Bookstore in America

Last year, I went to bookstore in America. A woman staff said "Hello" to me when I was walking in the bookstore. (Or "into the bookstore" if you mean that she said "Hello" when you were entering.)

In Japan, shop employees don't say "Hello(こんにちは/konnichiwa)" to customers. They say "いらっしゃいませ(irasshaimase)" and mostly customers don't answer.

So I didn't know what to say to her. (Unless you really said something, but you didn't know what it

I answered "Hello" but was it ok? I still don't know what is the correct answers is.

Thank you for reading.

Please correct these sentences if there are any mistakes. And I would like to know the answer to this question. Please tell me!

I think "Hello" was ok. To be honest, I was not in America, but as far as I know in most of the Western World, you should treat the shop staff with the same level of respect they treat you. In other words, if they greet you with "Hello", it should be ok to answer "Hello" :)

Last year, I went to a bookstore in America. A female shop assistant said "Hello" to me when I was walking in the bookstore.

In Japan, shop assistants don't say "Hello(こんにちは/konnichiwa)" to customers. They say "いらっしゃいませ(irasshaimase)" and customers usually don't answer.

So I didn't know what to say to her.

I answered "Hello" but, was it ok? I still don't know what the correct answer should be.

Thank you for reading.

Please correct this sentences if there are mistakes. And I want to solve this question. Please tell me!

Yes, saying hello is ok.

Sorry that I couldn't mark the corrections with a different color. It seems not to work from the phone app.

Bookstore of America

Last year, I went to bookstore in America. A woman staff said "Hello" to me when I was walking in bookstore.

In Japan, shop staffs don't say "Hello(こんにちは/konnichiwa)" to costermars. They say "いらっしゃいませ(irasshaimase)" and mostly costermars don't answer.

So I didn't know what I said to her.

I answered "Hello" but was it ok? I still don't know what is the correct answers.

Thank you for reading.

Please correct this sentences if there are mistakes. And I want to solve this question. Please tell me!