I caused a little stir among my friends when I expressed my feelings on this topic. I’m sure that more people are going to disagree with me on this subject. I complained that one my biggest pet peeves is being told to HAVE A GOOD ONE. Everywhere you go from the bank to Burger King to the grocery store to the doctor’s office, when you thank the person taking your money more often than not they tell you to “Have a good one!”
Have a good what exactly????
Drink of water? Vacation? Marathon? Oh….you mean DAY!!!! At first I thought this might be a regional thing peculiar to New England and then she discovered on her travels that this seemed to be prevalent everywhere.
Some might ask: What’s the big deal? I refuse to say Have a Good One because it sounds vulgar…this ‘good one’ can be any number of unsavory things. To be clear…I am as much against ordering someone to Have a Good Day. I much prefer the kindly and mannerly Hungarian custom that Lord Hooper-Brackett explained to me of wishing someone a good day: “I wish you a good day”. That sounds much more civilized.
I know that manners change, but I still can’t help longing for the days before “Have a good one” became the norm.
Wishing You All A Good Day,
The Lady Hooper-Brackett
The Lady Hooper-Brackett 
Your Ladyship; I feel the same about the phrase “No problem ” as a response to “Thank You”. In
In Mississippi “Goodbye” was often replaced by “Y’all come back”. Which, to me, was very welcoming.
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My dear Hairface, we need more welcoming speech.
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