What is your pet peeve of the day?

[Boho]

Maybe it has been already been mentioned but it bugs me to hear young people respond to a thank you by saying "No Problem".

I'll have to research this more because I say "no problem" more than "you're welcome" but I want it to sound right.

I'm also thinking about switching from "oh my god" to "oh my gosh" which I recently discovered seems more common but feels unnatural to me.

 

[MRG]

Maybe it has been already been mentioned but it bugs me to hear young people respond to a thank you by saying "No Problem".

Have ever thought about "you're welcome"? Who is welcome for what, punk? It's our custom sure; does it send the proper message?

I was in SA where they say "my pleasure" in response to your "Thank you". I can't say they were wrong in their thinking.

 

[Gumby]

Have ever thought about "you're welcome"? Who is welcome for what, punk? It's our custom sure; does it send the proper message?

I was in SA where they say "my pleasure" in response to your "Thank you". I can't say they were wrong in their thinking.

I always say "my pleasure" in response to a "thank you", unless I am in Italy, where I say "prego" or in France, where I say "je vous en prie."

 

[RobbieB]

I think "no problem" came from da nada;

"De nada" means (literally) that there's nothing to be thankful about. "No hay nada que agradecer". It's semantically similar to "not at all", but it can also be correctly translated to "You're welcome".

 

[fireorbust]

Tailgaters, everyday.

The smaller the car you drive, the more they want to "fill your mirror".

 

[Nemo2]

I always say "my pleasure" in response to a "thank you", unless I am in Italy, where I say "prego" or in France, where I say "je vous en prie."

I always say mafi mushkila in Norway.....but they never know what I'm talking about*.

Keeps them on their toes though.

(*This idea comes from traveling for a while with an Australian 56 years ago....he held the record for the world's most incomprehensible attempts at communicating .

Our car broke down in what was then Yugoslavia......a Serb family stopped to see if they could assist. Mr. polyglot (in an attempt to indicate that we intended to sleep alongside the car that night), put both hands up to one side of his tilted head and kept repeating Arbeit.

When informed by us that Arbeit did not mean sleep, he said that it was OK since the, (now nonplussed), Serbs didn't speak German anyway.)

 

[travelover]

The screws are in a 3" deep, 3/8" diameter holes. I think I need one piece screwdrivers or allen wrenches for that.

One can use an extension on a driver tool with these bits.

 

[Boho]

One can use an extension on a driver tool with these bits.

I was afraid to rely on an extension because the dimensions weren't listed. The Harbor Freight page says "Shank: 1/4 in. hex" and the screws are in a 3/8" diameter hole. I have a ratchet extension with a 1/4" male end and a 1/2" female end and that wouldn't fit.

 

[O2Bfree]

Tailgaters, everyday.

The smaller the car you drive, the more they want to "fill your mirror".

That's for sure, and at night the high-powered LED headlights on those big new trucks blaze right into your eyes off your rear view mirror. I flip the mirror up with an annoyed gesture that sometimes makes them back off.

 

[skipro33]

Maybe it has been already been mentioned but it bugs me to hear young people respond to a thank you by saying "No Problem".

I hate that one, plus 'perfect' to any question I've responded to.

Would you like a refill on your coffee?
Why yes please.
Perfect.



I'll have the soup.
Perfect


It is not perfect, it's soup. or coffee. or what ever, but for crying out loud, it's not perfect.

 

[Chuckanut]

I hate that one, plus 'perfect' to any question I've responded to.

+1 on the overuse of perfect.

Actually, I wouldn't mind a server saying to me "The fried oatmeal mush is the most often returned breakfast here. But, if you like fish, we have a special on the codfish omelette for breakfast today. It's very good. ".

 

[GreenEggs]

Maybe it has been already been mentioned but it bugs me to hear young people respond to a thank you by saying "No Problem".

If they're working for tips it shouldn't "be a problem".

 

[GreenEggs]

I really hate when a business has double doors and one of them is kept locked. The righthand one should be the one to enter and the opposite one should be the one to exit through, right?

I really hate when I open the righthand door and people exiting assume that I intended them to exit through it. I'm not the doorman!

 

[braumeister]

I really hate when a business has double doors and one of them is kept locked. The righthand one should be the one to enter and the opposite one should be the one to exit through, right?

I really hate when I open the righthand door and people exiting assume that I intended them to exit through it. I'm not the doorman!

Not everyone gets it.

 

[rk911]

not getting our daily newspaper delivered. runner up are those infernal answering systems...press 1 for this press 2 for that.

 

[whitet]

Maybe it has been already been mentioned but it bugs me to hear young people respond to a thank you by saying "No Problem".

Put this one in the category of 'it never occurred to me'. In that it never occurred to me that this would annoy people. I am pretty sure I say 'no problem' fairly frequently in response to 'thank you'. I don't know where or when I picked up the habit, but will surely be cognizant of it from here on out. On the other hand, I am 62 so maybe it doesn't bug when coming from one who no longer qualifies as young?

