Hey, you...

So my friend got a text from a good male friend the other day, and the text started by saying, "Hey, you...." When she read that "hey, you" she thought that he was flirting with her. I said that I don't think that is flirty at all, so we asked the other people around us for their opinion.

Half of the group said YES, that "hey, you..." is in fact flirty, whereas if he just saying "hey sweetie" that would have actually been more platonic.

This whole thing confuses the shit out of me, but I wanted to hear what everyone else thought. Do you think that "Hey, you..." is more flirty than not?!