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Originally posted by Fearless_Hyena
I never realized how funny the phrase "have a nice day" (spoken by cashiers while you're checking out) was until I went to Europe -- all my non-american friends thought what was a strange custom. What does having a nice day have to do with completing the transaction?? Sure it's a friendly thing to say, but the customary time and place (at the cash register) does seem a bit strange when you think about it...
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Coming from a retail background myself, and *especially* when I was cashiering, "Have a nice day" was a very polite dismissal-when a lot of times I'd rather had said "Fuck off now. Yes, you."
It IS a silly custom, but here in the states, that's what you do
