Folks that ping “hi” and disappear
I can’t be be the only one, but I am surrounded by multiple people that just do not believe in async communication. They first send a “hi”, wait for me to acknowledge and then only proceed to tell me what they want. Even if it is something ridiculous like “What is the URL to access this portal?”.
I generally am very quick with messages and from the last few months, this “hi” business is ticking me off. I decided to do some social experiment and delayed my responses to hi.
If someone just sends me a “hi”, I schedule a “hi” to 3 hours from then. Result? People would rather sit on blockers than tell me what they want.
I then tried a decreasing backoff. If you texted me a “hi” once, I’d respond in 3 hours. Repeat it a second time, I’d respond in 4 hours. 5 hours the third time, 6 hours the fourth and so on.
Results? People would still rather I acknowledge their “hi” than tell me what they want.
Some anecdotes of how “efficient” communication is:
- A guy wanted access to a portal that I managed. He pinged me a “hi” every morning for 7 straight days before actually asking me what he wants.
- Another person wanted to understand git commands that can be used to solve merge conflicts. But not before pinging “hi” for 4 days, then just pulling me into a call with their manager and their manager pinging me a “hi” when I declined the call.
- Another person wanted an update on a ticket I closed 2 years ago. All he wanted was a change request number, which he could find using control + F on the Jira portal. He chose to send “hi”s to multiple team mates of mine when I didn’t respond.
Ultimately, I started telling people to not just ping and disappear and that they can reach out to me. But I guess old habits die hard and I still receive multiple “hi”s.
Merko unkin”hi” lag gayi.
Also, before you scream at me for ranting about such a piddi problem. https://nohello.net/en/ is the thing.
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I absolutely hate people who send hi and wait for your reply to ask what they need. Like bc life is short fuck the small talk and get to the point
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This is really common in India for some reason, really annoying
Do these 2 things - 1./ set your status to nohello.net 2./ Don’t reply to any hi/hello messages. Don’t budge on #2, come what may.
Yeah. I don't reply to fucking 'hi's'. Just spit the work. Bcz that's what we all are here right? Kaam karo aur karvao aur niklo!
Not a Piddi problem at all! There's a lot variation too hi/ good morning/ how are you/ got a minute/ are you free / can we hop on quick call/ can I call you etc
All of which depends on the actual question
It irks me so much that I make sure to send Hi + para of what I want. That way I get my answers faster, without having to call people
I agree with no hello / hi. But calling is a different thing, sometimes its quicker to ask on a call.
Probably, 6 years I was in companies where the phone would not stop ringing, someone or other would call with new crisis. I detest my phone's callertune so much
Same by me. Lots of ppl just ping and keep doing it. You say "hi" back. They will just respond like "hey I got a doubt" and wait for you to come back and tell them "yes tell me". This is shitty stupid
They: Hi Me: Hi They: free? Me: just tell me what you want ffs... 😤😤
Hilarious. Unbelievably stupid people. I like the experiments you did. Unfortunately they had no effect.
Homie spitting facts. There’s a special place reserved in hell for them.
This goes against async communication
The organization I worked previously had an internal rule / guidance on professional communication. The first one was to never leave a message with Hi / Hello. Always state what you need after it i.e. "Hi, could you check ABC and let me know?"
Not gonna lie, they weren't the best place to work, but thank god this is one of the few things I appreciated. No BS and to the point. I have been personally following that ever since.
I call it my "Hi and Why" rule