Why YSK: These email tips are helpful for people who struggle with boundaries and want to communicate more assertively.

  • return_null@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As someone who frequently says “No problem” after someone thanks me for helping them, I’m now worried someone has taken that the wrong way.

      • Astro@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I think it’s because Thank You/You’re Welcome is more common in older people, and that saying “No problem” makes it seem as if there’s a problem in thanking someone, I guess?

        • Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          I certainly have seen some older people say things like “it’s not a problem at all” after being thanked, meaning their efforts to help didn’t put them out or anything. “No problem” is maybe a bit more shorthand/slangy I guess but otherwise it just really does not seem like it should be controversial at all to me.