I have to admit, though, that being thanked sometimes makes me a little uncomfortable, in (I think) the same way compliments often do. For instance, being thanked for selling something, which didn't feel to me like I was doing anyone a favor per se, or being thanked for being the kind of person I am, which is something I didn't really have a choice about as far as I can tell. If I think about it for a minute I can parse the second as a compliment and the first as the same kind of thanks one would give someone with whom one had just completed a business transaction, but my initial reaction is "ack, whence this gratitude?"
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I have to admit, though, that being thanked sometimes makes me a little uncomfortable, in (I think) the same way compliments often do. For instance, being thanked for selling something, which didn't feel to me like I was doing anyone a favor per se, or being thanked for being the kind of person I am, which is something I didn't really have a choice about as far as I can tell. If I think about it for a minute I can parse the second as a compliment and the first as the same kind of thanks one would give someone with whom one had just completed a business transaction, but my initial reaction is "ack, whence this gratitude?"