Dear Editor
When the first person to wish another to "have a nice day" it was probably uttered with sincerity and warmth. Since then, the phrase has been employed so often and uttered by persons who don't care a lick about the other's well being that it is now generally a meaningless comment.
There are at least two other utterances which are on the verge of becoming equally meaningless and they are "my friend" and "my friends." How banal to hear radio talk show and other media hosts refer to their audiences as "my friends" or to a caller who agrees with him/her as "my friend."
To be one's friend is a privilege and certainly not a status to be inflicted by media persons who are searching for ways by which they can "connect" with those who happen to be listening.
Harvey Walker
Battleford
