Fall Recruitment 2009. Oh baby!

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Really? "Have a nice day" is a recent invention? Tell me more! It seems too blase to be a fad phrase.

Maybe with the smiley face? I think that was 80s. I mean, I'm sure people said "have a nice day" in the 60s but they probably meant it.

Upon further research, I've found that it became a cliche in the 70s through truckers on their CB radios.

[drgnlady]

Originally Posted by agzg

Maybe with the smiley face? I think that was 80s. I mean, I'm sure people said "have a nice day" in the 60s but they probably meant it.

Upon further research, I've found that it became a cliche in the 70s through truckers on their CB radios.

I'm sure the phrase occurred in the 60s but it wasn't an off-hand way of saying good-bye like it came to be in the 70s so it bugs me when the writers use it in MadMen. The writers are really good about not being anachronistic even when it makes the dialogue sound silly to us now. Anyway, we digress...