# Do you get the "have a blessed day" invocation where you live (and are you bothered by it)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667 "2025-12-13T15:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/241 "2025-12-17T01:32:29Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > So your position is, well, it’s real, but since I’m not bothered nobody should be. I didnt quite say that. And in general, you never really know. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/244 "2025-12-17T01:42:16Z")
Sign me up as an atheist who doesn’t care. But it reminds me of a former coworker who signed off her emails, “Have whatever kind of day you feel like.” Or something clever like that. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/245 "2025-12-17T01:53:19Z")
That would make me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/246 "2025-12-17T01:55:51Z")
My Daddy, when annoyed had a much ruder version. I think you can figure out where the F-bomb(s) go. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/247 "2025-12-17T02:09:51Z")
But I understand some stuff like “Have a nice day” or “Have a blessed day” irritates people. Not so much it affects your health please. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/248 "2025-12-17T02:27:30Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Is this a thing where you live? Yes. Am I bothered? No I do notice though in a way I don’t notice “have a nice day”. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/249 "2025-12-17T02:39:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Even Christians wish one other “Happy Holidays”, because of course there are other holidays during this season- Hannukah , New years, and etc. Then why have they been complaining about “Happy Holidays” for the last century? > **[The ugly origins of the "War on Christmas"](https://www.readtpa.com/p/war-on-christmas-origin)** > > People have been freaking out about the "War on Christmas" for more than a century. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/250 "2025-12-17T06:03:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > somebody saying “blessed day” in 2025 is exactly the same as some white person calling a black man “boy” in 1950. That’s an interesting proposition, but I don’t see the relative power relationships as similar: A black person and a white person are, as a general matter, easily and unavoidably recognized as such, simply based on physical appearance. A religious person and an atheist are indistinguishable, until one or the other voluntarily identifies themselves. A white person in the 1950s had a stunning amount of economic and social power over a black person. The white person undoubtedly had better job opportunities, faced few micro aggressions (if male), and unlike the black person did not exist within a historical context of generational racism. A religious person in the 2020s does not possess a stunning amount of economic and social power over an atheist. The religious person doesn’t necessarily have better job opportunities, face fewer micro agressesions, and the atheist does not automatically exist within multigenerational bigotry. I understand, within reason, why people dislike being told “have a blessed day.” But to me, it’s just an ordinary annoyance of the sort that comes with interacting with humans (who don’t ever believe or act in lockstep with what I think best). Someone who doesn’t use their turn signal when they should have is guilty of a greater crime, to me. And to answer the OP … yes, it’s not super common to hear “have a blessed day” in Hawai’i, but it certainly happens. As a matter of history, we can thank/curse the missionaries for the fact that residents of the State as a whole, at least those whose ancestors go back many generations, tend to be on the Christian devout side. Being addressed with “have a blessed day” doesn’t bother me. To the best of my knowledge, the people who say it to me are trying to be kind. The ones I know well enough to assess their motivations definitely are. They’re good people. I don’t really mind if my religious views and theirs don’t align. If I said “Selamat Eid al Fitri” (an Indonesian greeting for the celebration at the end of Ramadan) I bet they’d be pleased and welcoming. (Not that I’m Muslim, I’m not, but I hope you take my point.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/251 "2025-12-17T09:33:01Z")
As an aside: While “have a blessed day” is almost unequivocally religious in intent, _blessing_ in general is not necessarily so. When you ask parents for their blessing to marry their child, you’re not asking for a religious ceremony, you’re asking for their approval and support. One person blessing another person, or a group of people, is fairly common in my culture, and it has nothing to do with religion. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/252 "2025-12-17T09:35:13Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Let me tell you how I feel about: “With all due respect…” 😉 I’m really good at making “Excuse me, sir” sound _exactly_ like “Hey, asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/253 "2025-12-17T15:51:16Z")
It’s annoying. Makes me think a little less of the person. I don’t think about it until someone says it though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/254 "2025-12-17T20:09:28Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Then why have they been complaining about “Happy Holidays” for the last century? Who, exactly is “They”? Bill OReilly and Nordlinger, and a few others? It is not mainstream Christians. It is a few journalist trying to stir shit up, and that shit is avidly consumed by small group of MAGA hat wearing idiots. The Pope also uses Happy Holidays sometimes, since there are several Catholic Holidays during the season. > [@CairoCarol](#): > > I understand, within reason, why people dislike being told “have a blessed day.” But to me, it’s just an ordinary annoyance of the sort that comes with interacting with humans (who don’t ever believe or act in lockstep with what I think best). Someone who doesn’t use their turn signal when they should have is guilty of a greater crime, to me. Good points. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/255 "2025-12-17T20:13:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It is a few journalist trying to stir shit up, and that shit is avidly consumed by small group of MAGA hat wearing idiots. Those “MAGA hat wearing idiots” happen to be a force right now, and ignoring them is a major part of what got Trump elected twice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/256 "2025-12-17T20:18:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Those “MAGA hat wearing idiots” happen to be a force right now, and ignoring them is a major part of what got Trump elected twice. Only about a third of Republican voters are Evangelicals. Only 84% are Christian. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/257 "2025-12-17T20:41:42Z")
The fact is that if a “MAGA hat wearing idiot” is not officially an evangelical Christian, they are _still_ a “MAGA hat wearing idiot”. I am encountering more of these people that are saying “Have a blessed day” in such a way as to suggest that saying it differently is to challenge America Itself than I have in years past. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/258 "2025-12-17T20:45:12Z")
How many have MAGA hats? or are you just thinking that is what they mean? Are you not an atheist? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/259 "2025-12-17T20:49:00Z")
No. Not doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/260 "2025-12-17T23:48:04Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > I second this. 100% of the time, when I hear “have a blessed day”, it’s from a fellow African-American. And I hear it often. I’ve only heard it from white women. And it tends to be from smaller companies or companies that close on Sundays. I did get a large number of hand written letters last year from black women. I base that on the writing style and origin address. Not sure how I got on their list but it keeps the post office in business. So bless their hearts. Somebody on Jesus’s mailing list loves me. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/261 "2025-12-18T05:13:28Z")
Something I wanted to mention as it relates to agnostic or atheist philosophies. These are belief systems just as any of the religious belief systems. Personally I think it benefits us as all to tolerate what other people think. Even if it means an internal roll of the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667/262 "2025-12-18T12:17:08Z")
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