Millennial hipsters starting emails with "Hello" - WTF?

[Anonymous]

If you don't put something, then you are perceived as barking out orders and rude. So either it's formal "Dear Mr. Jones" or more casual "Hello!"

[Anonymous]

This thread is hilarious. Imagine getting upset that someone said Hello.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello,

I tell you all- I’m starting to question a lot of posts as being troll. Kind of sad.

Kind regards,

Not a Millennial Hipster

This.

[Anonymous]

Hello,
Hi, Name, (x5)
Howdy,
Hey,
Folks,
All,
Thanks, Name, (x3)
Yep,
Name,
Ugh, sorry,

... those are my last few sent email openers.

-Gen Xer

[Anonymous]

YRUADICK?

[Anonymous]

"email message" not "email"

An "email message" is the thing that is sent. "Email" is the mechanism by which it is sent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who cares?

That’s how I end all of mine

[Anonymous]

OP, I hope you are a troll. -GenXer

[Anonymous]

Don't agree with OP, but would just like to put in a plug for banning "Cheers," at the end. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'm 52 and I do this too. I've decided that I'm too young to call people "Dear."

Cheers!

[Anonymous]

OP again. I'm really regretting making this post because it sounds like not only am I off the charts on my reaction to these cordial greetings but that I also now need to change my own behavior to start including these greetings in the first email on a subject.

Damn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"email message" not "email"

An "email message" is the thing that is sent. "Email" is the mechanism by which it is sent.

Not anymore. Language evolves quickly these days. Google it. (see what I did there?)

[Anonymous]

Having a greeting is proper email etiquette.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having a greeting is proper email etiquette.

I agree. Also, as dumb as it sounds, minor things like this are what change an entire organization. Minor things like, whether people say hi in the hallways, whether people use email greetings and how people talk to each other. We had one nasty manager come in (not even my own manager) and he would send scathing emails, scream in the hallways and wasn't ever nice or polite. Our organization turned bad quickly in so many ways and our work suffered. I'd always thought kindness was just a "nice to have." Nope, it's something all organizations should work on. People wouldn't even voice ideas to each other anymore and many excellent, hard to replace employees left. "Respectful communication" is what drives a company.

[Anonymous]

What?