I highly recommend it. Some newbie staff members were constantly parking in that spot, which meant one of two things the midnight person had to use one of their breaks to move their car after that staff member left, or if that staff member forgot to move their car, they had to walk 500 metres in the dark to the staff carpark with no cameras at all. This is the other circumstance where I use Please advise.. But that is definitely a personal preference issue. should you wish. what the hell? I dislike the gentle reminder it feels patronizing to me. It only happens rarely, but every once in a while Im asked to email someone about something and I really have no idea what Im doing/what the end goal is, so I put please advise. Please advise brought to mind this very accurate post: http://thebillfold.com/2014/06/office-speak-defined/. In international travel forums British nationals often ask a question about hotels or restaurants or whatever with I require a XYZ to me I require sounds demanding and entitled and always evokes mild hostility in me. Please let me know when it is complete. I used to manage a group of volunteers for a Nigerian 419 scam warning website. This cracks me up, just like TY. In most cases, I find that the person writing this at the end of an email already asked me a question in the email. Now I use it myself naturally. Thats going to tip it towards a stern request that you fix something without any further input from them. People who arent being that way would just ask what do you think? or how should i handle? . But I dont think Ive ever used it on top of an already asked question rather, it IS the question. assigning women extra work to help them, calling out when youre in the ER, and more. I dont see anything wrong withplease advise. I reserve it for instances in which Im not explicitly asking a question and want to signal that I need a response/guidance. Ive worked in three different offices, and this phrase was used by nobody at two of them, and then by virtually everybody at the third one. var s = d.createElement("script"), tag = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; Its difficult to find delicate ways to follow-up with someone when youre unsure if somethings fallen off their radar or not. It really is the nude pump of email etiquette. } else { Same here. I receive emails a lot from Indian English speakers and they often use the phrase Please do the needful or Kindly do the needful which at first I thought seemed rude, but now I see that its just their way of saying that phrase. 2. I agree, and especially if its used after a question. Want more FREE revisions? Its my way of succinctly saying Listen up, you pompous twit this is the fifth and last time Im going to respond to something that you were supposed to handle three weeks ago. Is the writer at a higher level than you in the company? We have enjoyed serving you for the past five years. I didnt expect so many people in the comments to agree with the OP but here we are. Could be some weird cultural tick at my company, so its not like that everywhere. I dont usually go for five opening questions before my real question, especially in instant messaging. Fresh content for your texts, so you can be more professional. It just sounds sojerky. At my job, theres generally a designated admin on the approved senders list. But if my boss asks me to remind another professor, Im going to be inclined to put on kid gloves. Ugh, I cried once at work and ever since, my manager always sends me gentle reminders whenever I make an error. So basically, get over yourself and please advise. As a general rule, I think e-mail should be read with Hanlons razor in mind and should always be interpreted as though the writer meant well, unless proven otherwise. (I got that salutation a lot from coworkers in my office but rarely from folks in other offices.) = Sentence Notice that I switched the Verb and the Subject in the original question. Our supplier says it is now y. Juste tre sr de me faire savoir quels animaux vous prfrez la caisse. But I think thats why he did it. I dont mind it. Sue: I like the wool one better. I was shocked. Check availability now! Maybe its worse, but I use This is a reminder that and then This is your 2nd reminder notice that and finally This is your 3rd reminder that.. I wouldnt mind that at all. Cant think of any examples right off the bat but it definitely doesnt fit for some emails! From the Cambridge English Corpus Shes lovely, but I dont like the phrase. 3) People who mark each of their emails as Important. the people who are secretly working multiple full-time jobs from home, future manager is a bigoted jerk, boss hasnt paid me back, and more, weekend open thread February 18-19, 2023. It doesnt seem mean to me at all. Say what you mean to say. People arent usually willfully distorting what they read or hear in these situations. From coworker B, it makes me want to hulk-smash and scream hey, try to solve this incredibly simple non-issue before emailing me!. And with current technology, this is pretty easy to do. But it definitely still sets off a trigger for me! Its politely collaborative. I think please and thank you arent used enough in business communication. On many email systems, IT folks can lock down the major email lists with a restriction on who can send emails to them. Your feedback helps us improve our service. So I only associate this phrase with mistakes and anxiety, plus a little bit of public humiliation thrown in for good measure (this wasnt the greatest office environment!). ;)", So good. Is that better? What/how about Monday for lunch? There