hansl ,

There’s also https://onlyhello.net/

And https://yeshello.org/

And I think I recalled “hello considered harmful” and meta stuff like “considered harmful considered harmful”. Or were those on intranet?

obinice ,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

Damn, talk about antisocial and weird.

What if I just want to say hi to start a conversation, and I don't have some ulterior motive? Or perhaps I'm waiting to gauge the other person's mood or something else before asking them something?

What a weird, weird thing for this person to get a stick up their arse about. I'm sure they're really fun to talk to :-/

Rooty ,

It's a written message, not a conversation. State what you want clearly, don't force other prople to ask you what you want.

zorro ,

When people at work have this as their status I just randomly say hello to them. When they get mad I tell them I just I wanted to say hi.

Zacryon ,

Well, I usually take my time to reply. It's not my fault, when people then need to wait until they cut to the chase. That doesn't bother me. It's their problem.

magic_lobster_party ,

I also dislike the “hey how are you?”. I understand they want to be friendly, but it only adds another step in the conversational exchange.

“Hey how are you?”

“I’m fine. You?”

“All good”

“Cool”

“[the actual request]”

elvith ,

I think it's fine, if done with the nohello approach:

Hey , how are you/had a nice weekend? I could use some help with ticket as I need to do ... and don't know how to do ....

But otherwise - yeah, you're now right at the end of my to do list.

eee ,

That's the way it should be done

AgnosticMammal ,

Same here too, so I just cut to the chase as soon as I answer.

"I'm doing fine, how can I help?"

childOfMagenta ,

56k noises

squirrel ,

People actually do this!?

magic_lobster_party ,

I’ve dealt with a few of those at work. Super annoying and just wastes everybody’s time.

NochMehrG ,

Oh, they do..

DharkStare ,
@DharkStare@lemmy.world avatar

My boss does this all the time. It's incredibly annoying.

DannyMac ,
@DannyMac@lemmy.world avatar

Hey, are you there?

squirrel ,

Hello

elvith ,

You there?

AstridWipenaugh ,

That instantly triggers a delay till after the top of the hour for me.

StenSaksTapir ,

Yeah, I thinks it's partly a cultural thing.
I've seen more indian colleagues do this than anyone else.

chunkystyles ,

It's definitely more common with my Indian colleagues.

AgnosticMammal ,

Answers "yes" and does not elaborate further

DavidGarcia ,

This made me realize, talking to people is like forcefully inserting you thoughts into their brain without their consent. People should just stop talking in general IMO.

EyIchFragDochNur ,

Hello

wldmr ,

Username absolutely does not check out.

simple ,
@simple@lemm.ee avatar

A great one alongside https://dontasktoask.com/

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