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Writer's Block: Time for a reboot
Nov. 13th, 2010 05:05 am[Error: unknown template qotd]I think "have a nice day" is fine. Some people take offense, like "why are you ordering me to have a particular type of day? I'll have a bad day if I want to!" but that's silly, it obviously means "I hope you have a nice day."
I would replace the insincere "how are you"s with "hello." It's always off-putting when someone says "how are you?" and then walks off before I have a chance to answer. And it's a waste of time - fast food drive-thru clerks often have to say "how are you?" and I feel like it's rude to ignore it so I have to say "fine thanks, how are you?" and then they have to answer and I could have finished placing my order by then if they'd just said "welcome to ___ may I take your order?" People can still ask how you're doing when they genuinely care and want to hear the answer. But I could do without all this fake, perfunctory courtesy from strangers.
I would replace the insincere "how are you"s with "hello." It's always off-putting when someone says "how are you?" and then walks off before I have a chance to answer. And it's a waste of time - fast food drive-thru clerks often have to say "how are you?" and I feel like it's rude to ignore it so I have to say "fine thanks, how are you?" and then they have to answer and I could have finished placing my order by then if they'd just said "welcome to ___ may I take your order?" People can still ask how you're doing when they genuinely care and want to hear the answer. But I could do without all this fake, perfunctory courtesy from strangers.
