Inara ,'Objects In Space'
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.
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.
I'm offended by the number of people who take offense at ridiculous things. Relax, everybody. And leave Sophia alone!
You know what will give you a heart attack on a Tuesday morning? Finding a bunch of tickets that were supposedly in QA suddenly moved to Unscheduled. Not a single comment to explain why. Grrrr.