Working healthcare, I tell all other healthcare / first responders “I hope you have a boring shift” (every once in a while a younger person objects, but they are almost immediately hushed / corrected by their senior coworker).
But it occurs to me that many office / sedentary workers might not find this to be a blessing. What would I say to a desk worker that might be equivalent?
What area of the world do you live in? In my neck of the woods wishing a “boring shift” or a “quiet shift” is considered a curse and will bring about all the crazy cases.
We typically wish each other a “safe shift” instead of a “quiet shift” here.
Working in a restaurant the word quiet will not leave my mouth as long as I’m working, and the moment someone else says it I know we’re about to have a horrible shift
I would never say quiet, hence boring. Also reminds people that a shift that drags a little is better than an interesting one.