"Have a great day" is sort of ubiquitous (although I've discovered there are lots of people who do NOT use that, also ...) --
but received an e-mail yesterday that signed off with
"Make it a great day"
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Thought that was kind of "genius."
The phrase "have a great day"
when used on somebody who wants to be negative,
can invite a list of reasons as to
why in the hell
the recipient is not only
NOT having a friggin' "great day" -- they're actually havin'
a damn lousy day and do you wanna hear about that??!!
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Saying, instead,
"Make it a great day"
expresses the feeling you wanted to express with "HAVE a great day"
yet at the same time
challenges the person -- "MAKE IT -- a great day."
Not -- how many things do you have to complain about?, but rather
what're YOU doing to make things better,
on this planet.
(Or, for that matter, on any other planet...?)
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"Make it a great day."
Good one.
Wish I'd thought of it.
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This reminds me of one of George Carlin's rants about the Have a nice day saying.
ReplyDeleteI like Make it a great day, too. Although sometimes I'm not so good at it.