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How do you reply to "Have a Nice Day"?

"Have a nice day," clerks say.

"Thanks for the advice," I reply. Most people laugh.

Do you have a fun comeback to "Have a nice day"?

LiterateHiker 9 July 24
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"Thanks, you too."

I know I'm boring.

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I've always liked, "Don't tell me what to do!" ?

@GinaMaria,

Thanks for the laugh. Too funny!

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I'm too chicken to use Carlin's response (in the grocery checkout): "Yeah, yeah, yeah, will ya give me my fuckin' change, please?" LOL!

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This doesn't answer your question but I think it's marginally relevant: Here in the UK many (most?) people mock 'Have a nice day'. However I use it frequently because so many of us Brits don't seem to care whether you have a nice day or not. For me it gives out a good positive sentiment and when I say it I really do mean it. Maybe I am really trying to say: Come on fellow British, let's give out a good message much more and try to mean it.

@iamjc There's no 'thing' that we say. Staff in bars and restaurants feel no obligation to say anything. However they will usually go with a simple 'Thank you' or some similar (in my opinion) bland comment. Most of us think that 'Have a nice day is just a platitude and not really said with feeling but my point is: That's fine because at least it's part of a culture that wishes someone well. I will leave it there because I just realised this is in Silly, Random & Fun and I am getting a bit too serious.

Have a nice day!

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Don't tell me what to do !!!

Simon1 Level 7 July 25, 2018

Beat me to it!

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I just say ..you too. Cheers.

What else can you say?

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Thanks, you have a nice day too.

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I say "same to you friend" and be kind.

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Thanks for the warning??

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I tell people to "have a nice day" all the time. When they wish me a nice/good day, I just say "thanks, likewise" to the person and move on. I rather like it better when people wish for me to have a nice day vs. the other stuff most people say. But when they "god bless you" at me, I say "thanks, likewise" just the same. As long as someone is honestly wishing me well, I don't care how they do it. I honestly thank them back, because no one is obligated to wish me any kind of well at all.

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I don’t have a clever answer for that one, but when someone says, “You have a nice one,” I sometimes say, “Where did you hear that?” It seems to confuse almost everyone.

Hermit Level 7 July 24, 2018
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I smile and say "You too!" or some variation thereof. Why be a jerk when someone's just trying to be nice? Not enough nice in the world, honestly.

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'Don't tell me what the hell to do!'

@Holysock

Very funny!

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I usually just smile and say uh-huh. Anyway it's nice to meet a fellow scouse on this site. I was born in the pool and lived in Garston and Allerton.
We emigrated in 1954 and have lived in Canada since then except for 56 and 57. I went to the Liverpool Institute (fondly known as the instinks)
and I went there with two of the future Beatles, Paul and George. My nan had tea a few times a week with John Lennon' s aunt who raised him. They lived on Verney Crescent. Hope you are well. I won't say have a nice day...its a worn out phrase with no sincerity. I'll just say...i hope you are having a wonderful life. Cheers.

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Fuck off!!

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I just say "likewise" or "don't jinx it!" it depends

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I just say thank you and wish them the same.

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Never said more that "you do the same". It's a throw away, and I answer with a throw away.

zeuser Level 9 July 24, 2018
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Thanks, same to you? Lol

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"Thank You" has ALWAYS worked for me.

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I usually say have a good one.
Leaves their options open.

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I use this too much, have no idea what else to say. When I get to know the people better I have different comments.

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I'm in Australia where it's usually too warm to have an ice day.

The warmth brings flies, which encourages us to keep our mouths shut.

So we usually just nod and grunt.

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No, but I do have:

"Hi." (as in, "High" )
---"I wish..."

And of course, "See you later."
--- "Not if I see you first."

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i say you have an ice day too...nobody ever understands me

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