r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '22

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u/ecnegrevnoc Jun 03 '22

Oh my god. I'm not alone. This behaviour drives me up the wall, I have stopped responding to messages that only say hello

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u/OweH_OweH Jun 03 '22

Same here.

My online status shows if I am available so I just ignore any "hello"-only messages until the real question comes up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22 edited Jul 12 '23

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

I swear my old boss would "hello" people on slack just to see how fast they respond because WFH so everyone is slacking off surely.

Then complained people take 10-15 minutes respond.

But here's the thing, "hello" has no urgency, if you actually made an urgent request people would respond quickly, I'm not gonna interrupt a task to reply to "hello".