To think that people who end messages with ‘stay safe’

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Are twats?

Maybe it’s because DP is a key worker so doesn’t have the option to ‘stay safe’ but it gives me the rage.

It's people being well intentioned. Let people be well intentioned.

I agree with NewToRenting - all standard valedictions are code for general well-wishing. 'Stay safe/well' adapts that general wish to the circumstances we are in.

I prefer to hear "stay well" rather than "stay safe", but I certainly take no offence to it. I think it's nice people show some compassion. Why get offended?

NHS clinician here and lots of people at work signing off emails, texts, etc this way. It’s heartfelt and meant. We’re all worried about each other and want to say something to care for each other.

What a depressing thread.

If you can't say ' stay safe' to a family member, friend or someone , in the time of a national and global health crisis, when people are dying, when can you say it.

Seriously op. Give your head a wobble. If you think people are " twats" who say this, then you really are an unpleasant individual.

I don't say it because it's a trend, I say it because I want people to stay safe 🤷‍♀️. Sometimes I say take care - is that also bad?

What’s your list of preferred phrases op?

I agree with EggBaconBeans. It's a nice thing to say and shows you care.

I just think people are saying it because it’s the ‘in’ thing to say & they don’t mean it.

What a dim view to have of the world OP

Lots of people say it to me and neither me nor DH are key workers. It's nice and caring.

Of course people mean it when they say it!! Why wouldn't you want people to stay safe?!

I also think it's a polite way of saying "Stay home"

Better ‘stay safe ‘or be kind‘ than ‘f**k off’ or similar epithets.

I’m another twat....I say it and mean it. Sorry to anyone who is offended/irritated by it

So many things to dislike in behaviours at the moment thst are damaging others why worry about a few words?

I just think people are saying it because it’s the ‘in’ thing to say & they don’t mean it

I say ‘keep well’ or similar to my friends and I absolutely do mean it - we know people in real life who have died, others who have had the symptoms of the virus and recovered , who have very elderly parents that they are trying to care for, who have other health conditions themselves, who are working or who have family who are doctors in direct C19 care. I live in London, between two big hospitals, so maybe my perspective is more acute than someone for whom this is all rather more theoretical at the moment. And I am very much not the panicking or catastrophising type.

I like it. So many people are flouting the lockdown. The more they receive messages about making themselves safe, the more they will think about the importance of the rules, surely?

For those, who are doing their best to stay safe, it shows others care about their wellbeing.

I’m sorry if frontline workers find it upsetting. It is sent with good intent.

I can hardly believe someone would start such a rotten, mean spirited thread.

I’ve always said “stay safe/keep safe/look after yourself” to friends and family, I don’t need a pandemic to make me express my hope for their wellbeing and I don’t need an unpleasant malcontent telling me I’m a twat for doing so.

Well, I said it to every NHS staff member who had to come into my isolation cubicle when I was ill with Covid last week.
I also asked them to check their masks were tightly applied before approaching me, and said I wanted to minimise their risk.
None of them took offence. I think they were glad I was looking out for them. We had a few discussions about their fears and how they were managing risk.
I’m a retired doctor myself, and certainly wasn’t being twee or patronising. I genuinely care about my colleagues.

I get what you’re saying it OP. I used it at the start of this because we lost a family member to CV in the very early days and the family were utterly rocked by it.

Now, I’m feeling it’s just become a trite sign off and have restricted my use of it.

Perhaps it's just replaced the 'take care' that a lot of people would use at the end of a message anyway.
Doesn't bother me one way or the other.

Wow some people really do look to take offence at anything.

People who tell others to stay safe are not twats. Not for that reason anyway. You however sound like an absolute twat.

I'd rather stay safe than 'best' tbh.

You've spectacularly misunderstood OP. People aren't saying it because it's the new "in-thing" to say, they're politely acknowledging that we're living through a pandemic. I'm sure it is meant well.

If you're the type to be professionally offended I can see why this would give you the "rage".

It's not comparable to #bekind where people were often twats for trying to shut down a conversation by using it.

I prefer to say ‘stay well’ but I don’t know why. I just like those words better 🤷‍♀️