I just got a work email that concluded with “Have a blessed day!”

The fuck is wrong with you? I'm an Atheist. Just smile, say thanks or ignore it. No need to be an insufferable fuck.

Yes there is.

Only Christian fraus say this, right?

I got one from a male coworker one time. It was a strange way to close a work email.

I don’t like when people say that to me - I think it’s inappropriate

I'm amazed at how much religion plays in the work place. I recently moved from the west coast to the midwest and during a fairly high level job interview was asked "How I would honor God in everything I did at work?" I was so taken aback by the question that I basically laughed in the HR woman's face. Apparently, it's one of their governing principals. I wasn't "a cultural fit" - being gay and ungodly I guess. Although, I did check everyone of their requirements for the job which was running their international offices. I can't imagine a lot of people walk in their door with international experience here but god governs all above being able to do the job.

Of course, I didn’t make any thing of it though. That would have been weird if I had. But, it is wacky to bless people’s day especially at work, in an email.

It was an outside email so I don’t know the person but it was a woman.

Unless you work for a church, keep that shit to yourself.

OP , be blessed.

Seems like there's a tough competition between atheists and vegans to see who's more insufferably foolish.

It's people like you who give atheists a bad name.

Hey OP, I am totally on your side.

I too would not react, but it is really fucking weird.

There are non-religious definitions of blessed, such as being blissfully happy or contented, or bringing happiness and thankfulness. Atheists like you are as bad as the Conservative Christians who want to demand that everyone say Merry Christmas. What someone else says should not bother you that much.

Hey R13, give me your email address and I’ll forward it to her and let her know you’re a cocksuckin’ pillow bitin’ sodomite and you let me know what she says.

K?

Just like Mayor Pete, I do not believe my faith and my sexuality is incompatible. I do however believe that OP is a miserable old cunt.

Nah, OP is just worried about the creeping in of inappropriate shit in the workplace. I find it arrogant, from a religious perspective, to bless someone. Only the Lord can do that....only God blesses, so what the hell is going on? Either they have some religious authority with which they can bestow 'blessings' or they're delusional.

A JW? Good grief!

[quote]I don’t like when people say that to me - I think it’s inappropriate

I agree. While I would also follow r1's approach of "Just smile, say thanks or ignore it. No need to be an insufferable fuck," it really shouldn't be allowed.

While I don't know whether non-xtian faiths would find that phrase offensive, no one would stand by if I decided to sign off my emails with "Satan be with you."

Don't proselytize or push your faith on other people - have respect for other people's beliefs.

Black women of a certain age love me when I say this to them at the end of any interaction. Even mean ones.

Funny but most Christians who would say "“Have a blessed day!” would complain about you shoving your gayness down their throats if you even mention you are gay.

[quote]shoving your gayness down their throats

Pics please.

Thank god I'm an atheist.

Religious people can’t help themselves from foisting their beliefs on everyone around them. Slowly poison her, OP.

Aw! You need a big ole hug.

Personally, it doesn’t bother me, but you have every right to find it annoying.

It's very much a black Christian thing. And it has nothing to do with the midwest in particular R6. I work in Manhattan and hear it quite often among my black coworkers, particularly those that do a bible study on their lunch breaks.

Who would ever talk like that?

R13: "Blessed," for all practical purposes, has been overtaken by xtians and is a clear signifier of religiosity, much as using the phrase "Democrat Party" is code for hatred of or disdain for Democrats. Also, OT, typing "xtians" auto-corrects to "stains." Just sayin'.

Glory to Satan!

Instead of replying “have a nice day,” you can say “enjoy your next 24 hours.” That’ll shut her right up.

[quote]There are non-religious definitions of blessed, such as being blissfully happy or contented, or bringing happiness and thankfulness.

1. consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.

2. worthy of adoration, reverence, or worship: the Blessed Trinity.

3. divinely or supremely favored; fortunate: to be blessed with a strong, healthy body; blessed with an ability to find friends.

4. blissfully happy or contented.

You have to do some Olympic-caliber gymnastics to believe anyone using "blessed" does not have a faith-based definition in mind, as all the most common definitions are religious.

Reply "Hope your day is gay!"

or just "Be Best!"

I hate overly polite emails. Kind regards, Kindly see attachment

Kind this, Kind that. There's nothing kind about doing your fucking job

Sounds like OP has a case of the Mondays.

I also think it's unprofessional when people say have a blessed day or something similar on their voicemail.