are a lot of things that I wish someone would have told me about at the very beginning especially email etiquette. Putting please advise instead of the second sentence would incline me to respond with something like. OMG yes please do the needful makes me stabby. I also love the nonsense poetry of please clarify my doubts. To me, it means You have more knowledge about this thing than I do. This additional time is also helpful when you have more interviews scheduled with companies that interest you. Or at least there have been, everywhere Ive worked. I assume since it is done so often that it is just a common formal phrase used in this culture. plz advise. We will send you an email to confirm your account. Yeah, I never know what to do when you get something and Thanks! isnt really appropriate as a reply, but there isnt really much to say in reply. Please let me know what options you have in the $20 range. I feel like I am being summoned. Not all jobs are client-facing however, so it may not be appropriate for all industries. Its fine that you personally dont like it, but its not passive aggressive and I am not sure where you get the impression that it almost always is. I use please review and advise quite frequently, but for two types of situations: 1 I need direction from my boss This is what I generally do. Or you are a better person to address the situation based on your experience/skills/expertise? Plus I like telling people what to do. Most of the time its more junior staff and they dont realize the annoying-ness. So? Sometimes I have no idea how else to end an email that indicates that I need an answer and whatever Im doing cant move forward without it. Hello, Dahling!, People in Namibia do that too, although typically only with others they know. See a translation 1 like Highly-rated answerer Yom 17 Jul 2017 Korean @OldGeezer Thank you for your help! This! Hello Dears. Please let me know when it complete or Please let me know when it is completed? Please note that 1-4 phrases are more formal than phrases 5 & 6. Ha, this post brings back memories. I dont like please advise either, but there are so many other awful things people do either inadvertently or deliberately (passive aggression is the worst) I feel like I have to pick battles. As if Im a) too stupid to understand her and b) need to be asked or apparently I would have otherwise not said anything if I didnt understand??? This weekend I decided to reorder the teapot lid process from Z to A, rather than A to Z because (insert reasons). if you will. The curse of e-mail is that its often so hard to communicate empathy succinctly anyway. We talked about x but you did y, and Im really confused about how that happened. With furrowed brow and head tilt. For example, I can write, "The doctor advised me about taking supplements" or "I advised him to eliminate the angry tone in his writing." Some usage experts accept advise in place of inform or tell. I dont use that often, but when I do its because people occasionally read past the question parts of emails or respond to 1 out of the 2 things I need them to answer. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Terms of Service. When it comes to email, how else are meaning and tone created other than via word choice? I mean, intellectually, I agree with everyone whos said youre overthinking this. But I cant STOP overthinking it and want to know why Im overthinking it to begin with. Hm, Im not sure Ive invented a sufficiently annoying scenario, but hopefully the point is clear. Ok, whoops. She still did not understand. Work days are long enough without added stuff. Oh man, Im on several listserves and several times a year someone requests a document, people flood inboxes with emails that say literally, please post and me too and thats it. Then the email request gets ignored by everyone thinking someone else will do it until the LW actually points a finger and say, that means YOU, Wakeen. 2) People who hijack an email thread for an entirely different topic. I think this came up in the open thread recently too. Thanks, So now, any time I use that, it makes me laugh. [.] Thank you !! 0. I actually had a conversation with my boss about this last week. Please advise. Or How do I save a word file? I wish I could find out about Textranch earlier. There was no history of bleeding; stool sample was negative for occult blood. Thanks in advance! is less annoying to me than please and thank you. How come I did not think of that??? I wanted her to speak to the newbie staff members and ask them not to park in that spot. In which case my (uncensored) answer would be Yes is not an answer/an option. I love seeing bitch eating crackers threaded through the various websites I read :-), Thats totally my thing. I use that one when I have a long list of requests for someone. I hate it when someone comes to me and just says here are three options, which do you want? without providing any of their thoughts on it. I hate please advise! I picked up the doubt thing from a really awesome math professor I had in college who would ask does anyone have any doubts? after going over something on the board. ", I love being able to see the tracking of the changes! Could we meet on Tuesday instead?" In the nicest possible way, this made me smile because like is pretty common in the UK as well though mostly with younger people. Please advise doesnt phase me a bit, although I usually go for please clarify or please let me know your thoughts. I moved from big city to mid-Michigan and West Michigan though. So dont do drugs. 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