# People, mostly older, who get peeved by retail and service workers saying "No problem" instead of "You're welcome" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mostly-older-who-get-peeved-by-retail-and-service-workers-saying-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome/998517 "2024-03-06T02:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 112
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mostly-older-who-get-peeved-by-retail-and-service-workers-saying-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome/998517/112 "2024-03-07T19:32:16Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Previous thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replying-no-problem-when-someone-asks-a-favor/821830) on the same topic. And here’s [two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541) [more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-phrase-no-problem/517401). Back circa 99/00, I was head cashier when an ornery geezer went ballistic when one of my younger charges said “no problem” instead of “you’re welcome.” To keep from escalating things, I let him give his stupid lecture, but he wouldn’t stop and just leave. I finally interrupted and said it wasn’t worth getting so mad over and asked him to go. After, I reassured my employee that we weren’t an _Are You Being Served_ type of store. He was getting rung up for a paintbrush or something, not getting fitted for a tuxedo. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mostly-older-who-get-peeved-by-retail-and-service-workers-saying-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome/998517)._