Have a hellish day!

Have a satanic day.

Have a devil of a day!

Under his Eye

I struggle with this, too. I also don’t always appreciate “be safe”, because it feels like coded language for some impulse I may struggle with because I’m, you know, single.

Meh, it doesn't bother me. It's usually just an empty phrase, but if it happens to be heartfelt, how can you get all resentful about someone wishing you well? Are you going to unleash your rage for all the damage religion has done to people since the dawn of history on this one poor slob? Scale it back, honey.

I just respond to such things in my head with "Hail, Satan!" It neutralizes any residual resentment and I can then just carry on.

That mess doesn’t belong at work.

There’re a bunch of people at work who add religious quotes/scriptures to their IM profiles. My last two quarterly department meetings ended with 15 minute presentations about various religious holidays and faiths. My company isn’t faith based at all. The fact someone suggested this and people thought it was a good idea scares me.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

I like to reply, "May the force be with you."

Makes just as much sense and their reaction is priceless.

OP is triggered.

Op has suppressed anger issues and is a ticking time bomb. Glad I do not work with her.

I think it is a regional thing - well, more common in religious areas - but also sort of regional in general. I work with some furniture vendors in NC and they often say that in emails. If they ever say it verbally - I just say "thanks you too" - the first time caught me off guard (seemed like something you'd say in a church?) but I just said "oh ok - thanks"... or something. It's similar when people say Merry Christmas & I'm Jewish (well, non-practicing Jewish agnostic) so I just say "oh..uh, yea Merry Christmas" back. Who cares.

[quote] It was an outside email so I don’t know the person but it was a woman.

At least it was an outside person, not someone in your work place.

OP, take it as the person saying, " Have a blessed day," was not talking about God or religion, but saying," May you be blessed today with a giant throbbing cock in your mouth or ass." That should work.

People who say Blessed = Asshole

People who are offended by others saying," Have a blessed day" = insufferable prigs.

With my coworkers, we'll jokingly say "Have a blessed day" when we really mean "Fuck you."

Isn't that also "bless her heart" r51?

Though I'm religious in a low-key way, I can see why this would be annoying. Actually I can see why any "inspirational" quote would be annoying. Personally though, I'd rather get another email ending in "Namaste" or quote from the Business Leader Du Jour than fifty lines with links to every last one of their social media pages. That shit is annoying AF.

which brings up the question "blest" or "bles sed"?

It's bless-sed. Why would you want to cheat yourself out of one of those righteous syllables?

When I lived in the deep South, (not a native), it shocked me nearly each and every day when total strangers as well as slight acquaintances would feel it appropriate to approach me and ask me if I had accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior. That practice has spread a little further now. Where I'm currently living, a friend, who is occasionally asked that question, turns to the person asking, and says, in the most Emily Post/Miss Manners possible voice she can summon, "That's an AWFULLY personal question, don't you think?", and then turns her head dismissively in the other direction. I think that's a good solution for that situation. An unwelcome religious salutation on an email - that's something else. I guess the best response would be to say, 'Thanks - and you have a GOOD day yourself" with the GOOD capitalized. (To subtly hint that that would have been the appropriate salutation).

OP, I'm crying as I type this. With BLESSED JOY!

Man, R56, I've lived in the South almost my entire life and outside of a church setting or facing off with the Witnesses at the front door, I can't recall anybody coming up to me and asking me that.

Religious inferences in the workplace are creepy and inappropriate.

It happened to me too when I lived in the Deep South. I'd just tell them that I'm Catholic and they'd look slightly horrified, but leave me alone.

A woman at my work signs off on her e-mails: Have a Blessed Day in the name of the Lord - then has a biblical scripture after that. When Obama ran the first time she would send company wife e-mails that O was the anti-Christ. They made her stop that but she was not fired. She's one of those grandmothers who has a bowl of chocolates on her desk and pictures of her endless array of family members behind her. Her granddaughter married a black guy and they have a kid. That picture is not on her desk.

That’s crazy, r61!

Politics nor religion belong in the workplace. I’d complain to HR, I really would.

R62 tons of people did. She was the General Manager's mother in law and abuses the position. She protects him when he's off golfing but tattles about everyone else's personal business. Just a total phony.

I’m with OP, I always think, “no thanks, bitch, I had other plans”

Nothing but nothing is worse than the 'best" email sign off

Best,

Dora Dumbfuck

"Have a Doris Day" is cheery and will let her know what team you bat for.

