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You can do `Hello @TheirSlackHandle`.
by manlobster 3y ago
You can do `Hello @TheirSlackHandle`.
- leokennis 3y agoThis is what I do too. Basically, we are deflecting the awkwardness and/or blame to the software.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoOr just "Hello, $reason_for_this_message"
- yreg 3y agoThat's less friendly.
- kuchenbecker 3y agoYour director appreciates brevity over friendship.
- yreg 3y agoNo he doesn't.
- richie_adler 3y agoReplace "Hello, $reason_for_this_message" with "Hello, $acceptable_level_of_polite_preamble; $reason_for_this_message", then.
- yreg 3y agoI don't get what problem do all of you have with me saying "Hello Richie" to my colleagues.
- deathanatos 3y agoAssuming the other end has filled in what Slack calls Display Name (which I interpret as "preferred name", is heavily implied by Slack's UI, and I think most people will too) … then you've addressed them as they prefer. (And if not, they can change it, and it instantly updates!) I mean otherwise it's like literally any other communication medium, and you'll have to either take a culturally-appropriate respectful best effort guess at a preferred address, or just ask.
- qwytw 3y agoOr 'Hello Comrade Software Engineer/{x}' if you want to make it extra awkward.
- vxNsr 3y agoI find that annoying when colleagues do that because it double notifies me, once for the message and once for the @