It is common for people to say, "Have a good day." We have already established that grumpy old men are annoyed at everything. This is just another one. Sometimes I feel like responding to "have a good day," with, "I am not going to do it and you can’t make me."
If I really thought they meant it, perhaps it wouldn’t bother me. But, it is usually some clerk saying it after I’ve made a purchase or some customer service clerk after they tell me the warranty has expired or doesn’t cover what ever caused a product to fail.
Our society is so ingrained in pretense that we are programed to recite whatever the powers in charge think we should say. Isn’t a simple, even if not sincere, thank you, sufficient?
When you get to be a grumpy old man, the measure of having a good day is when you haven’t broken anything.
PMO
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