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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]”
I think it's fine, if done with the nohello approach:
But otherwise - yeah, you're now right at the end of my to do list.
That's the way it should be done
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Same here too, so I just cut to the chase as soon as I answer.
"I'm doing fine, how can I help?"