Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Aren't you bothered by the lack of relevance of "you're welcome" to
the notion of being thanked? If someone is thanking me for something I
did, my first thought shouldn't be to tell that person, possibly
falsely, that they I am happy for them to be in my immediate
environment, should it?

Like "no problem", it's just a convention, and one without direct meaning.

DanG

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
<Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> I was always taught that "you're welcome" is the gracious way to say
> "you're welcome".  But this is less bothersome to me than being told "no
> problem" when telling someone "thank you."
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>> There is nothing "smarmy" about this phrase. It is a gracious way so
>> say "you're welcome."
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>> >I'd like to nominate "Thank you for having me"
>> >for smarmy expression of the year.
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