Something stupid and obnoxious, ’cause I sure am.
April 13th, 2005 | by Scott Jennings |I don’t know where to start with the other shit, so I’ll bitch about this.
When I’m at a store or some shit, and you give me what I asked for and I say “thank you,” stop saying “no problem” instead of “you’re welcome.” I didn’t ask you if it was a problem. I wasn’t apologizing for being an imposition. I appreciate the product or service that you have provided me, and I expressed that. In turn, I’d like you to let me know that you appreciate my business and hope I return, by telling me in no uncertain terms that I am, in fact, welcome.
I know I look “street,” so you may think I’d prefer a more casual or colloquial rapport, but no, I’d rather you not act like I could have been bothering you. I think that’d be nice.
Now, if we’re buds, if we’re chums, then I might drop a “no problem” on you. Or, knowing my propensity for repeating silly Internet memes, it might end up as a “no probalo.” Don’t be confused; I’m not indicting the social “no problem,” it’s the professional “no problem” that seriously grates me.
I’m alone on this, huh?
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