grahamg
Old codger
- Location
- South of Manchester, UK
Now and again on "off the wall" thought occurs to me, and this evening it is whether a thread about thanking people might have legs?
We all thank people all the time (don't we?), its the culturally accepted form of behaviour to start with, and usually the term is accepted with a "Don't mention it", or " My pleasure" response, (odd enough in themselves if saying thank you is the culturally expected norm!).
Often we say thank you when we don't mean it, maybe as a way of placating someone before doing your best to get away from them without investing too much energy into countering the nonsense they're speaking, or stooping to letting them know what you really think!
However, when we're genuinely thankful for someone's assistance, even a seemingly small and unexpected gesture of kindness or whatever, this is a very different "Thank you" we're uttering isn't it, (I hope you agree?).
We all thank people all the time (don't we?), its the culturally accepted form of behaviour to start with, and usually the term is accepted with a "Don't mention it", or " My pleasure" response, (odd enough in themselves if saying thank you is the culturally expected norm!).
Often we say thank you when we don't mean it, maybe as a way of placating someone before doing your best to get away from them without investing too much energy into countering the nonsense they're speaking, or stooping to letting them know what you really think!
However, when we're genuinely thankful for someone's assistance, even a seemingly small and unexpected gesture of kindness or whatever, this is a very different "Thank you" we're uttering isn't it, (I hope you agree?).