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Cashiers here have started saying "have a good rest of your day" instead of "have a good afternoon" or something.
It never used to be a phrase.
Its very common now.
I understand that language evolves and that this is probably used often enough to be dramatically "appropriate" now, but i just hate it.
Some how the grammar is just discordant and I find it jarring every time.
Of course, I dont tell cashiers about this grievance, because I appreciate them and I understand this is just me being weird and I try to get through my day offending the fewest service workers as possible.
As someone who used to work retail, I feel this. I have trouble socially and just want one phrase to mindlessly close out every interaction. I started with "have a good day," but as the day progressed, I would get more funny looks or comments like "...what's left of it." I'm sorry, is after 6pm no longer today? Today is a day, right? I ended up using "have a good one." While less formal, the funny looks and comments stopped.
People are funny. They think it's strange that I say have a good day as it's starting to get dark, but don't bat an eye at the fact that I'm only wishing them a good day. What about tomorrow? "I hope today goes well for you, but fuck tomorrow." Is the idea that they expect to see me every day? I deserve days off, too. I'm not going to be here tomorrow to wish you a good day, so maybe I should tailor it to my schedule to make sure you're covered until I see you again. "I have tomorrow off, so have a good couple days!" No, I'd have to change that every day... maybe "Have a good time until I see you again!" is better. What happens when I change jobs? I don't think I'll see them again, so I need to make sure their days are good from here on out? "Have a nice life!" That's worse somehow.
This reminds me of the end of sophomore year in high school. We were signing yearbooks, "Have a nice summer, hope you don't drown!" Thanks for the positive wishes, but now I'm going to worry about drowning every time I go swimming!
Oddly enough, I've met someone whose peeve was 'Have a good one!'
They're like, 'Have a good what!? Day? Life? Colonoscopy? Be specific!'
Still my go to, though.
Have a good two?
On one hand, youre welcome to do whatever you must to get through the day. As i mentioned above, I dont want to be a dick about it.
That said, the convention has always been to say, "have a good ".
I hear that you dont want to invest the effort to compute the time of day, and thats kinda what I hear when some one says "have a good rest of your day".
May the rest of your your day/evening/afternoon be as delightful as you!
If you compare it to "have a good day", it's longer and awkwarder, and the extra words are to avoid...the scenario of someone complaining that part of the day has already passed and can no longer be nice?
In the same vein of unnecessary specificity: I hate when waiters ask "how is everything tasting?" I have to resist replying that it tastes great but it's cold and the texture makes me want to gag.
Similarly, I find it slightly annoying when you thank a cashier and they respond by saying you're welcome. This exchange was purely transactional (I paid for my items and you did your job), so please don't imply that you did me some sort of personal favor. But like you, I won't say anything about it to the cashier because their job is already hard enough.
By saying "Thank you" and "You're welcome" you're expressing mutual willingness to end the transaction in a civilized way. It's just a standard politeness, a phrase. No need to read into the original meanings. Nowadays and in the context of shopping you're just both saying everything went well and you're finishing the transaction in peace, there's no implication of anything - meanings evolve.
People who work Customer facing jobs are so burnt out, they can hardly keep track of what time it is. The phrase can be used any time of day without more thinking.
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