Has anyone ever said something to you and you respond by saying something like your welcome or excuse me instead of thank you? like for example

Person 1: Have a nice day
Person 2: Your welcome.

Its so embarrising.

Hi Bandie,

I think this is not a unique problem - I think we all have said something along those lines, simply not paying attention to our conversation with others. I would simply shrug it off by saying..."oops, I mean you too".

Sometimes it is better to call attention to our "oops" rather than ignore them, because when we do ignore it - we probably should be embarassed.

At Heart

Has anyone ever said something to you and you respond by saying something like your welcome or excuse me instead of thank you? like for example

Person 1: Have a nice day
Person 2: Your welcome.

Its so embarrising.

haha yeah!
And i work part-time telemarketing.. (only three 4 hour shifts a week)
sometimes i go "good afternoon" afround 10am.. or good morning at 3pm.. lol
Or i just end every call with a "thank you" or "have a great day" when its totally not appropriate.! I get people saying "Our manager died.." or smt.. and i'm like "oh.. allright have a great day... "

HAHA YES!

Often when I'm acting like I'm listening to someone I occasionally cock-up the respond with a yes instead of a no to a certain question this would be more suited, and other similar you can imagine ones.

Also a lot of wrong time of the days as mentioned above post.

Sometimes just the complete wrong thing. "How are you feeling today" "Hello" etc

NOT AN ADHD SPECIFIC TRAIT

"have a nice day!"

"erh, YEAH!, *sillence* YOU TO!"

I guess that freak people out!

I'm usually on the receiving end of those flub ups, and I think it's because I don't respond in a typical manner that the person I'm speaking to is expecting.

I get "you're welcome" a lot even though I said something other than thank you. I say thank you, just not when they're expecting it I guess.

I find this happens a lot when I'm dealing with customer service via the phone.

This is seriously a chronic problem for me. I've gotten so good at dealing with the fact that I'm not paying attention to people that someone can be telling me a story, five minutes will go by where I'm not listening at all, but when I suddenly snap back into reality, I realize (with some pride) that I've done well enough on autopilot that the other person hasn't even noticed that I wasn't paying attention.

Problem is, autopilot backfires from time to time. The most recent example that I've been stewing about: My boss, who's in her 40's, was telling me a story and I wasn't really listening. She concludes her story with, "I guess I'm just too old to travel now." My autopilot's response: "Oh, definitely." She got this weird look on her face and I immediately went into panic mode, and it was really awkward for a minute. I'm cringing right now as I remember this one.

i have a hard time paying attention when others are talking also. i really try to pay attention cause i don't want to be rude, but at some point i have to wonder if they've noticed my eyes glazing over. i do alot of agreeing cause i get embarassed that i missed part of what they were saying.

Me too me too!!