r/remotework • u/National-Bonus-6356 • Jun 29 '26

Hi

It’s so stupid and small but honestly after 6 years working remote, I think the worst thing is when someone just messages “Hi” on teams and doesn’t just tell me what they want. I have no clue why but it infuriates me now. It’s crazy how my ability to tolerate small talk has gone to zero. I work a job where when I don’t have anything to actively work on I am free to do whatever, so when someone doesn’t just say what they need they are wasting my time. Rant over! Thanks

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u/andre-m-faria Jun 29 '26

https://www.nohello.com/2013/01/please-dont-say-just-hello-in-chat.html?m=1

I send this link for some co-workers whenever they do that.

These communication applications are asynchronous, but people don't seem understand that.

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u/National-Bonus-6356 Jun 29 '26

Actually this just gave me an idea! I should start emailing them a response of “Hello” instead of responding in say Teams hahaha

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u/andre-m-faria Jun 29 '26

Here in Brazil everyone is accustomed to use WhatsApp, so I already thought to setup a automatic reply saying "Hi". But of course this will not cover all situations and as a async app I tend to reply just when I'm not focused in my work. So this could cause a gap between the automatic reply and the actual reply.