Maybe because it's gone from a common courtesy to feeling like a gift and therefore somewhat patronizing?
Whatever the reason, it's definitely wrong.
eta: unless Megan does it, of course.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Deena - Jan 12, 2007 8:05:41 am PST #530 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 8:07:14 am PST #531 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I say "You're welcome" but I think it's just 'cause I'm Canadian. It's automatic.
I think you could break a Canadian just by littering in front of them.
Polter-Cow - Jan 12, 2007 8:07:54 am PST #532 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hola.
Amy - Jan 12, 2007 8:08:23 am PST #533 of 10001
Because books.
I think a lot of people automatically say "You're welcome" after someone thanks them, though, without thinking about it. I probably do.
What drives me batshit is when someone serial-sneezes (I do -- my family can't sneeze only once) and someone *keeps* saying, "Bless you," to which I am then supposed to say, "Thank you," a dozen times or whatever.
Got it. Thanks. One blessing'll do me fine.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 8:08:33 am PST #534 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hola.
You know, that's almost aloha backwards.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 12, 2007 8:08:53 am PST #535 of 10001
What is even happening?
Epic just called me a fat ass. See if I tussle with her, again.
Chatty!co-worker DOES say "You're welcome" in the above exchange, and it drives me BATSHIT.
Here's my question: can anyone figure out WHY that drives me batshit? Why exactly it seems patently WRONG for someone to say "You're welcome" after some one thanks them for a "Gesundheit"?
Because I have no clue why I react this way, other than "It's just....WRONG!"
A. Because it's Chatty!co-worker. Chatty!co-worker is already usually on your nerves.
B. Because it's weird.
C. Because it's slightly excessive, and maybe comes across like he thinks the (involuntary bodily response of) sneezing is rude.
D. And you're a little crazy. I can tell, because I like you so much.
Eta
E. None of the above applies to Canadians.
Steph L. - Jan 12, 2007 8:08:56 am PST #536 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Maybe because it's gone from a common courtesy to feeling like a gift and therefore somewhat patronizing?
It DOES! It feels SO patronizing, especially from Chatty, because he has such a constant air of noblesse oblige anyway.
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2007 8:09:51 am PST #537 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think you could break a Canadian just by littering in front of them.
::envisions the Quebec scenario, where the litter, of course is unilingual and English::
Why don't you give that a try, Hec?
erikaj - Jan 12, 2007 8:09:57 am PST #538 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know...never thought about it. Lest Tep think she's alone in this kind of crazy, I hate when I ask "Would you mind..." and the other person says Okay. Because you're really supposed to say "No." if you don't mind.
Beverly - Jan 12, 2007 8:10:26 am PST #539 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Teppy, is it anything like the wrong I feel when the fridge light goes out? Because we can have power out and the whole neighborhod is dark, and we do without power all day, cooking on the camp stove and lighting candles and Coleman lamps at dusk, and *still*, when I open the fridge door and the light doesn't go on, "Something's *wrong!*"
Wrong like that? Or just because it feels a little arrogant and entitled to you?
Not Wanted-ma, Epic.