How often do you say "Thank you"?

I'd smile and thank them. Serial killers? lol. but i once had a lot of bag in my hands, just came back from grocery shopping. And i asked a male (maybe a teenager or slightly older), i asked for him to press the 11th floor button. He said "Do it yourself". LOL!!! at first i was quite, then i was struggling to laugh. btw, i said please, and everything, so i was in no way to blame here. but i found it funny, very immature of him.

For me its a force of habit to say thank you.It boggles, my mind how rude people have become .I wonder sometimes if manners ,are instilled anymore into kids lives.

I pick door #1 or choice #1. I find that saying "Thank You" is a way of acknowledging a fellow human being and helping them to know that you appreciate an act of kindness. If we do not say "Thank You" it is almost like we are shouting "I expected you to do that." That, to me, is just plain rude.

smile, say thank you with relief. Im not that grouchy.

hi tutor! well, i would say i choose the first option. i think what the person just did was very nice. and for sure it deserves a thank you. in fact, in my opinion, if anyone does you a favor and it's free, i think you are bout to say "thank you". of course that would be different if you paid for it because you no longer need to thank the person but just show them the money. saying thank you is both therapeutic to the one who said it, and to the one it's addressed. oh by the way, "thank you" for this discussion. very interesting!

Like what you did I will just smile and say thank you. Goodday!

I would thank that person and smile

Of course I would thank the person and opt for option 1. I wouldn't want to be ungrateful especially since that person helped me out when they didn't have to. I like to show my appreciation every time I can.

I'm going with option number 1. Typically when I am in public I tend to be very polite. Though I must say that sometimes it can be very difficult to say thank you.

I'd smile and say "Thank You", because it is so easy to do so, and it doesn't cost a cent. =)

twice..:p but if u really thank, u cant remember how many times u say thank u..

The word "thank you" is a basic word me.Like the word "hello" or "hi".Saying thank you makes other person gratify each time they say to them.

I would choose option one too and would thank the person and smile at them. Infact I would probably tell them ''to have a nice day'' before exiting the elevator. I was raised to appreciate the efforts of other people and I genuinely am greatful for any help I receive. It's nice to think that people would go out of their way to help a stranger too.

i would go for 1 cause you should count all the help you can get.

Smile and the whole world will smile at you. I will choose number 1, smile and say thank you with relief. When I was a kid, I was trained to always say Thank you and be grateful for little things or favor that has been given or done to us by other people. I even say thank you to all persons...my family and friends, my boyfriend and even a stranger. Its easy to make friends if we know how to smile naturally and be helpful to others.

I don't have to think twice to your questiion. I will say thank you for sure. I like to say 'thank you' whenever I get a chance and I feel people like to hear it. I daily say thanks to my driver who drops me at office and takes me back to hostel. It is his job and my hostel pays him for it. I don't have to necessarily say thanks to him, but I like to do that. Also, I found that i am the only person who thanks him daily.

I say thank you whenever I receive something from a person, whenever I feel that person deserve a thank you, whenever someone has receive me with all humbleness and care, whenver someone does something for me or has listen to what I have said. Thank you is one of the humble words which do not make us smaller but make us respectable.

I would really opt for 1 and i have done it before to all those chivalrous men who have helped me press the lift button or have the door open for you to get in. But after reading the third option - i'm sure the next time somebody helps me i will grow suspicious about them!! :P

I often use in mylot.I real life i seldom use Thank you becasue i less find people.Yes when i say this word i will smile too.

I'd say you hit the nail on the head with this question. It's so easy to get caught up in what we're so busy doing that it's easy to NOT 'say' thank you. I was talking to a friend recently and we 'discovered' that there is no modern day, colloquial version of "thank you" in my mother tongue. Is that just a coincidence? Why is it that the language has evolved and adapted so easily to today's "tongue" and yet no such equivalent for the word exists? Is that a reflection of the speakers' attitudes....no need to thank, or perhaps, no need to show gratitude, or maybe even no need to feel grateful. Who knows? I am no linguist, just a silent observer who is now thinking out loud in "my lot."