One time I was interacting with a stranger (so long ago, I dont remember who. Possibly just a store clerk). At the end of the interaction they looked me in the eye and said 'Have a great day'. It took me off guard, but made me feel really good in a way I couldnt put my finger on. I now say the same thing to everybody I meet in my day, in the hope I can bring somebody else that same feeling and genuinely make them have a good day.
Question, where do you live? In America, and especially on the Pacific Coast 'Have a great day' is a phatic expression [1]. It is a common parting phrase and has lost any special significance that it might have once had within a conversation.
Razengan · · focus · HN ↗
Your folks, your taxi driver, the guys who get the garbage, your parrot.. Throw them a compliment now and then (even better palm them a fiver too)
alt227 · · focus · HN ↗
stuxnet79 · · focus · HN ↗
[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression
Razengan · · focus · HN ↗
and ngl yes of course I read it as something else first.
Anyway maybe they were glad that someone threw them even a phatic expression at all? :)