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• Post #661767

  you were polite to them, so let them be polite to you by acknowledging your expression of gratitude But it’s not an expression of gratitude in this context unless they did something beyond their job duties. Thanking them is just the universal polite way of ending the exchange and most customers do it. This interaction is routine and necessary to complete a purchase, and customers aren’t expressing genuine gratitude just because the cashier did their job.

• Post #650284

  When you thank a cashier, it’s just the standard polite way to close the interaction and you’re not actually expressing gratitude to them for simply doing their job. Responding with “you’re welcome” overstates that transactional exchange and implies a debt that doesn’t exist. It comes across as presumptuous. BUT that’s not their intent, they’re just mindlessly saying “you’re welcome” because that’s how their manager or grandma or someone taught them to respond. So although I find it mildly ann...