Don't ask to ask, just ask (2019)
Yes, this, 100%. I find it very annoying to get a notification popping up on my screen for you to say &quot;hi&quot; when obviously you want to ask me for something...and then you don&#x27;t ask or say anything else until I stop what I&#x27;m doing and say &quot;Hi! What&#x27;s up?&quot; back to you. After another 5-10 minutes of waiting for you to see me ask &quot;what&#x27;s up?&quot; and then type out what is up, which we all knew you were going to end up doing anyway.<p>Like, come on. It&#x27;s a chat app, you can see whether I&#x27;m available or not without probing. If you have something to ask&#x2F;talk about, then ask&#x2F;talk about it, don&#x27;t wait for me to prove that my chat status is accurate. You can be friendly by saying &quot;Hi&quot; or whatever at the start of your message, but then <i>include the message</i> after. It&#x27;s not hard.<p>Sorry... this is a huge pet peeve of mine.