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Pablo_Stafforini comments on Summary of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: Cosmos 30 June 2012 08:49PM

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 07 July 2012 08:20:27AM *  1 point [-]

Yes. I would add greetings and farewells to the class of social contexts in which addressing someone by his or her name is desirable. 'Hi, Bob' and 'Bye, Tina' are almost always preferable to 'Hi' and 'Bye', respectively.