Have a Nice Day

In NY it is said 10 times a second.

None of it meant but all said with a beaming smile.

I truely mean it when i say it now....HAVE A NICE DAY!

May the power of Christ go with you.

Same goes for "how are you doing, today?" Yesterday I have that question asked of me by a doctor and a pharmacist i went to to get some meds the doctor had just prescribed to me. I remember thinking "with the education that these two have had, and the professions they are in, you think they'd know what kind of a day I was having, or how I was feeling. Were I feeling any better, I woudln't have come to visit either one of them!" LOL

And that's why I tell people to have a day. I never specify what kind of day to have. Just have one.
Having a day means you are still alive. And being alive beats the alternative.

"Have a nice day?" Do they say that in England too? They say it here too.. and it doesn't mean anything other than goodbye. I have no idea why so many people say it.. it is just to have something nice to say in parting. Don't even get me started about the South here.. they confused me for the longest time when I first moved here.. they never say what they mean.

You can go to 10 different departments in one store,

And each clerk will say "Have a nice day"

All the while saying under their breath "Don't come back annoying me either".

They only say it, because it was part of their training for the job.

Not really, P1ke. Sure, I've had it said to me, but it always seems to be an automatic way to end a sale or a simple discussion that I've had with someone.

There's one person in Pennsylvania whom I speak with each week, Doris.

She ALWAYS ends our conversation with "I love you, have a WONDERFUL (emphasis on wonderful) week!"

I know that Doris and her husband Ben are sincere when they tell me to have a "WONDERFUL week," but not so in my general dealings with people in my regular week.

I can sense when someone is sincere or when someone is saying something "kind" to end a conversation or dealing ... I've never truly felt that sincerity from strangers.

Memo to self AND P1ke: Continue with your cynicism ... it's probably right on target. (C)2008 RJScott

Generally, when I say Have a nice day, I mean it. I'm a very upbeat kind of person and it's what I feel. However, if someone gives me crap and has made my day horrible, I do give them my biggest fake smile and say "have a nice day" which is a euphomism for "phuck off." they don't know, don't care, and we all walk away satisfied. LMAO

I have had a few experiences where a clerk or someone I was doing business with said it in a cheerful manner. However, for the most part, I think people just say it because they are trained to say it. It's sort of like people asking you, "How are you?" and you saying, "Fine." It's just a routine that doesn't mean anything. People very rarely want to know how you are really doing. In the same way, most people who say Have a Nice Day! really care what happens to you after you leave their store. Sorry to not have a cheer-you-up kind of answer, but that is my honest answer.

Sorry I can't cheer you up because I rarely hear this said in this area and when I do I really want to ask if they care. There is actually one bus driver that says this on occassions but not to everyone and not by rote, she really means it but she is in the minority.

I have been sitting here trying to think of someone that may have said this to me. I have come up with nothing, no one has said this to me. Perhaps they do not want me to have a nice day!