You had me at hello?

You ever noticed in films how, when someone makes a phone call, they immediately start get to the point as soon as the other person answers. There's no, hi, how are you? Who's that?

I understand the need for brevity in an emergency situation. Say you're the head of security and The White House is under attack. When you ring The Offices of National Security your call will probably go down differently from if you're calling your kid sister. Although I would like to see a film like that where the phone call went something like "Hi is that the Office of National Security?!! Alright, you bell end, is mum there? Put mum on. No, you're a bell end. No you are. Stop copying me. I said stop copying me. I'm an idiot. Just put her own will you! The White House is under siege, you muppet"

Well anyway, it seems like in real life, hello-less communication has filtered down to emails too.

There's me all politely kicking off emails with an hello, how are you, but here, they don't bother with any of that salutary crap. They get straight to it. Having said that, it never feels rude, it just feel direct... and I think I like it.