I got in trouble at work for being "unavailable" for 3 days while my coworkers were working on something important without me because I never responded to the one word message "Hey".
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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I got a "hi, can I ask an urgent question?" followed by... no question. Guess it was not that urgent.
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If you want to say hi, start your message with it as a single message.
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We had a communication training at my work that told us to always start with a Hi before asking the question on teams. It was infuriating
Just hit them back with a different conversation than the one they wanted to have. I find" hi how's your day going?" isn't tangential enough, but if you know who they are then might try ask something a bit more personalised or even try and offload one of your problems onto them.
Chaotic good
If I'm feeling nice, I reply to those with " please lead with your question"
If not, I don't reply.
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I'd say this works and should apply it at work.
But in personal comunication it can be badly percieved, you could be seen as that person who only talks to ask for a favor (wherever it is real or not).
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The company I work for has a general guideline/policy to "don't ask to ask." I thankfully rarely experience this.
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As long as it's just an "hi" you don't know what it is and have to assume it's super urgent. Once you answer, they can disclose the actual matter in its full mundanity, resting assured they have already confirmed your attention.
I take at least 10-20 minutes to respond, always, regardless if it's just a hi or a request for help. 8 times out of 10, they message within 10 minutes again to say they figured it out themselves.
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I just don't answer, lol
That's why I ignore them until they complete their message themselves. But someone else here linked "nohello.net", maybe I'll try that too!
I just emote wave in response.