have a nice day syndrome
English
Noun
have a nice day syndrome (uncountable)
- A stressful form of cognitive dissonance among employees whose work involves assuming a fake cheerful persona to deal with members of the public.
- 2004, Richard Brookes, Roger Palmer, The New Global Marketing Reality, Springer, →ISBN, page 61:
- The ‘have a nice day’ syndrome typifies a routinized approach to customer service where, by establishing procedures, service levels can be consistently maintained and efficiently managed.