Those direct chat messages containing just:

Can you help me?

Good morning

Hi

My boss won’t answer me unless I wrote him a good morning and asked how he is feeling.

@petergriffin oh wow! Courtesy is nice but sometimes there are emergencies.. in which case I'd say good morning and then briefly explain the issue

I wouldn't send just a "Hi" to trick someone into replying because that's all these messages are.. the idea that if I reply to their hi, then I must be available to sort their (usually) trivial issue and jumping the ticket queue

Can you do me a favor?

@petergriffin sounds like a good reason to say, "I'm thinking about leaving for another position"

I stopped responding to them unless we're friends.

Don't waste my time, tell me what the fuck you want.

I was tempted to send them an email reply back that just said, "hi". That'd be to passive aggressive though

@sariel call them, say hi, and close the call

You should appreciate these messages!

I know they suck but it might be people's attempt at checking if you're busy.

The other alternative would be that you got direct messages like "We've got a problem with X" and it sounds like it's urgent.

If you get a "good morning" first you know it's not super urgent

@jiraTicket hey, good morning!

@electrineer savage xD
I'll try it

I have this as my teams status

https://nohello.net/