Millennial hipsters starting emails with "Hello" - WTF?

[Anonymous]

I find it rude to get an email without a greeting.

--Xennial

[Anonymous]

Gen X here- I always start with hello or good morning.

It's rude otherwise. I know you try to sound important and official by addressing the email to just my name without any greeting, but I just think you're rude and that you're mamma never taught you pleasantries.

[Anonymous]

Mine’s Good Morning!!

[Anonymous]

Oh my god I would LOVE to know what you do in life. Please tell me, what would you do with all the time you could save in the quarter-second it takes to read "hello" and process it.

[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.

Do you still use a facsimile machine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

On the contrary, it’s a good thing that you posted because you seem to be open and willing to learn and change. That is always a good Thing.

[Anonymous]

OP,

I spent part of my childhood in the UK. “Hello” is a perfectly acceptable email or in-person greeting over there, followed by Mr. Z or Mrs. Y. Here it might become “Hello Bill”, depending on your organization’s culture. I have used it in the US both as a junior and senior person.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I hope you are staying safe. I'm a Generation X. I see nothing wrong with some basic courtesies in an email.

Thanks,
Me

[Anonymous]

I am highly offended by emails that begin with "hello" as I much prefer the style of Your Royal Highness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

On the contrary, it’s a good thing that you posted because you seem to be open and willing to learn and change. That is always a good Thing.

Dear OP,

I'm glad you posted, it sounds like you are not too old to learn new tricks. Now you will not sound like a crabby old beeyotch to everyone else.

Regards,
old Gen Xer

[Anonymous]

I am pretty sure I always include some sort of brief greeting .... hey guys, good morning, hello Fran, hi Dave..... unless I’m emailing my husband with a specific question and even then I probably say “hey-“ first

[Anonymous]

OP is blown away by people writing hello? Seriously? WTF? I'm almost 50 and start all my emails with hello or good morning. So do my bosses.

[Anonymous]

On a first email I always do this:

Hi [Name],

[What I need]

Thanks,
[My Name]

Replies I am more direct. Most people do this at my workplace too, including people who are very much non-millennials. It's email etiquette at our office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here -- sounds like this is my problem and I need to calm down. Okay, I will try to recalibrate over here.

Yes, glad you see that. I am a Gen Xer, so maybe older than you as well, and I always start with: Dear, Hello, or Hi. Also, twenty-somethings aren't millennials.

[Anonymous]

I'm 48 and start most of my emails with Hello.