Not have a good day. Not enjoy the rest of your day.
Was this how people ended zoom calls during lockdown or something? Some influencer on TikTok signs off with it? A generational thing? Did I just miss the memo?
Nothing I wish for you is going to affect anything that’s already happened in your day
Sometime after sunrise.
It’s been a thing for a very long time, like even back in the 90s I remember it.
The difference was it was mostly between people who were both working. At least blue collar, and usually people who had a blurry line on when they were done with work on any given day for various reasons like having a very small business or side hustle
Like, there was an understood “work” in front of the “day”. Basically “I hope you get through this without much extra bullshit”.
That’s still how I hear it, but probably not how most mean it.
I didn’t really notice it spreading, but pandemic and zoom may have made it more common as people worked where they lived and needed to delinerate free time from work time.
Yeah it’s something you don’t hear outside of work. I felt like it implies more of: when work is over, enjoy what’s left of the day.
Yes exactly. You say that to someone once their work obligation has ended. It means I’m acknowledging that work sucks, but I hope you enjoy the rest of your day (now that it’s over).
I have been saying that for about 40 years, can’t be the only one.
I had to make the switch to saying that because I work nights and I got tired of switching between “have a good morning” and “have a good night” lol
Never heard anyone say that.
I just don’t notice these differences. I notice the genuine feeling behind it. I remember if they actually mean “have a good weekend” or if they are just BSing.
Yeah I was thinking this too. Sounds worse than the normal phrase.
I’ve been using that phrase with people I’m talking to in a different time zone for years.
I’m almost 60 and I have heard that from as long as I can remember. “Have a good one” though…I first heard that in the early 2000’s and it sounded stupid then. And it sounds stupid now.
Have a good none, Bob
😀
Wait, you think ‘have a good one’ sounds dumber than ‘have a good rest of your day’?
I do. Have a good what? Date?Sandwich? Shit? They have no idea what I’m up to next.
Isn’t that the great part? No matter what you’re up to they’re rooting for you
Context clues elude
I say it because I talk to people all over the world.
I don’t know, but I wish people would stop telling me what to do.
They’re not telling you what to do though
“It’s (hope you) have a good day/rest of day/night etc”
Don’t tell me what to do! I tell anyone I want to have a nice rest of their day.
At least it’s short term. “Have a good rest of your day. I don’t give a shit about your tomorrow though”
No idea.
I’ve been saying it for a few years. I just think it sounds nice.
“Have a good day” sounds too cliche to me, at least when I’m at work. It’s like saying “we apologize for the inconvenience” where it feels like an insincere, canned phrase.
This is the first I’m hearing it, and I feel like I’ll always be just a little bit sadder now that I know its a thing.
Are “enjoy the rest of your day” and “have a good rest of your day” different enough that one sounds odd but not the other?
Yes
It doeth sound a little off, even though it’s very minor.
Seriously?
Dunno but I tend to respond “You too if you can!”
