Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
what is with the people who think "No Problem!" is the height of rudeness.
I've gone to, "Glad to help!" Which isn't always true, but does recognize that the other person needed something in the first place.
I usually use it when directing callers to the person they should be speaking to, especially if the caller isn't familiar with the bureaucratic structure.
Honey, I'm off to go work…in a Sandcrawler
Man, if I woke up everyday and went to work at Lucasfilm Animation's new offices, I think I'd be in heaven. The house that produced The Clone Wars animation series will soon have a new office building that clearly resembles a Sandcrawler.
Having just broke ground in Singapore, the new eight-story building will be completed in 2012 and have a 100-seat theater and state-of-the-art digital production facilities.
services I could provide for b.orgers - happy to call companies to be removed from mailing lists and/or submit things on catalog choice (you could mail me a bunch of address labels), really any phone calls you want to avoid. hee.
You can be the Onerous Task Lady!
I just responded to an email with "No problem." The person was apologizing for causing me inconvenience and, really, the situation was no problem for me! I have never heard of anyone being offended by that phrase.
People seriously think "no problem!" is rude? I'm not sure I'm going to stop saying. I'll just lean back on my island.
My head is woefully hurty today. The ER visit this weekend, although very time-efficient, didn't actually break the cycle.
I have to admit, I try to use "my pleasure" or even just "you're welcome", but if the question or the person asking it makes me roll my eyes, sometimes I'll use "no problem" on purpose.
Apparently, saying "No Problem" implies that normally, doing your job IS a problem, but you are granting them special exception? Or something.
ETA- My irritation is that people get irritated with me, when they ask if I could do something in this manner "Is there any way you could possibly hand me that flibberty gibbet? " and I say "No Problem". And then I am rude.
Miss Manners take on the reply of "No problem" is that the person who finds is rude and annoying should just let it go, that there is no need to analyze it as an answer.
My nephew on fiddle & mandolin: [link]
Liese may recognize the venue.
Life is way too short for me to worry about people who are offended by "no problem." Though in practice I tend to say "no worries" which I think I picked up from my Australian co-workers.