Do people who say "Happy Monday" really mean it? Who the heck is happy it's Monday?

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It’s like a bs filler statement for when you’re dead on the inside and you have nothing in common with the people that you work with. That’s the reason why I say it at times haha

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Our HR partner says it - really for any day. I think she actually means it, too.

That’s no way to live.

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Its sarcastic

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Yeah I guess it can be, but I see people say it as a greeting in an email to a client lol

They are wishing you a good day, but that day happens to be Monday.

It’s usually a bit sarcastic mixed with trying to get people a little amped up for the week.

Contrast with a happy friday, which is universally considered a great day and usually less sarcastic.

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I've always intended it with a tinge of "Kool-aid Sarcasm" — like, "we're supposed to pretend like we're having a great time at our jobs, and I want to open my email with a salutation that doesn't make us both look dead inside, so here's an ironic kind of greeting that's fairly sarcastic, but maybe it gives you a little dopamine hit that helps you cooperate with the questions I ask in the email"

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who on earth would say such a horrible thing

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I had a buddy last night ask me “you ready for work tomorrow”

Like bruh why you gotta do that

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As opposed to “I know none of you wants to be here but here we are coz we all got bills to pay. So deal with it”?

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I use this 😂 and not sarcastically! I like to think it brings a bit of energy to the email, am I wrong?

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Yes! I mean it.

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I use it but I sure as hell don't mean it. I just need some sort of cheerful greeting

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I see Happy Monday as - Happy I have a job to be at on Monday?

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Only if you are a Jets fan lol.

I use it as sarcasm but also to try and manipulate myself into thinking I can make it through Monday.

Got bills to pay, can’t hate every minute of the day if I want to survive

Me because I am PTO

I used to at some point in my career

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