Yesterday's lesson, which I was too irritated to write about yesterday - when someone says 'thank you', don't reply 'mention not!' unless you know that that person understands what you mean. Otherwise, there is every chance that you'll spend your precious time explaining its meaning, feeling stupid, frustrated and depressed. And in the end, it will be you who'll say 'thank you' and the other person will say 'welcome', possibly not having understood what you meant at all.
But tell me, is it so bad as that? I mean, suppose, suppose that mention and not are really so difficult to be understood together but I thought this whole welcome thing came into vogue only some fifteen years or so and I'm talking about 30-35 year olds here! And quite a few of that kind too. Anyway, it discourages me a little from helping them next time because I hate saying welcome when they thank me. May be I'll leave a smiley or say ok or something.
But tell me, is it so bad as that? I mean, suppose, suppose that mention and not are really so difficult to be understood together but I thought this whole welcome thing came into vogue only some fifteen years or so and I'm talking about 30-35 year olds here! And quite a few of that kind too. Anyway, it discourages me a little from helping them next time because I hate saying welcome when they thank me. May be I'll leave a smiley or say ok or something.
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