If I'm feeling nice, I reply to those with " please lead with your question"
If not, I don't reply.
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I'd say this works and should apply it at work.
But in personal comunication it can be badly percieved, you could be seen as that person who only talks to ask for a favor (wherever it is real or not).
But it can also be badly perceived when you go through the motions of exchanging pleasantries instead of just being up front about needing a favour. In either case, pleasantries are nice, but pleasantries that are being done just for the sake of pleasantries can be seen as rude and trying to establish needless or false familiarity.
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As long as it's just an "hi" you don't know what it is and have to assume it's super urgent. Once you answer, they can disclose the actual matter in its full mundanity, resting assured they have already confirmed your attention.
I take at least 10-20 minutes to respond, always, regardless if it's just a hi or a request for help. 8 times out of 10, they message within 10 minutes again to say they figured it out themselves.
cant be tooo available, or these users become accustom to rapid comms
That's why I ignore them until they complete their message themselves. But someone else here linked "nohello.net", maybe I'll try that too!
The company I work for has a general guideline/policy to "don't ask to ask." I thankfully rarely experience this.
I just don't answer, lol
The company I work at emphasizes the up front contract in both internal and external communications.
"Hi, I need X minutes of your time to discuss Y. I intend for us to reach a decision/decide the next step next step/get your approval by the end of the call. Are you available at this date & time? Thanks!"
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Hey.
Hi, how are you?
Oh shit, this is going to be painful.
I will obviously start by saying Hi, but I will also just say what I’m contacting them about in the first message.
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LMAO. I thought I was the only one quietly enraged by this...
I just emote wave in response.
I'm sitting in the hospital with my mother and someone does this to me....
Just Hi...
Spent too long staring at it trying to decide if they deserved the effort to tell them I can't help them right now....
Decided if they couldn't say what they want, I wasnt going to tell them it's not going to happen.
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The last time it happened to me I replied, but I waited until the end of the next day and shut down my laptop and put my phone away immediately after clicking send.
Im guilty of this. I hate wasting the time to type it up if the person isnt going to reply. I'll ping them, when they respond, then open a dialogue.
I don't get it.
If you send the whole message when they are not free, do they not reply later when they are?
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