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.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
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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.
lisah - Apr 19, 2011 5:22:45 am PDT #3993 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 5:24:17 am PDT #3994 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Lee - Apr 19, 2011 5:25:57 am PDT #3995 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
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.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 19, 2011 5:27:10 am PDT #3996 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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.
Sparky1 - Apr 19, 2011 5:33:22 am PDT #3997 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
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.
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Liese may recognize the venue.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2011 5:34:39 am PDT #3998 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2011 5:35:34 am PDT #3999 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Apr 19, 2011 5:35:43 am PDT #4000 of 30001
Because books.
I'm offended by the number of people who take offense at ridiculous things. Relax, everybody. And leave Sophia alone!
Daisy Jane - Apr 19, 2011 5:35:53 am PDT #4001 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
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.
sumi - Apr 19, 2011 5:37:25 am PDT #4002 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
This was the story that was almost the entire front page of the uni's newspaper today.