Daily writing prompt: How do you express your gratitude? I noticed awhile ago that the Millennial I work with do this: They say 'no worries' instead of 'you're welcome' to 1) show that doing a favor for someone doesn't need…
Emily Post (née Price; c. October 27, 1872 – September 25, 1960) was an American author, novelist, and socialite famous for writing about etiquette.
I noticed awhile ago that the Millennial I work with do this:
They say 'no worries' instead of 'you're welcome' to 1) show that doing a favor for someone doesn't need to be a transactional thing and 2) that they're happy to help."
What a bunch of bull. When I say thank you, I mean it. I've lived a life where it didn't matter to anyone if I lived or died. I really am grateful when people help me out.
That stupid reason for NOT saying thank you gave me was a reason to make sure I wrote everything in cursive and I keep faceless clocks at my work desk.
Call me an angry Gen X'r- go ahead. It's true.
My friend was telling me that she and her grandchildren are tight and that her Millennial daughter can't figure out why her young hip daughter is so attached to her Boomer Grandma.
I told her I remember a comedian back in the 80's who said something like, Grandparents and Grandkids get a long so great because they have a common enemy.
I didn't look at my parents as enemies but the thing is, I thought they were kind of silly and boring.
Now my Grandparents- they were cool.
Because of my Grandparents, I ran around saying things like " The cat's pajamas " or " The Bees Knees " and when people sold out I worked in, ' There are no atheists in the foxholes " I sang songs from the 20's-40's and I knew how to do the Charleston.
I knew what bootleggers were, I could play poker and shoot darts.
My Grandmothers could cook and bake from scratch- and my Grandfathers said that if I learned anything about cars , make sure I learned how to drive a car with a clutch.
My parents well, they were your pretty typical 1970's suburbanites.
On the other hand, if I had said ' no worries' when any of them had said " Thank you " I probably would have been sent to my room with a copy of a book by Emily Post and I doubt if when I emerged from my room if I would have been as flip as I was before I went into with.
Emily Post (née Price; c. October 27, 1872 – September 25, 1960) was an American author, novelist, and socialite famous for writing about etiquette.
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