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[ItsOnlyMee1]

Does it piss anybody else off when a colleague says hello/good morning in Teams and then waits for you to respond before telling you what they want?

It's infuriating!

When our company first implemented instant messaging well before Teams) saying hello first and waiting for a reply was mandated as correct etiquette.

It’s mostly gone by the wayside now, but there are no doubt people who are just trying to be polite.

Being polite back really isn’t a big ask.

@Bjorkdidit you can actually change this in the settings, I forget where but you can choose if enter sends the message or does a line break

Infuriates me that we have to say good morning to our team. We are not remote. We see each other face to face and say hi. But we have to say hello and goodbye each morning/evening via teams.

We have “team” Teams chat where we check in, say hi, drop in and out as they day goes on.
Anyone else who directly messages me with pretty much just “hello, how are you” gets ignored or left. If you want something, either come and talk to me face to face, if it’s a casual question, just say hi and ask the question. I’m not breaking off from what I was doing for someone else otherwise to answer a hello.

For me teams doesn't pop up message warnings when I am on DND so I ignore all messages until my status changes. But then I would be unlikely to have teams maximised because I'm doing something else, so I genuinely don't see that the messages have appeared. I don't mind being sent messages whilst I'm not available, as long as they don't expect a response.

I would generally start the first conversation of the day with a saluation, but I then type what I want straight afterwards so it's the next message but without the pause. If I remember I'll do the soft return so it's one message, but I often hit enter forgetting to hold the shift key down.

I don't mind either way what people do for me as long as they don't start their message with Hey

Teams is asynchronous, so the analogy is terrible

I’m sure you as a customer would much prefer me answer your query and not have to wait for me to do ‘niceties’ over teams. In the old days of someone walked over to me that would see I was on the phone and leave me alone!

I like her!!

Everything about Teams is hell on earth. Finding files and if something was a post or a meeting chat.... fuck knows.

It's giving me the rage and I had a day off today.

Because that reply infers that I am available to help them right there and then….. I might not be!

you wouldn’t send someone an email saying “hi!” and nothing else…… you wouldn’t walk over to someone’s desk and say “hi!” then just stand there….

what’s the hardship in saying what you want in the first message??

I don’t use teams regularly thank god but this reminds me of my kids when they message me with “Mum”
That pisses me off and I don’t reply until they get to the point!

I understand why you want the details in the first message, but equally if you aren’t available either:

Dont reply until you are

or

Reply. “Well thanks, apologies, on a call just now, drop me a note with what you need and I’ll get back to you.

I dislike when people do this, but tend to respond with no return greeting, just a simple “Did you need something?” and they usually get straight to the point. I’ve never had to do it more than twice before people get into the habit of telling me what they need without the platitudes. Ignoring them would be pointless IMO because they’re going to ask for something eventually anyway, I’d rather know what it is sooner than later 🤷‍♀️

I hate the opening line with . Hi HellsBells, hope your OK.. Groan. I never start my message with that as it's insincere, do you really want to know how I am ...

Hi there IwouldlikeanewTV. Please can I have this document?

What is wrong with that?
I am very cordial with colleagues. But aside from a few of them - I don't really give a shit about their holiday.

Yes, it always feels kind of controlling. Apparently it’s because people are being considerate and don’t want to launch in at a time that may not be good for you.

I think it depends on your work culture. At our work, it’s always something like “Hi, how are you? Do you have the figures for X?”.

I put myself on DND if I am too busy to answer.

What annoys me is in group chats where someone has asked a question, I reply and then the next person @ at me. FFS, don’t @ at me when I am already taking part in the conversation and your message is literally the one under mine.

No, this doesn't bother me.

It does bother me when someone asks for something, you ask a question necessary to fulfil their request and then they don't respond for ages.

That’s the thing. The Hello etc is only a preliminary to wanting something, so I’d rather just know what they want.

I'm with you. If I'm really busy the context switching involved in having to read a message and then reply and wait for a reply back - possibly from several people a day - is terrible for my concentration and productivity. My old colleague had his status message set to nohello.com . That got rid of the problem with a lot of people (sadly, not those who never bother to read anything anyway). It's perfectly polite to say, "Hi, hope you had a good weekend. When you have a chance please would you let me know X" or similar.

I would, myself, write "hi Bob, when you've got a moment can you send me the figures for last month's sales".

But people are different. It wouldn't even register if someone wrote "morning Empty, how are you doing." I'd just reply "good thanks Bob, how can I help?"

This is really a weird thing to get antsy about. It wastes no significant time, even for you super efficient, ultra busy, hugely important people. How did you get to be so important without learning the soft skills.

I'd understand more if you were an amazon delivery driver

That’s me! I know the message will send if I press enter but it doesn’t mean I will remember 😂
However I really see no problem in colleagues being pleasant and sociable regardless of whether they want something specific or just to say hello.

It’s not cute, don’t do it, it’s annoying.

What’s not cute? Having a crap memory?

I just don't respond until they ask a question.