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Originally Posted by aka123
I have been taught to say thanks when getting up (or about to get) from the table. Or saying thanks if someone gives something to you, whether it is a dinner or someone hands a hammer to you (when hammering something).
Based on answers it is cultural thing to say thanks in Europe, in US it isn't.
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Sad but true. US used to be like Europe and here, in Japan. Not anymore. In LA it is rare for a woman to say thinks or nod and smile when you open the door. Now they act like its your job or they are afraid. lol. Still, most polite area I found in US is still the southern US. Its on the wane but...
I had friends like the OP in LA. Dropped them for the shit they were. If they can't say thanks for a meal or just thanks for hanging out and buying drinks or being a gracious host then not much separates them from the monkeys at LA Zoo. Most people under 40 seem to have been raised by animals.
A 'thank you' is not for gratitude for having been given something. A 'thank you' is for showing the person giving you are grateful they are in your life, thought of you, and that you like being with them. No 'thank you' from someone means you are on toilet level to that person, a servant. No doubt their life is sad and pathetic though they do not get it...now.