[chokosaki]

I agree with most of you on here concerning 'no problem.' I worked as a retail manager for four years before I became a teacher. I instructed my employees to say something else. What we do shouldn't be a problem. We were there to help. The answer I use was something along the lines of 'It was my pleasure' or 'glad i could help.'

And for 'how are you?' I'm a teacher in China. Here it seems that all the children know 'how are you' and 'fine, thank you' before we even start class. I end up teaching several responses that kids can use. I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm hungry, I'm thirsty....etc. It makes for a fun couple of lessons. I teach about 12 responses with a lot of TPR and the kids love it. Parents like it too.