When I was in NOLA, I stopped for a snowball at Baby's Snack Box and I was just sitting in a shady spot on a step next door when this group of four late teen/early 20s white kids came along. They said, "Hi" and I recommended they all get a super delicious snowball. Then the tallest guy asked, "Is there anything we can pray with you about?" I was totally surprised and just sputtered, "NO, no thanks!" WTF, strangers?

I’d reply, “Thanks. And may you manage to avoid suffering eternally in the fiery pits of hell.”

"Thanks, you have a blast today, too!"

I've been an atheist for the majority of my life. And have no intention of embracing any religion, my time on a Sunday/Monday/Tuesday etc. is more valuable than to have to go play pious at a church. That said if someone wishes me a blessed day I simply say "Thank you and same to you." As an atheist sometimes you have to choose your battles.

r59, i can't agree with you enough

R70, my response is "may lucifer's light shine upon you eternally"

Or the old DL standby 'Well I'll be damned!"

A guy in the same work group that I was in once changed the engineering work order system that he was responsible for providing technical support to, so that any print-outs generated from it read, "Jesus Saves" up in the right-hand corner. This was used by roughly 1500 engineers located in five states.

Just put a Flying Spaghetti Monster at the end of all your correspondence

Oops forgot link

Colored people use that closing very frequently.

Reply: "I'm having a blessed day indeed! Right now, I'm being bareback spit roasted by three hot guys!"

"Have a blessed day" is the Xtian's way of saying "Die in a grease fire."

I’m living R66’s ‘have a Doris Day!’ - kinda fabulous!

R41 - so don’t you think you should have a little lecture of your own for the next meeting? Maybe something about the prominent dates in gay history?

And if you don’t want to go the gay route at work - how about a lecture of heinous things various churches or ministers and priests have been responsible for?

Sure just a half hour cutting and pasting from Wikipedia would give you plenty of material! Feel free to use the results and statistics from the recent Australian Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sex abuse! It’s cross a range of faiths - not just catholic! - but of course they do figure pretty prominently. The cherry on top would be the recent conviction of historical abuses by Cardinal George Pell.

I mean - those religious colleagues had their little happy time - now it’s time for you to have yours!

OP, stop being so damn brittle.

This thread stinks of Lanscher or Ancher or whatever that troll's name is.

I have a dingbat HR city employee who signs all her e-mails 'May you have a great balance to your day"

R13, I watched a documentary several weeks back, where a Holocaust survivor was interviewed. I will try to find it again, because I’ve been wanting to post about this since I watched it, however, keep forgetting to do so.

Anyhow, the whole thing about” We will get to say Merry Christmas again !” was, according to this Holocaust survivor, an anti semetic talking point, used by Hitler repeatedly.

He would hold rallies, and tell the Germans and the Nazis, that one day, once the Jews were crushed by the Germans, as punishment for killing the son of God, who according to Hitler, wasn’t really Jewish, all Germans would be able to say “Merry Christmas” to one another again.

According to her, and other Holocaust survivors in this documentary, this was a HUGE selling point that had been used by Hitler regularly, before he came into power, and during the war.

I cringed every time I heard or hear Trump say this, and now that I understand the history and dog whistle qualities behind it all, I find it to be one of the MOST loathsome things about this man.

I’ve read here on DL, that either gay Christians, or just plain old Christian trolls, believe that Trump is an acceptable president, because he is the “broken vessel “ that God is using, in order to carry out God’s will.

I want to pint out what disgusting, hypocritical, garbage humans you all are to even think something like that, not to mention the EXTREME NARCISSISM and HUBRIS that you know it all Christians have, in assuming to know ANYTHING about God’s will, if he indeed, exists.

Case and point: Abortion is murder! vs. I support the death penalty!

I work in a very big casino and interact with a few hundred people each day. Since Dumpf has been in office, the holiday season has become incredibly nasty and unpleasant. Strangers will give the frighteningly angry, hateful greetings of, "Merry Christmas, because we can say Christmas now!" The way they say it, it is a trembling expression of rage, nothing joyful about at all.

Praise be!

OP is completely right and anyone who says OP is overreacting is either a closet religious troll or is too stupid to understand what a deliberately religion-focused statement that one is. Not to mention condescending. It's only meant in a religious context, that's been proven. So Fuck Outta Here, douchebags.

Love you R66... I definitely had more of Faye Day today. Very difficult, very Dunaway.