Saying "you're welcome" at the workplace


There are a few ways to say "You're welcome". Which is the best for somebody
in the workplace (inside and outside the team and of about the same level as
myself)

  * どういたしまして 
  * いいえ
  * いえいえ
  * others?




A phrase that hasn't been mentioned and may prove very useful would be

> とんでもないです。
>
> とんでもないことでございます。

It's a polite way of saying "not at all".

I think どういたしまして is polite, but somehow carries too much the nuance of "You're
welcome" in that it accepts the fact that whoever is thanking you is correct
in thanking you. とんでもない _rejects_ the very idea of needing to be thanked and
in that way is more humble.




A phrase that hasn't been mentioned and may prove very useful would be

> とんでもないです。
>
> とんでもないことでございます。

It's a polite way of saying "not at all".

I think どういたしまして is polite, but somehow carries too much the nuance of "You're
welcome" in that it accepts the fact that whoever is thanking you is correct
in thanking you. とんでもない _rejects_ the very idea of needing to be thanked and
in that way is more humble.

