‘Have a nice day!’ and Other Stupid Stuff We Say Every Single Day

Are trite phrases becoming the new punctuation for conversations?

Sandra Wendel
The Startup
Published in
3 min readJun 18, 2023

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From Pixabay.

When someone wished my US Marine Corps tough-as-nails father, “Have a nice day,” he either said under his breath or actually out loud, “How the fuck am I supposed to do that.”

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Sandra Wendel
The Startup

A picky nonfiction editor who helps authors write, polish, and publish their books. Author: Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing.