tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post5806709634519123285..comments2024-03-27T21:54:06.467-07:00Comments on Wordlady: No problemKatherine Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-46262296671033913952020-09-06T13:01:40.663-07:002020-09-06T13:01:40.663-07:00I'm just rereading this piece and noticed the ...I'm just rereading this piece and noticed the addition of Lynne's observation. As an American, I noticed this in the UK in the 1990s also—that interactions were oddly devoid of some of the conversational niceties that are so much a part of the American retail experience. I remember one time I asked the clerk at a store a question, and she just turned around and wandered off. It turned out she had gone looking for the manager, but there was no "Just a sec, I'll ask someone" or any other phatic interjection to smooth the interaction. We also noticed it when we would go to the Burger King near our home (we had small children at the time), and how it seemed evident that they had tried to school the front-counter people in that overeager American-style "Hi! What can I get you?!?"-style greetings, but it kind of didn't take with the young Englanders who were at the registers.WordzGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618408509448732889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-2497728868063073372016-02-13T23:31:24.298-08:002016-02-13T23:31:24.298-08:00I've heard a lot of people reply "sure&qu...I've heard a lot of people reply "sure" to "thank you," but often followed by "no problem." BAM Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00558336591683485953noreply@blogger.com