Timeline for How does one respond to statements like "It's all yours"?
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| Nov 1, 2017 at 10:39 | comment | added | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | @dth02134 Another possibility: Some people may often be in situations, where it makes more sense to communicate that they are finished, and do it in such a situation as yours out of habit. | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 10:35 | comment | added | dth02134 | Yes, getting more than one is a possibility, but them walking away implicitly indicates they aren't doing that (which is why I referred to it as superfluous). I do like the nod and smile as a non-verbal acknowledgement so I think I'll switch to that. I suppose this could also be somewhat of a cultural difference as I recently moved to the southern US (where people seemingly often say things like this) from NYC (where people never say things like this). | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 10:21 | comment | added | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | @dth02134 Are there no other instances where you may have to wait for longer, e. g. the person in front of you may want to get more than one coffee? I personally wouldn't overthink this. And I would understand a short "Thanks" as an acknowledgment that my message got noticed, but that's my opinion and I can't speak for others. | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 10:17 | comment | added | dth02134 | I've been doing the thank you but am not sure how it comes across. The milk and sugar are located across the room where you would need to walk away after receiving the coffee, so lingering at the machine isn't really something that would be done in this instance. | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 10:09 | history | answered | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |