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I'm glad this is the top-rated comment--it teaches me that there are people who are totally different from me! I'm a remote worker who is sharply annoyed by "Hi

by delish 8y ago

I'm glad this is the top-rated comment--it teaches me that there are people who are totally different from me! I'm a remote worker who is sharply annoyed by "Hi" [send] "QQ" [send] [wait 30 seconds] "[question]". I find it impolite, and I am honestly (honestly, honestly!) surprised anyone feels otherwise. It's nice to be able to express this here; there's no way I could say it at work!

xiphias2 8y ago
> there's no way I could say it at work If you can't politely ask people how to address you on chat, it's a problem with either you, or the team / workplace. You should be able to talk about things effecting your productivity, or switch job.
viraptor 8y ago
As a full time remote, I really don't mind people doing this. I don't microoptimise my day to that extent. If it takes extra 30 seconds, then I can just wait for the rest of the message, chill, stretch, have a drink. If I get annoyed over 30sec delays at work, I'll take that as a signal something doesn't work well.
dennisgorelik 8y ago
Why can not you express your frustration with distracting messages at work?
tunesmith 8y ago
Honestly it taught me something too. Before I commented, there were a lot of comments, all practically unanimously expressing as you believe. So I'm as surprised as anyone that it's (currently) the top-rated comment. It's easy to forget that lurkers can believe quite differently than active commenters!
- chronogram 8y ago
  Honestly, what kind of person comments on articles instead of looking at the page, scoffing, and going about their day. I do consider myself a bit out of the ordinary for doing that. Then there’s also the topic of the discussion here. Topic: “don’t say hello”. Replies can be whole anecdotes of superstar developers who lost 10 seconds of their precious time, or something more mild, but there’s no anecdote in “I am okay with people spending a line in Slack/Teams to say hello.”

by delish 8y ago

xiphias2 8y ago

> there's no way I could say it at work If you can't politely ask people how to address you on chat, it's a problem with either you, or the team / workplace. You should be able to talk about things effecting your productivity, or switch job.

viraptor 8y ago

As a full time remote, I really don't mind people doing this. I don't microoptimise my day to that extent. If it takes extra 30 seconds, then I can just wait for the rest of the message, chill, stretch, have a drink. If I get annoyed over 30sec delays at work, I'll take that as a signal something doesn't work well.

dennisgorelik 8y ago

Why can not you express your frustration with distracting messages at work?

tunesmith 8y ago

Honestly it taught me something too. Before I commented, there were a lot of comments, all practically unanimously expressing as you believe. So I'm as surprised as anyone that it's (currently) the top-rated comment. It's easy to forget that lurkers can believe quite differently than active commenters!

chronogram 8y ago
Honestly, what kind of person comments on articles instead of looking at the page, scoffing, and going about their day. I do consider myself a bit out of the ordinary for doing that. Then there’s also the topic of the discussion here. Topic: “don’t say hello”. Replies can be whole anecdotes of superstar developers who lost 10 seconds of their precious time, or something more mild, but there’s no anecdote in “I am okay with people spending a line in Slack/Teams to say hello.”