It happened twice today. Maybe six hours apart, two different people told me to have a nice day.
The first person to tell me to have a nice day was a dispatcher. He called and offered me a load. The mileage seemed to be a bit shy. I was at my computer so I punched it up on PCMiler. 30 miles short and noway to account for the difference. I told him about the mileage and that I would take it with a $30 bonus to make up for the shortage. His curt response was: "Can't do it. I'll just put it up for bid." I said okay and he ended our conversation with "Have a nice day." This didn't sound like the "Have a nice day" associated with that little yellow smiley face thing. It didn't even sound like a hackneyed conversation ending Have a nice day." It was more of a "Have a nice day...and I hope you choke on a sandwich and die before sundown" kind of have a nice day. Then he hung up.
10 minutes later he called again. This time sounding like I was his new bestest friend. He explained that for some reason when he re-entered the load, it came up as 580 miles. 30 new miles appeared from nowhere. I accepted the load and thanked him. He ended the conversation with a "Thank you" and not a "Have a nice day."
Six hours later I fueled at a Flying J. I used my credit card and Flying Pilot Rewards Card at the pump. I then went inside to get my .99 16 oz. coffee. The young lady at the register charged me $1.60 for the coffee. I thought maybe something had changed since last week. I pulled out my pump receipt and it clearly stated the .99 coffee deal. I was trying to explain this to the cashier, when a manager type looking woman took charge. I was pleasant while I listened to her vague excuses, this is for the Coffee Club, not everyone has a Rewards Card, apparently the pump isn't communicating with the cash registers. I picked up my card and two receipts and said forget it. It wasn't worth the 60 cents. She offered to refund the .60 but that it would require a reverse cash transaction or some such nonsense. She gave me my money, I thanked her. It wasn't a kiss your hand on bended knee thank you, it was more of a we're done here, I'm gone, type of thank you. As I walked away she said: "Have a nice day." It was the same "I hope you choke on a sandwich and die" kind of have a nice day.
Has anyone else come across this? Is "Have a nice day" the new substitute for "Up yours slideface"?
The first person to tell me to have a nice day was a dispatcher. He called and offered me a load. The mileage seemed to be a bit shy. I was at my computer so I punched it up on PCMiler. 30 miles short and noway to account for the difference. I told him about the mileage and that I would take it with a $30 bonus to make up for the shortage. His curt response was: "Can't do it. I'll just put it up for bid." I said okay and he ended our conversation with "Have a nice day." This didn't sound like the "Have a nice day" associated with that little yellow smiley face thing. It didn't even sound like a hackneyed conversation ending Have a nice day." It was more of a "Have a nice day...and I hope you choke on a sandwich and die before sundown" kind of have a nice day. Then he hung up.
10 minutes later he called again. This time sounding like I was his new bestest friend. He explained that for some reason when he re-entered the load, it came up as 580 miles. 30 new miles appeared from nowhere. I accepted the load and thanked him. He ended the conversation with a "Thank you" and not a "Have a nice day."
Six hours later I fueled at a Flying J. I used my credit card and Flying Pilot Rewards Card at the pump. I then went inside to get my .99 16 oz. coffee. The young lady at the register charged me $1.60 for the coffee. I thought maybe something had changed since last week. I pulled out my pump receipt and it clearly stated the .99 coffee deal. I was trying to explain this to the cashier, when a manager type looking woman took charge. I was pleasant while I listened to her vague excuses, this is for the Coffee Club, not everyone has a Rewards Card, apparently the pump isn't communicating with the cash registers. I picked up my card and two receipts and said forget it. It wasn't worth the 60 cents. She offered to refund the .60 but that it would require a reverse cash transaction or some such nonsense. She gave me my money, I thanked her. It wasn't a kiss your hand on bended knee thank you, it was more of a we're done here, I'm gone, type of thank you. As I walked away she said: "Have a nice day." It was the same "I hope you choke on a sandwich and die" kind of have a nice day.
Has anyone else come across this? Is "Have a nice day" the new substitute for "Up yours slideface"?
