Various disorders too much to take

Clerks in stores have been saying, "Have a happy holiday" to me and I'm highly offended. "Holiday" is a derivative of the words "Holy Day" and thoughts of anything holy bothers me. Perhaps we should stick with "Season's Greetings."

Oh, wait. That could offend those who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. We should probably just revert back to "Have a nice day." Yikes! That might offend Satan worshippers because they don't like anything nice.

Maybe "Thank you for shopping with us." But that could be taken as an encouragement to spend, and those who suffer from Acute Consumer Disorder might be tempted. Or perhaps …

Rebekah J. Towers

Carpentersville