That looks just like a normal conversation between my wife and me - I am British, of the class that apologises to lamp posts after walking into them, and she is not.
It drives her acutely nuts. I really try not to, and I frequently end up chewing my tongue while the word struggles to escape my lips like a mad cat in a bag, and then it slips out two minutes later anyway.
I should learn to better control how I react.
(As it happens, she is francophone, but I'm not sure it's relevant as we mostly talk to each other in English.)
I've also taught myself how to stop signing off emails with "Thanks," when I'm not expressing gratitude.
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My family member's mother in law writes emails like:
"Dear X, I hope this letter finds you well... warmest regards"
She will never be convinced not to.
They associate it with alcohol toasts more than a polite sign-off.
They understand it’s a polite sign-off conceptually, but in the back of my mind I wondered if it rubs North Americans the wrong way subconsciously.