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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Have a great rest of your day."
Last edited Thu Jan 23, 2020, 06:29 PM - Edit history (1)
"Enjoy the rest of your day" would be a lot less awkward to say. I wonder why I don't hear that as much...
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"Have a great rest of your day." (Original Post)
Aristus
Jan 2020
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)1. Sometimes our brains can't produce the words we really want, I think.
And I think you mean hear.
CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)2. ---snort---
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)3. And just WHY are you snorting at me, dear sir?
Was I funny?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. Here hear!!
Well done.
CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)8. Not intentionally... just ironic.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)5. Sorry. Fixed it...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)6. Ah, no worries! It's very easy to spell it that way!
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)7. The right words aren't
Have a nice day in a sarcastic sing songy voice?
I never got that working and playing well with others thing down.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)9. My response to "Have a nice (rest of your) day" is sometimes
"Thank you, but I have other plans."
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)10. It makes me feel rather curmudgeonly to admit...
...to this, but I find it annoying to constantly hear, Have a great day! A good day is good enough, thank you very much. I dont expect every day to be a great day. I know its well meant, but it bugs me nonetheless.
My usual outlook on life is this - if no one I love needs major surgery, a casket, or bail money, life is good. Most days, I am able to stick to that.