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

[Whatisthepoint2020]

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.

I'm a GP. We're doing a lot of remote consulting using phone, email & video link.

Never before have I had patients saying Take Care to me at the end of their consultation, but they nearly all do now.

I like it. It makes me feel more appreciated than I usually do

Why are you assuming people don't mean it?

I'm a nurse, the majority of my friends are nurses. We are seeing death every day. I know statistically, there's a chance that some of us won't be here in a few months time.
I message my friends more now as we all need support at this time. If saying stay safe at the end of these messages makes me a twat then, meh.

My dad uses it in texts to me

I thought it was because be wanted me to stay safe

Now it looks like he is just a twat wanting to be down with da youth

I hate it too. How can us as key workers stay safe in a very unsafe environment. We may take the necessary precautions but we can not stay safe.

@Whatisthepoint2020
I'm with you. It just feels like 'the thing' to say at the moment. I know people mean well, but something about it makes me feel irrationally angry, it's just another reminder of how much our lives have changed. A few weeks ago you wouldn't ever hear it.
Plus on some Facebook groups I'm on it often seems to be put at the end of a post /comment where someone is policing the lockdown and treating people like toddlers.

What would you prefer? Take care?

Seriously? Maybe it's the people who say it who you have the issue with.

What would you like them to say?
Maybe a simpering, sanctimonious "I hope you don't get the virus too badly"? Probably better to avoid that one I suspect...

Surely any sane person wants others to "stay safe" and well especially if they are at higher risk either of contact or complications.

I mean it. I mean it in a heartfelt manner.

I work in a pharmacy, the only people we see right now are those who need medication, or those who are so desperately lonely and frightened that they need a bit of reassurance, a relief from anxiety, they need a pleasant word, a bit of support, a virtual hug - someone who will tell them that everything is going to be ok in the end (whether we believe it or not) - and it is a good way to "sign off" a conversation with someone who needs a few reassuring words.

stay safe people... like the sign off on Hill Street Blues (showing my age...) "Let's be careful out there" - trite platitudes that may make someone feel cared about.

So when I sign off letters, 'I hope you stay safe and well in the coming months'....should I follow it with a so they know I'm being a twat...and when I get letters signed off in a similar vein, should I just come straight back with, "well fuck you very much."...just so I know I'm getting it right.

I don't have a problem with stay safe.

Dd's key worker at nursery sent me a text when nursery finished up and ended it with
see you on the other side
I thought that was weird, like she meant in heaven🤣🤣

What would you like them to say?

Nothing. No need to end every bit of communication with stay safe. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ve been receiving msgs saying this and sending them but the I already knew we where all twats.

I agree most with the PP who calls it a blessing, like 'goodbye'. In Bavaria they say 'Grüss Gott' as hello, literally a contraction of something like 'may God greet/bless you'. Atheists say it too. These things originate from scarier times than ours. It's a formula of (literal) wellwishing.

Just because 'stay safe' is a grammatical imperative, it's no more a semantic command than 'take care' is, and it certainly isn't implying anyone's incompetence. Imagine if someone told me 'take care' when saying goodbye and I assumed that to mean 'don't run anyone over driving home, will you, I know what you're like'

Anyway, it's a brief platitude. Where do we (collectively) get off expecting verbal gymnastics of thought-through eloquence from everyone (with more than the usual worries and concerns right now) dashing off an email to us?

I hate twatty things too, but I do this. I really want to say "you are my friend, I've known you ages, I really care about you and I hope you stay well" but that's too long winded and twatty so I write stay safe instead.

I have been ending emails to students with that as my normal 'kind regards' doesn't seem right for the situation we find ourselves in.

Nothing. No need to end every bit of communication with stay safe. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Every bit of communication you receive ends with stay safe? That's strange. Maybe tell these people you don't like it if it really is such a problem. 🤷‍♀️

@whatisthepoint2020 I'm with you. The last trend thing was hashtag bekind

*trendy

It's doing my head in

I’ve been receiving msgs saying this and sending them but the I already knew we where all twats.

😂😂

Dd's key worker at nursery sent me a text when nursery finished up and ended it with see you on the other side

I did that they other day...then i realised how it sounded and deleted it

FFS. This is what too much time does to you. Some elderly get finicky and grumpy and it's because they've got too much time yo get worked up over unnecessary things.

Would you prefer people saying hope you get Covid and die?

I do this. I genuinely want the other person to stay safe. Why wouldn't I??