Have A Nice Day!

Have a Nice Day - is commonly spoken valediction. Typically spoken by retail employees or clerks to customers after a sale. However in Britain or Australia it is sometimes regarded as an expression of insincerity, its use can annoy people.
It is associated with the smiley, a representation of smiling face.

Source: Wikipedia


Such a simple saying, right?
Sometimes it's spoken with a smile, at times with a smirk.
But just the same, it's always spoken.
More often than not, it is a pleasant gesture made by someone who cares bout you.
But other times, it's a meaningless formality spoken by someone who just took your tip at the restaurant.

When my friend Olive says, "Have a nice day!" which she does all the time (awww, I really terribly miss her..), I know it's a pleasant gesture.
I know she means it and she genuinely cares about what happens to me.
That twinkle in her eye announces that she really wants me to have a nice day.
I felt loved with this reminder that another person wishes me well...
It gives my day an added boost and energy.
It keeps me going when in fact I'm having a bad day.

While "Have a nice day" version of the expression is spoken by a teller who just finished your bank transactions, the words come out in a monotonous programmed formality.
The words are spoken at you, not to you.

To the countless others who mindlessly utter it all the time, in a strange and comforting way, it's nice to know that they care enough to pretend they care when in fact they really don't care all that much.

Still on the book 'Transitions', it apparently belived that "Have a nice day" is one of those little indications that we do care, even if only slightly, about one another's welfare.
It has taken it's place for a time in the storehouse of phrases we use for civility's sake.
And on at least one occasion, it brought unexpected laughter in a time of a tragedy.

Have a nice day peeps! :-)