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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I also dislike the “hey how are you?”. I understand they want to be friendly, but it only adds another step in the conversational exchange.

“Hey how are you?”

“I’m fine. You?”

“All good”

“Cool”

“[the actual request]”

[–] elvith@feddit.de 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's fine, if done with the nohello approach:

Hey , how are you/had a nice weekend? I could use some help with ticket #12345 as I need to do ... and don't know how to do ....

But otherwise - yeah, you're now right at the end of my to do list.

[–] eee@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

That's the way it should be done

[–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

56k noises

[–] AgnosticMammal@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

Same here too, so I just cut to the chase as soon as I answer.

"I'm doing fine, how can I help?"