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When did "you're welcome" become "no problem"?
At the risk of sounding like my father, which I find myself doing more and more (and being bothered by it less and less), when did it become commonplace to say "no problem," when responding to someone who has just said "thank you"?
"No problem" is not the same as saying "you're welcome," but it has certainly replaced it in the vocabulary of most restaurant employees in their 20's.
I know the English language is constantly evolving, but this change bugs me. It's not a substitute that conveys a suitable response.
Thanks for reading this.
"Hey, no problem." Arrrgh.
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