Maybe that’s why I don’t remember hearing it. 
Its about boundaries isn’t it?
I don’t know if I have ever heard ‘blessed day’ so much, but I do hear similar .. acknowledgements from some of the religious staff at work. Usually in gratitude for what they see as a favour. I take it in the context of a genuine thank you and not as an imposition of their religion on me. It is their way of expressing goodwill to me in the way that is the most meaningful for them.
There are times when I do take it as an imposition, such as from strangers, but also from family. Visiting family right now and Ive been expected to hold hands in a circle for saying grace a couple times now before dinner. I really do dislike that. Ill keep quiet while you do your thing, but do not expect me to participate in your ritual. Im obviously not happy about this, so I will have to have a friendly discussion before the next meal to re-establish boundaries.
Perfection. That’s it exactly.
Except I’d replace your “patriotic” with “jingoistic”.
I got a receipt from a fast food restaurant that had word for word John 3:16 printed on the long bottom half.
It’s a franchise with a national Corp., Dairy Queen.
I emailed corporate how offensive I found it.
Got a apology letter with actual paper coupons that the very store would not honor.
2nd email from me. Never heard another word.
Next time I was there, I got a way shorter receipt with “Have a good day” across the bottom.
“Wanna sweet?” is infinitely worse.
I mean, it’s the pit, we hijack freely here. But shouldn’t we be sharing in the specific thread? Or is it going on here because you’re all too tired to put up with HMS in that thread? If so, that makes a lot more sense.
[ On the subject, it’s a minor but noticeable irritation to me and if it was at a business I have no major need to frequent, it might cause me to avoid it. But it’s not common here even in Preachy Colorado Springs outside of businesses I wouldn’t want to go to anyway. ]
The thread in question is IMHO, not the Pit. Not much more to say under the rules in effect there.
FWIW I walk out of overtly xian and overtly MAGA businesses rather regularly.
He and Deth have completely hijacked that thread with their posts telling everyone else that they are sad and crazy, and agreeing with each other. I left it for that very reason.
On the other hand, @puzzlegal is still fighting the good fight, along with 3 or 4 others. DrDeth is starting to weasel, after having his illogic pointed out to him. Same old same old.
Mmmm. Nope. “Be sweet” is really scary. “Wanna sweet” depends on context.
But “Bee Sweet” sounds like a good name for a company selling honey.
And “B-Sweet” sounds like a member of a late-1990s R&B girl’s group.
It is 2001 and on the SDMB Americans are debating the works of Ayn Rand at some length.
It is 2008 and on the SDMB Americans are debating the works of Ayn Rand at some length.
It is 2017 and on the SDMB Americans are debating the works of Ayn Rand at some length.
It is 2025 and on the SDMB Americans are debating the works of Ayn Rand at some length.
I grow tired etc.
Sorry.
I read the OP when it was posted, gave it a nice big “Nope!” and haven’t looked at it since. Just because it is tired or dumb to you and I, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be there. You have the option of hiding the thread, I cannot.
Just click on that 
Bell symbol in the thread and choose Muted. Thread is completely gone, not even a place holder left.
If you ever want to check your muted threads, this is the link:
https://boards.straightdope.com/latest?state=muted
“Never think of pain or danger or repetitive threads a moment longer than is necessary to mute them.”
Eh.
Until English has mutated enough that Rand is as challenging to read to folks then as Shakespeare is to us now, new people will keep discovering her BS and being sucked in by it.
There’s also this …
We all know the official SD motto:
Fighting ignorance since 1973. It’s taking longer than we thought.
Then there is the unofficial SDMB motto:
There is no horse so dead and dismembered that it can’t usefully be beaten yet again.
Ayn Rand? That’s the one that wrote about orcs or something?
Actually that changed in 2020. We have laid some dead horses to rest after 47 years. 6 dead horses may no longer be beat.
Summary
I read Atlas Shrugged when I was 14 or 15. I loved it and it radically changed my world view. Don’t worry. I got better.