Have a nice day or keep smiling?

[Netcurtainnelly]

Somebody's suggestion that instead of the cashier in a shop saying have a nice day, at the end of the transaction,it would be good if they said keep smiling to the customer?😀

Which do you think is best?
Have a nice day or keep smiling?

Urgh. Both awful. American irritating effervescent shite being brought over here. Just say thanks and bye.

No.

Bet your fun at 🎉 parties.

Oh dear. Bet your fun.

Have a nice rest of the day I like

If someone said keep smiling to me today I would want to deck them to be honest. I’ve got too much difficult stuff going on, I can mange to smile and be civil but that would just send me over the edge.

Keep smiling? Fuck off.

Keep smiling is an awful suggestion. You have no idea what’s going on with someone, and to basically order them to smile when they could be struggling is just wrong. What happened it it’s ok not to be ok?

Enjoy your day, have a great afternoon, enjoy the weekend when it gets here (on a Friday obviously) or similar are all fine and friendly enough for a stranger. I’d probably say “I hope you” at the start, but we all know that’s what’s meant!

By the way OP, it’s “you’re” not “your” for your two comebacks berating previous posters who were kind enough to spend their time giving you an answer when they didn’t have to. I think what you meant to say was “thank you for your opinion”.

You patronised their store so they patronised you. That seems fair.

I like that one, too! Probably one of the only phrases that I feel able to put my usual dislike of Americanisms aside for because it's usually said very sweetly by young people!

Although, Jack Whitehall's father always pops into my mind!

“Have a nice day” works fine because people know it’s a polite pleasantry to end an interaction, and that it doesn’t require a response. It’s very expected.

keep smiling would piss me off

Both terms are Americanisms. A quick goodbye or thankyou is more than enough. I dont need that nonsense.

No sorry I really didn't mean to say that.

Yes so does, enjoy the rest of your day.

Or the much pleasanter "Goodbye".

Where on earth has the suggestion for ‘keep smiling’ come from. As a customer I’d assume they were being sarcastic. If I still worked in retail I’d cringe if they expected staff to say that

You can say that too.

From blokes on a break on a building site, perhaps? Though that does the vast majority a disservice.

Both expressions are smug and patronising.

It's fucking awful being told to smile.

'Have a nice day' or a pleasant 'Thanks very much, bye now' is fine.

Unless I was in the USA I'd think they were taking the piss if they said either.

"Should have gone to Specsavers"

Do you mean smile or say keep smiling?! I always say have a good one or hope your day gets better depending on what we talked about. I sometimes tell people to make sure they put their feet up and have a rest!!

"Have a magical day!"

Personally I prefer all the cashiers to fall into a rendition of 'So long, farewell' from the Sound of Music everytime someone leaves the shop. But sadly customer service is dead these days.