Are "thank you" notes a thing of the past

[happylabs]

I still send Thank You notes and I taught my daughter to also do the same. I have nieces that never sent Thank You notes from wedding gifts and shower gifts. It bugs me. I think people are getting lazy. I even send Thank You notes to my parents when they do something nice for me.

Any ideas how we could turn this around?

[catnapper]

I think Thank you notes are still being sent. I know my daughter sent them for her baby shower. Iwrote all my thank you's for my wedding and people kept asking me why they didn't get one... I kept saying "but I maled them!" only to find them YEARS later stamped and rubber-banded together in a stroage box. oops.

I would epxect a Thank You note for a formal occasion (wedding gift, shower gift, graduation, etc.) but I have a coworker who sends a thank you note for EVERYTHING. It gets embarassing actually.... last week I gave a coworker lunch. I had a coupon for buy-one-get-one free. I gave her the free item. A few days later I got a Thank You note in the mail. Seriously? I don't expect a formal thank you for an impromptu gesture.

[Asiel]

I always send thank you notes or cards for gifts or any act of kindness received. My gr.children are always here for the holidays so they thank us in person but if we mail birthday gifts we get a phone call or at east an e-mail thanking us...the day I don't get a thank you will be the day I stop the gifts and they know it . My kids have never forgotten to thank us for any gift or favour we do for them..

[Scooter's Mom]

I still try to send Thank You cards... I may not always remember, my brain isn't always successful, but I try.

[Lady's Human]

My children are required to send thank-you cards for presents, so no, they're not a thing of the past.

[gini]

Just an idea............ Maybe if we sent out "thank you cards - you know, they sell them 10 or 20 to a box"

as the gift they might get the hint. Or is that being too obvious?

[Lady's Human]

That strikes me of just the subtle gesture a relative or two would make....

[redbird]

I don't think saying 'thank you' in some way is old fashioned at all. I would never ignore something that was given to me or said something nice to me. If I couldn't thank them in person, I would find a different way to do it. That's not being old fashioned, it's being a normal human being.