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#3 - Holy hell I hate it when someone sends me a message with just "Hi". Just tell me what you want!
by ktal 6y ago
#3 - Holy hell I hate it when someone sends me a message with just "Hi". Just tell me what you want!
- dorkwood 6y agoI normally just write back "hello", and know that I'll be receiving a question from them in the next 10 minutes. I've tried ignoring it, but it's the sort of thing that sits simmering in the back of my mind. It's only one guy that does it. He's also the sort of guy who wouldn't understand what I meant if I tried to explain why I didn't want him to do it.
- ypeter 6y agoWhat I do is just not respond until they say what they want from me. And I also do this when someone just pastes an error message without a question.
- natcombs 6y agoSame here. I have a “No Hello/Hi/Hey” policy. I just ignore it
- renewiltord 6y agoWell, that sounds logical. I do the same, too. 1. Current work 2. Today work 3. Review for when work 4. Far future work Everything in 1 and 2 are lined up for work. Anything without clear action items requires follow-up and clearly signals non-urgency so it's in 3 which is the end of the day. And a 4 is just intentionally forgotten. If you stick that in your github.com/username/me/README.md then it's documented behaviour.
- spurgu 6y agoSame. Or I reply "nohello.com".
- zwieback 6y agoIt's easier to reply "sorry, busy right now" in response to "hi". Once they say what they want I feel more obliged to make time for them.
- ktal 6y agoCan't really determine if I actually have time for something before I know what it is. And unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of just ignoring things I don't want to deal with.
- hinkley 6y agoThere's a huge space to occupy between 'hi' and launching into your life story before you know if the other person is even reading.
- just-juan-post 6y agoSo you want them to use the chat program like e-mail?
- Kaze404 6y agoThe article explains perfectly what the parent would want instead.
- just-juan-post 6y agoSo an e-mail with the subject tomato incident and a link to a zoom? Chat is for back and forth. And to pretend that this "conversation preparation" somehow takes (and interrupts) a worthy chunk of your day is either laughable or pompous. plus, didn't we agree that chat is async and thus this "conversation setup" never happens? I am forced to respond to "how are you" in real time? async convo = UDP "convo setup" = TCP, and it doesn't happen
- ktal 6y ago> hi ... ... ... >> hi what's up ... ... ... ... > there's a bug, it does abc when you do xyz ... ... ... > ok I fixed it versus > hi, there's a bug, it does abc when you do xyz ... ... ... > ok I fixed it pleasantries are fine, just include the point along with them
- filleduchaos 6y agoI think you might be missing the point that the back-and-forth is actually terrible for work communication, considering that workdays are quite limited.
- bsder 6y agoUm, yes? Email WORKS JUST FINE. You know what else works fine? A PHONE. I know that actually calling someone on the phone seems to be traumatic for anyone under 35, but hey. If it's really important--call. If it's not that important--why am I being interrupted? Send me email. Chat--all the expressiveness of text with the interruptiveness of a phone call.
- dang 6y agoPlenty more of that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24239880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24239880 also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24259156 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24259156