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Have any of you encountered the folk, typically in a work environment, that whenever they contact anyone, it’s always something along the lines of, “Insert monotone request or statement. Thanks.”

If you do this, or know individuals who do this, what’s the intent behind this style of communication? In my experience, it usually originates from individuals who consider themselves a bit of a VIP. They aren’t necessarily bad people, but are usually either trying to skip proper channels for a request, or correcting someone while having no idea what they’re talking about.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I read an article about Gen Z communication and one of the things it talked about was the clash between established norms and Gen Z's unwillingness to follow said norms.

[–] amio@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

That one has been a popular rant literally since Ancient Greece, and probably much longer.

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That reminds me of a generational difference I heard about where when someone says “Thank you”, the older generation will say “you’re welcome”, seeing that they did something worth thanking. But the younger generation feels uncomfortable saying “you’re welcome” and says “no problem” instead, implying it was simply an expected thing for them to do.

I’m in the “no problem” generation. And yeah, saying “you’re welcome” really does just feel weird to me.

[–] AmidFuror@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Have you ever done something that was difficult but you wanted to help someone out?

"No problem" implies to me that it was easy or simple. Regardless of difficulty, "you're welcome" means you would do it again.