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Tue Mar-29-11 08:51 AM
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Is it me? But when people say "Have a nice day" what I really think they are saying is... |
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Tue Mar-29-11 08:55 AM
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1. Endless winter makes us mean. |
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Tue Mar-29-11 09:29 AM
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2. When I get done speaking with customers on the phone... |
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. . . ...if they've been nice (simply decent human beings is enough), I'll end the call with "Have a nice day/weekend/evening", but say it with feeling enough that when I hear myself saying it... it reminds ME that I truly mean it -- and the responses (sometimes surprised) often seem equally as sincere. . I know that's unusual -- that "Have a nice day" is usually as automatic and insincere as a "Bless you" after a sneeze -- but it's really nice when it happens. . . . . . Now maybe you understand why I ALMOST chose the username of "MiddleFingerPollyFuckingAnnaMom". . . .
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Tue Mar-29-11 09:31 AM
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3. In recent years, it has come to mean that, a lot of the time. nt |
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Tue Mar-29-11 09:41 AM
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4. I usually mean it when I say it |
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If people have a nice day, it makes the world a happier place overall.
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Tue Mar-29-11 09:44 AM
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5. I think it's another way to say good-bye |
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It's actually wishing someone well, IMHO
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Tue Mar-29-11 11:04 AM
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6. Would you rather they said... |
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Tue Mar-29-11 11:19 AM
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7. At least I'd feel a bit more honestly but you know - have a nice day |
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Tue Mar-29-11 11:24 AM
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Tue Mar-29-11 11:33 AM
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9. Among strangers I think it means: |
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"I'd like to end this meaningless interaction on a superficially pleasant note, so I can forget about you and go about my own nice day." Happens at cash registers in stores or in businesses all the time.
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Wed Mar-30-11 01:15 AM
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22. Not that there's anything wrong with that... |
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Wed Mar-30-11 08:48 AM
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23. Oh, nothing wrong with it at all. |
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It's less stressful to be pleasant than to be unpleasant, even if it's totally superficial.
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Tue Mar-29-11 12:06 PM
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10. I rarely say it.. but when I do, it's sincere. n/t |
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Tue Mar-29-11 12:08 PM
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11. There's an old Southern expression: "How nice"... Which means |
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something altogether different.
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Tue Mar-29-11 12:13 PM
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12. Thank you for sharing that. |
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Tue Mar-29-11 12:40 PM
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13. Anytime and have a nice day |
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Tue Mar-29-11 01:14 PM
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14. I said "have a nice day" because |
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leaving a 10# butternut squash in your refrigerator for 4 months was too much effort.
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Tue Mar-29-11 01:17 PM
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that's the Southern way of sending you off to pound sand
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Tue Mar-29-11 03:21 PM
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16. I one of those people who says have a nice day and if you looked inside my brain it would |
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say 'have a nice day'. I'm not complicated in other words.
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Tue Mar-29-11 03:29 PM
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17. It's like "How ya doin'?" |
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and they're like "I'm good! How are you?" I'm like, are you really good? You say that every freakin' day.
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Tue Mar-29-11 04:18 PM
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18. That's the old cartoon, with two frames. Los Angeles and New York City. |
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Los Angeles: Two guys in floral shirts passing each other on the street. One says "Have a nice day!" and is thinking "Fuck you". New York? Just the opposite :7
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Wed Mar-30-11 09:23 AM
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Tue Mar-29-11 09:35 PM
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I had a guest say this to me several years ago. So, this is what I say to people now.
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Tue Mar-29-11 11:41 PM
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20. It's worse when people say "have a nice life," because it says |
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that they'll never see you again. Not cool if someone tells you that after you've spent the night with them.
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Wed Mar-30-11 12:12 AM
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21. I don't say it unless I mean it, but I do say it often ... |
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Unless someone is just being absolutely execrable on the phone (or in person), I'll say it because I think it's just a nice thing to say.
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Wed Mar-30-11 09:15 AM
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24. It is used so much it has no meaning any more. dc |
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Wed Mar-30-11 11:49 AM
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26. That's cuz you're dealing with Philadelphians |
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The first time I went to Minneapolis, a hotdog vendor asked me "do you need some napkins?" and I asked the guy I was with "He asked me if I wanted napkins - what was he up to?" Couldn't understand why someone would be decent without any provocation. And yes, I grew up in the Philly area.
Having said that, I just posted something on a industry thread on LinkedIn, replying to other moderators who were complaining that respondents in Philadelphia are "difficult" and "unresponsive" suggested maybe they shouldn't start interviews with Philadelphians by saying "how 'bout them Mets?"
So I guess I'm saying that <b>I</b> can complain about us, but don't want to hear from anyone outside the Delaware Valley.
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