Also known as 'Thank you' in English.
In a blog I love to read daily, the blogger is talking about the extinction of the 'smile back'. You know, when you smile at someone, in public that you do not know, and they smile back, or not.
It got me to thinking about the extinction of the 'thank you' when you hold the door open for someone coming or going out of a business or office building.
You know...when you are leaving Panera and you hold the door for the person coming out behind you, yet a few steps behind. It's a nice thing to do and, when someone does it for me, I say "Thank you".
What I cannot stand is when I hold the door for someone (and I mean when I am CLEARLY holding it for them, for instance I have to wait a couple seconds for them to 'catch up' to the door) and they say nothing. If I'm clearly holding the door for you, the nice thing to do is say "Thank you".
So, frankly, when someone doesn't say a word I say, "You're welcome".
Sometimes this illicits a response like, "Oh, thanks" and, sometimes, it illicits...nothing.
I say, let's make sure this doesn't become extinct like the 'smile back'...the next time someone holds a door for you say "Thank you" and pass it on!
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