Here is something that annoys me, that I am sure is also probably an innocent habit that people acquire. When responding to a yes/no question some people will reply with a cascade of 'no' in descending pitch and volume. When I hear it, it makes me think the person considers my question to be silly or that I am just a simpleton. For example, from a recent conversation with my SIL:

Will Eddie (my grandson) be pitching in this afternoon's game?

No, no, no, no, no. He pitched 3 innings in the morning game, which is the league limit.

I'm not sure why a single 'no' wouldn't work just fine in this situation, but I don't hold it against anyone. I know I have my own bad habits. From here on out I will try to use 'my pleasure', even though it will sometimes be a lie.

 

[Nemo2]

No, no, no, no, no. He pitched 3 innings in the morning game, which is the league limit.

 

[Rushmore]

Maybe it has been already been mentioned but it bugs me to hear young people respond to a thank you by saying "No Problem".

Me too I really want to say, “well, it shouldn’t be a problem should it. You were hired to.....”

 

[whitet]

Me too I really want to say, “well, it shouldn’t be a problem should it. You were hired to.....”

Well this begs a few lighthearted questions...

First:
If a person was just doing their job, then there was no need for a 'thank you' in the first place, correct?

Second, following this unnecessary 'thank you', what would you have the person say instead? Almost anything other than 'I was just doing my job' has pretty much the same implication as 'no problem', doesn't it?

And lastly, wouldn't your reaction only be appropriate if the employee had indicated it WAS a problem, not that it was NOT a problem? You seem to be interpreting his response as 'no problem THIS time Buster, but that may not ALWAYS be the case if you keep thanking me for doing my job'. ...and that would definitely be a problem for you, the unnecessary thanker!

Much ado about nothing, I know. Just pleasantries being over-analyzed.

 

[RunningBum]

"No problem" has never bugged me. Maybe I just convert it in my mind to a "you're welcome". Maybe they are taking "thank you" as "you did me a big favor, I owe you one", so they respond with "no problem", as "it wasn't a big deal, you don't owe me anything". I don't know.

For those who take offense when it's a waiter, that it shouldn't be a problem for them to do their job, why do you thank someone for doing their job?

There are plenty of things in the world to get irritated at, someone acknowledging a thank you in a fairly common way does not seem to be one of them. I try not to go out of my way to find irritation especially where none was intended.

 

[Rushmore]

Well this begs a few lighthearted questions...

First:
If a person was just doing their job, then there was no need for a 'thank you' in the first place, correct?

Second, following this unnecessary 'thank you', what would you have the person say instead? Almost anything other than 'I was just doing my job' has pretty much the same implication as 'no problem', doesn't it?

And lastly, wouldn't your reaction only be appropriate if the employee had indicated it WAS a problem, not that it was NOT a problem? You seem to be interpreting his response as 'no problem THIS time Buster, but that may not ALWAYS be the case if you keep thanking me for doing my job'. ...and that would definitely be a problem for you, the unnecessary thanker!

Much ado about nothing, I know. Just pleasantries being over-analyzed.

Guess I’ll go back to reading but not posting. I thought this was a pet peeve thread and I was just agreeing it bugged me too. Sorry

 

[whitet]

Guess I’ll go back to reading but not posting. I thought this was a pet peeve thread and I was just agreeing it bugged me too. Sorry

What makes this board great is the diversity of opinion - please don't stop posting because of something I wrote. I meant no disrespect to you or your opinion. If I worded it poorly, or if I came across as harsh, I am truly sorry.

 

[Chuckanut]

Here's my gripe.....

IMHO, in today's world we should not worry about how people attempt to be grateful and polite. The lack of good manners and common courtesy is a far bigger problem.

 

[gwraigty]

Put this one in the category of 'it never occurred to me'. In that it never occurred to me that this would annoy people. I am pretty sure I say 'no problem' fairly frequently in response to 'thank you'. I don't know where or when I picked up the habit, but will surely be cognizant of it from here on out. On the other hand, I am 62 so maybe it doesn't bug when coming from one who no longer qualifies as young?

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From here on out I will try to use 'my pleasure', even though it will sometimes be a lie.

There's far more important things to be annoyed about, IMO, than how someone responds to a "Thank you." I'm not sure I noticed before, but since reading that it annoyed someone, I've noticed that both DH (56) and our son (22) say "No problem." It still doesn't annoy me.

 

[EastWest Gal]

Tailgaters, everyday.

The smaller the car you drive, the more they want to "fill your mirror".

I was behind a small car in my small car on city streets. At a redlight, I had a chance to read the large letter decal sentence they attached all across the back.

It read:
THE CLOSER YOU ARE
THE SLOWER I GO

Brilliant!