I’ve never been a You’re Welcome fan. It’s never made much sense to me. It’s all over here in AZ. People say You’re Welcome way more than they ever did in MN.

This article presents an interesting read on the You’re Welcome debacle. It seems No Problem is replacing You’re Welcome with the younger generation, and each phrase offends half the population equally. (I’m a No Problem person, BTW.)

The whole thing is superfluous anyway.

It turns out that the American Gratitude Formula is a 3-step process:

• Please
• Thank You
• You’re Welcome

But in many other cultures, there’s only a two step process:

• Please
• Thank You

Count our fellow English speakers in Britain as members of the 2 step club. The 3 step plan is used in Russia, Spain, and Italy, and wherever Andy Willoughby has been traveling.

You’re Welcome has only been around since about 1907. It had a hundred year run. Now lets let it die, like the Post Office.

I think I’ll write the President about issuing an executive order to change the Official American Gratitude Formula to a 2 Step process. Think of all the time we’d save! And then I’ll quietly wait for the Secret Service to show up and throw me in the van next to the Daylight Savings Time lady.