What is this "Hey" nonsense?

[PATAX]

I have noticed every once in awhile someone will lead off with this "hey" at the beginning of an email or a text message. Since when did people start using this? I don't think it's proper. Do I look like a horse to you? Maybe I'm a little bit stuffy? smh.😉🐕☝

[Jim-from-Ohio · Accepted solution]

I don't like emails that start with "I hope this email finds you well"  Who talks that way?  Just please get to the point with your email.  And I find scammers often start their email this way

[PATAX]

@Jim-from-Ohio yeah they are almost saying that they expect us to be sick or something. Clowns.

[IRonMaN]

Hey, that’s the way the world is going.  Texting has changed the way we communicate - and not necessarily for the better.  I find myself cheating on proper sentences these days whether it is texting, e-mailing or posting here.  But at least I can still write something out with a pen or pencil——— I think  that ability is also slowly being lost with technology.

[garman22]

It might be a little stuffy...........I use Hey quite a bit. For me its just a different way to greet instead the old boring HI or Hello.

Hey for me is just a more familiar greeting than Hi or Hello. 

[IRonMaN]

That still qualifies as a proper greeting at Kramer’s bank😜

[Camp1040]

Yeah! and young people can't read or write cursive!

[PATAX]

@Jim-from-Ohio Jim I'm starting to get more and more like you, and I am starting to limit a little my conversations with people. A few messed up units out there.

[taxiowa]

Hey @Jim-from-Ohio I just got one of those late last night from a father-in-law of one of my clients.  He wants to be a client also.  I ignored an earlier request because he is a ways away and I am not excited about email tax preparing.  He started out with "I hope this email finds you well" even though we have never met or spoke before. I chickened out because he was telling about his medical expenses and told him to send stuff in.

[PATAX]

@IRonMaN I think I'm going to start off my email, text messages, etc from now on with "Good Day".

[BobKamman]

@Jim-from-Ohio So, "I hope this finds you well" started out during Covid, which is still around although much of the world is in denial.  It was a real expression of fear that someone was not well and perhaps on a respirator and not expected to respond.  So, it doesn't offend me.  What offends me is when someone says "bless you" when I sneeze, following a custom that dates back to the Plague Years.

So @PATAX I haven't noticed people starting sentences with meaningless syllables. Not something I ever do, though.  

[Camp1040]

@PATAX  Tommorrow all your e-mails should start with Happy St. Patrick"s Day!

[Jim-from-Ohio]

@PATAX people usually say to me when I greet them in the lobby for their tax appt.. something like.. How are you?  I almost never answer the question directly.. I say something like: Welcome, or Nice to see you, or Welcome back.  

[Jim-from-Ohio]

@PATAX isn't that how Paul Harvely would end his messages.. Paul Harvey, Good Day. 

[BobKamman]

@Jim-from-Ohio And then there is "“Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea."  Much better way to start than "I hope this finds you well."  Although few people can name who said it, originally.  Stephen Colbert uses a version of it these days.  

Speaking of things people can't remember.  The other day a Politico newsletter referred to Herbert Humphrey.  I emailed the editors about the mistake, noting that they probably hadn't been born when I was watching the events of the 1968 convention from the streets of Chicago.  They made the correction.  

[Camp1040]

We show our age if we know it's Hubert!

[IRonMaN]

1968 - the good old days when they just rioted in the streets instead of in the Capitol Building.  I miss those days 😀

[taxiowa]

I used to think Hubert vs Richard was the worse possible choice anyone could have to make.  But then Donald vs Hillary came along and I am not now sure which race was the worse to choose from.  Not sure either choice was a good one in either election.

[Jim-from-Ohio]

and we have these two: 

1. West of the Rockies.. and

2. First time caller line

[BobKamman]

@Camp1040 His name was Hubert but everyone called him "Happy Warrior."  Because, that's what everyone from Minnesota is called.  

[IRonMaN]

"Because, that's what everyone from Minnesota is called"

Not necessarily during tax season.

[BobKamman]

Yes, that's when the Happy Warriors sometimes have to call the Happy Lawyers.  

[The_AntiTax_Man]

Hey @PATAX  Are you in need of some horse hay?  I can hook you up with a great hay supplier.

Are you feeling okay @Jim-from-Ohio ?  I hope this post finds you well.

[Jim-from-Ohio]

@The_AntiTax_Man and everyone.. doing well,  working real hard and my largest single stock holding, Intuit is over $ 630.00 a share today, . nearing on all time record hopefully. 

[PATAX]

@The_AntiTax_Man there is no shortage of hay here in Possum Valley.

[Jim-from-Ohio]

If I can add, while i wait for my next appt... 1095-As this year have all been perfect from healthcare.gov.  every single one has the columns filled out, unlike last year

[PATAX]

@Jim-from-Ohio yeah you're right. they did good job on that this year.

[IRonMaN]

"If I can add, while i wait for my next appt"

You are slipping up Jim.  I'm thinking you would have been able to do at least one return in the time it took you to type that post 😜

[Jim-from-Ohio]

917 so far. not sure i can top my 1,500 last year. not due to lack of work... simply due to hours in a day and losing an hour on the day we sprung forward an hour. 

[IRonMaN]

How did you lose an hour?  The time didn't change until 2:00 a.m.   To the best of my knowledge, only @Frustrated-in-IL is working at that time.  Everybody else maybe lost an hour of sleep but not any working hours.

[Frustrated-in-IL]

That is the best time to drink Fireball...I mean work.  Phone isn't ringing, no one is knocking on door, emailing or texting.  Though I have to admit, I left at 3:15 am this morning.  I was exhausted.

[The_AntiTax_Man]

@Jim-from-Ohio  Intuit stock closed over $651.29 today [up 57% from a year ago].  The insiders have reported to SEC that they are selling stock. This is bearish.  It may be time to take your original investment back out and reinvest elsewhere.  You can let the house money ride if you so choose.  

[The_AntiTax_Man]

Hey! I've been notified that I got ranked up from Level 7 to Level 8.  I have no idea why.  And I have 28 badges now.  I hope that this finds you all doing well!

[PATAX]

@The_AntiTax_Man congratulations! that is the most important level according to Intuit, as it is the midpoint on the level chart. They are going to be sending you a nice gift.

[Frustrated-in-IL]

I hope the nice gift isn't being sent by mail!😄

[PATAX]

Yeah the fun ghouls might mess that up?

[IRonMaN]

The level 8 gift is nice, but the level 9 gift is absolutely priceless.

[BobKamman]

And when you reach Level 9 ¾ , you win a free trip to Hogwarts.