Can confirm, she was featured in a program about Swiss naturalisation that I watched the other day. There were plenty of other candidates who were trying to integrate that were much less annoying than her, yet they still were having difficulty. It doesn’t surprise me one bit that they denied her.

Yup, can confirm. Also, if it’s past 6 pm, make sure to switch to ‘bonsoir’.

If it’s someone I know, I just say ‘salut’. It’s way more casual, and can also be used as goodbye to boot.