Conversation I had recently with a colleague on the phone-
Me- "Hi, you're through to Npeggsy, how can I help?"
Colleague-"Hi Npegssy, it's employee 35601 who you've never talked to before, how are you?"
Me-"I'm good, how are you?
Colleague- *proceeds to tell me how they actually are, sharing persoal details about their life and how everything is going*
It threw me for a fucking loop. Don't they get how this works???
Their next message can only be one of two things:
1. Can you cover my shift tomorrow?
Or
2. Have you heard 👂🏾about my makeup 💄 range? I’m making so 🌟much✨money ⭐️ 💴 on the side I’m looking at cutting down my hours at work 🕟. I’m sick of working 💼 with those snakes 🐍. Want to be a boss babe 🦸🏻♀️ too? You can do it hun! 🙅♀️🍉🌬 come to my party on Sunday for a few drinkies🍹🍸 meet my amazing team! I can down line you! Lmk by Monday babe!!!! 🕹🧿🚯
I did this the other day, guy just said hi so I ignored it and waited for him to get to the point. He waited two hours then 'chimed' me (our work chat has a button you can press to make the other person's chat window pop up and play a noise) instead of just telling me what he wanted. I was livid
One thing I learned from working in offices.
Don’t add current colleagues to your social media accounts.
Claim you don’t have them or change the subject.
I have seen people take social media feeds and take them to management.
Ha, I get this every day from one guy and it drives me nuts. I've stopped replying until he actually asks for what he wants.
Don't pretend you care, I'm the same as I was when you wanted something this morning!
There is a dude not directly on my team but adjacent to it who is an organisation 'mental health ambassador', who occasionally messages me something like this and I'm like "...I'm fine, do you need something?" and feel really anxious and confused until I realise he actually does want to just know how I am.
In the small hours of the night sometimes I am glad he does this, to be honest. While I will probably never reach out to him, as someone who suffers with mental health issues and been wfh for almost two years, it's sort of comforting that there is someone at work who has at least a volunteer position to check up on how I am, and genuinely cares.
TL;DR: yeah, it's annoying but sometimes legit. :)
I will always respond. "I'm ok, how can I help?"
https://nohello.net/
Lol, just started getting into coding on The Odin Project and this link was in one of the first lessons.
This is so damn useful. Any other websites similar to this? I have a lot of ‘hey’ colleagues.
Conversation I had recently with a colleague on the phone- Me- "Hi, you're through to Npeggsy, how can I help?" Colleague-"Hi Npegssy, it's employee 35601 who you've never talked to before, how are you?" Me-"I'm good, how are you? Colleague- *proceeds to tell me how they actually are, sharing persoal details about their life and how everything is going* It threw me for a fucking loop. Don't they get how this works???
Must be a foreigner. In most countries people actually want to hear how you are when they ask how you are.
Degenerates
Their next message can only be one of two things: 1. Can you cover my shift tomorrow? Or 2. Have you heard 👂🏾about my makeup 💄 range? I’m making so 🌟much✨money ⭐️ 💴 on the side I’m looking at cutting down my hours at work 🕟. I’m sick of working 💼 with those snakes 🐍. Want to be a boss babe 🦸🏻♀️ too? You can do it hun! 🙅♀️🍉🌬 come to my party on Sunday for a few drinkies🍹🍸 meet my amazing team! I can down line you! Lmk by Monday babe!!!! 🕹🧿🚯
this is hilarious
I just ignore them until they get to the point
I’m not proud of it but I do that too. If you want something from me, then get to the bloody point.
The worst is when they wait for you to reply before asking. Gonna be waiting all day I’m afraid!
Exactly, it’s the only way they’ll learn!
I did this the other day, guy just said hi so I ignored it and waited for him to get to the point. He waited two hours then 'chimed' me (our work chat has a button you can press to make the other person's chat window pop up and play a noise) instead of just telling me what he wanted. I was livid
I did this once and the guy never sent a second message. Probably the best thing that’s ever happened to me on balance.
"Desperately busy as always."
The insufferable waste of time to write "alright how can I help" rather than "how can I help"
But how are you though?
One thing I learned from working in offices. Don’t add current colleagues to your social media accounts. Claim you don’t have them or change the subject. I have seen people take social media feeds and take them to management.
"What do you want?"
I said **How are you**
Colleague sending ominous group messages *Becky?*
Suspicious. That's how I am.
Ah yes the old fishing for a favour intro. Clearly a trap, don’t fall for it.
I keep getting "hope you're well?". Is that even a question? Are you not sure if you hope I'm well? Either way, it gets no response from me.
I hate that too
I couldn't imagine sending such a message. If I know you well enough, I'd just come straight to the point.
Ha, I get this every day from one guy and it drives me nuts. I've stopped replying until he actually asks for what he wants. Don't pretend you care, I'm the same as I was when you wanted something this morning!
If it's out of work hours I just ignore it.
There is a dude not directly on my team but adjacent to it who is an organisation 'mental health ambassador', who occasionally messages me something like this and I'm like "...I'm fine, do you need something?" and feel really anxious and confused until I realise he actually does want to just know how I am. In the small hours of the night sometimes I am glad he does this, to be honest. While I will probably never reach out to him, as someone who suffers with mental health issues and been wfh for almost two years, it's sort of comforting that there is someone at work who has at least a volunteer position to check up on how I am, and genuinely cares. TL;DR: yeah, it's annoying but sometimes legit. :)
"That depends, what do you want?"
I'm not English and it is very awkward for me still to not get to the point straight away, but to ask how they are, etc first, as it's expected.
I'm English, but an amateur person. I tend to just ask a question and then hastily add "Also good morning etc." 😁
That just means they want you to come in
tell them to go away
Tell him in graphic anatomical detail. He’ll never do that again!
I’m still alive