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A Hello wastes my time, but sometimes I go along with it to see if that's what they really wanted - maybe they didn't have a question after all, and when I have
by _rs 6y ago
A Hello wastes my time, but sometimes I go along with it to see if that's what they really wanted - maybe they didn't have a question after all, and when I have time I'm happy to have a friendly chat:
them: Hello
*hour or two passes*
me: Hey how are you?
But so far every time they say Good and then ask their question :(. A surprising amount of the time when I wait an hour to respond to a Hello they'll tell me they already figured out the answer to their question too (I would never wait that long to respond to actual questions though).
- ivan_ah 6y ago> when I wait an hour to respond to a Hello they'll tell me they already figured out the answer to their question I used to be part-time sysadmin back in the day, and I fondly remember the benefits of not answering quickly. Morning: "Hey how do I configure XYC in ABC?" Afternoon: "I figured it out, it's in .abcconfig" This was very counter-intuitive for me since I wanted to do a good job and answer quickly, but later I realized it's better for everyone to follow an informal (but well-defined) SLA.