The crime rates would go right down, I think, if Americans stopped saying: 'Have a nice day, ' to one another. At least it would stop me from contemplating violence; when people in shops & so on order me to have a nice day in this authoritarian way, I want to kill, kill, kill. When I mutter 'sod off' under my breath, they think it is a Russian Orthodox benediction. Susannah Clapp
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The crime rates in the USA would go down if everyone in the nation stopped saying “Have a nice day” to one another. According to a 2008 study, when people are told to have a nice day, they view it as an insult and an attempt by the speaker to exert dominance over them. In other words, when someone tells you “Have a nice day” it means that they don’t want to spend any time with you and that they think that you are inferior to them.

Source: A Card From Angela Carter

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