I love the quick chat protocol. It's a concrete example of what to do, instead of just saying "please don't just say hi". I think there is one good strong coun

I love the quick chat protocol. It's a concrete example of what to do, instead of just saying "please don't just say hi". I think there is one good strong counterpoint to it -- it is if there is a chance that the words "tomato incident" will be screencast to a meeting containing execs and/or external clients. Some people operate in "hello protocol" all day, and for them, I find it easier to just let the extra round trips happen. Similarly, if I have access to a colleague's calendar, I usually check it before I initiate a quick chat protocol message, to avoid the same failure mode.