Please Don't Say Just Hello in Chat

Re:Please Don't Say Just Hello in Chat by AceJohnny2 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:54PM (#31088968)

I have a couple colleagues who used to do this: send a "hi" first, and then when I responded, only then would start typing out whatever they had to say.

It was infuriating: now I was distracted away from whatever I was doing, on hold waiting for them to do what they could have done in the first place.

Luckily, they responded well when I asked them to just ask their questions directly in the future.

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Re:Please Don't Say Just Hello in Chat by vocram on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @05:11PM (#31089232)

Sadly, by pointing out a wrong use of the chat, you risk being the rude person because you don’t value social interactions. I’ve been tempted to tell the same to my colleagues but refrained because of it.

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Re:Please Don't Say Just Hello in Chat by AceJohnny2 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @05:43PM (#31089672)

I mean, that brings back to classic communication/cultural problems. Does one risk being rude one time to fix a situation which is perceived as rude every time?

I've always been overly-accomodating in-person, but I've found it useful to try pushing back (as politely as I can!) every so often. It helps more often than not!

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