"Have a nice day" nicey nicey guilt trip

[User169]

Got some grumpy miserable sods on here haven't we? Next you'll be complaining about fellow cyclists not greeting you.

Ever think there may be a link?

 

[redcard]

Just placed an order online with somebody clearly 'outsourced', and the call ended with:

"Have a nice day"
"You too"

I always feel such a fraud. I don't know how else to respond to that sign-off, but how can you wish someone a nice day when you know they're stuck like a battery chicken in some airless hangar on the outskirts of Bangalore surrounded by 768 fellow wage-slaves, just counting the minutes till hometime....

*sigh*

I suppose it beats: 'You won't'.

I'm surprised no one has challenged the utter ridiculousness of your post.

 

[ThinAir]

I think "take care" annoys me more; it's the ultimate vapid, pointless addition to the end of a conversation. As if I'm going to stroll across the M6 blindfold, FFS!

This is something we say a lot at work, but then I'm just about as from sitting in a call centre as you get...

So 'Allez' is French for 'p*55 off ' then ?

I like the idea of having P155 Off scrawled along the side of my bike!

I think it's an English thing having these inane endings to conversations... Must admit I'm a member of the "take-care" massive. But then it depends who I am talking to and what they or I am doing before I leave!

 

[Nihal]

Got some grumpy miserable sods on here haven't we? Next you'll be complaining about fellow cyclists not greeting you.

You haven't seen any of those threads yet,have you?

 

[asterix]

So 'Allez' is French for 'p*55 off ' then ?

No, she is a very polite old lady of about 94 years, most unlikely to be that rude! On your next visit to France I am sure you may use the word as a conclusion to a conversation in complete confidence.

Chier, colly.

 

[colly]

Thanks, I will do that. But if someone clobbers me, I will not be happy.

 

[TheDoctor]

I don't actually see the problem here.
If someone says something even slightly nice, why would you not reply in kind?
It makes the world a bit of a fluffier place

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I don't actually see the problem here.
If someone says something even slightly nice, why would you not reply in kind?
It makes the world a bit of a fluffier place

Might do so, or might just raise my eyebrows with a puzzled look.
Most random niceness is not meant imo.
But the outsourced call centre operator just says what he/she is prepped to say, so they deserve a good day wished in return, with a smile even if they cannot see it.

 

[TheDoctor]

Might do so, or might just raise my eyebrows with a puzzled look.
Most random niceness is not meant imo.

Well. maybe not. But some of it is.

But the outsourced call centre operator just says what he/she is prepped to say, so they deserve a good day wished in return, with a smile even if they cannot see it.

You're probably right there - I've worked in a call centre, and yes, there was a script, with an officially laid-down greeting and such like. But when I told people that I was glad I could help, I meant it. If you don't like helping people (and a lot of my colleagues didn't) then really, what are you doing working in a service industry? Why do that to yourself?

 

[ColinJ]

I was a bit rude to a nice young woman yesterday!

I was just coming back from a slightly traumatic family break when I was accosted by 'chuggers' led by the young woman. She was wearing a charity's jacket and looked like a volunteer, but I know that many of them are well paid for every person that they sign up. I don't like it, partly because they don't make that obvious, partly because of the guilt-tripping that they indulge in, and partly because you have to run the gauntlet of the other chuggers after fending off the first one!

Young woman: (Smile) "Good afternoon, sir - are you having a lovely day?"

ColinJ: (Scowl) "Actually - NO, I AM NOT! I have just spent 24 hours in an A&E ward and have been diagnosed with a serious life-threatening health condition for the second time in 11 months, on top of which, I am poor and fed up with it!"

Young woman : "Oh, er, sorry ..."

I walked another 10 yards across the square and was approached by a nice young man wearing a similar jacket.

Young man: (Smile) "Good afternoon, sir - are you ..."

ColinJ: (Scowl) "DON'T!"

 

[Doseone]

I dunno on this. I reckon some of the people who might wish you to "have a nice day" might actually mean it. I think the default position for most humans whether in Bangalore or Bangor is generosity of spirit. And I also think that it's possible that some of the people who work in that call centre might really enjoy their jobs.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I don't know how else to respond to that sign-off, but how can you wish someone a nice day when you know they're stuck like a battery chicken in some airless hangar on the outskirts of Bangalore surrounded by 768 fellow wage-slaves, just counting the minutes till hometime....

Ah! So THAT'S what happened to Nihal!!

I think "take care" annoys me more; it's the ultimate vapid, pointless addition to the end of a conversation. As if I'm going to stroll across the M6 blindfold, FFS!

The one which always gets me is if you have just bought something in a shop and as you are leaving the person serving you utters the words

'Catch you later/See you later' (sometimes with 'Buddy', 'Mate' or 'Big Man' <is that just a Glasgow thing?> added at the end).

I'm sorry, are you going to stalk me or something?? If I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bog and look out of the window, will I see you standing there watching me? Is there something you aren't telling me here? Should I be worried? Should I call the Police just in case?

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with a bit courtesy, politeness, etc, but shop assistants treating me, a complete stranger like I am suddenly their best friend is vaguely disconcerting to me, sorry, and top of that, I have never quite worked out if the 'Big man' is meant to be genuine or a somewhat ironic put down or comment on size (I'm borderline underweight, so its certainly ironic anyway! ).

Little alarm bells also start ringing when I hear them say things like

'Ok, we'll make this all happen for you (mate/buddy/big man)'.

'Make it happen?' I went in to buy a pair of shoes, not book a holiday!

"have a nice day"

I once said that without thinking about to an American couple. I had genuinely meant them to have a nice day. It was only afterwards that I suddenly realised that I might have sounded a bit of an eejit (more so than usual I mean).

I always reply: "missin' you aw-ready"

Oh FFS!!

 

[asterix]

Thanks, I will do that. But if someone clobbers me, I will not be happy.

Yeah but don't ask them to '(faire) chier'!

 

[Puddles]

Ah! So THAT'S what happened to Nihal!!



The one which always gets me is if you have just bought something in a shop and as you are leaving the person serving you utters the words

'Catch you later/See you later' (sometimes with 'Buddy', 'Mate' or 'Big Man' <is that just a Glasgow thing?> added at the end).



Oh FFS!!

"Mate" not usual a Glasgow thing more likely to be "Pal"

"Big Man" yes often used

"Hen" added usually woman to woman

"Buddy" not heard that

Just my experience up there

 

[colly]

"Mate" not usual a Glasgow thing more likely to be "Pal"

"Big Man" yes often used

"Hen" added usually woman to woman

"Buddy" not heard that

Just my experience up there

'COCK'

That's another one. ''You alight cock?'' Like I'm some kind of plonker !!..................................?? err?