just bad manners. And manners are just not very fashionable in the 21st Century.
