I don't like it, I prefer saying Hi and stating what I want all in the same message. This way, you can be polite and still maintain respect for the other person's time.
Although sometimes people can be known to be pretty unresponsive, so in that case I might send a "Hi, how are you?" and wait for them to respond before asking for what I want.
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I don't like it, I prefer saying Hi and stating what I want all in the same message. This way, you can be polite and still maintain respect for the other person's time.
Although sometimes people can be known to be pretty unresponsive, so in that case I might send a "Hi, how are you?" and wait for them to respond before asking for what I want.