The result is now that my partner and I needful each other all the time. She did not last very long in that job anyway. *other English-speaking nations have their own usage or slang, [dont know where the rest of that sentence went]. I write that, too. I use please advise or let me know. I want the recipient to know I need a response and that it is not just an fyi. Unfortunately, if I dont use those phrases, I dont get an answer/response. It was never a genuine question. Heavy metals may block chemical reactions. (I am so immature. She could have wrote let me know if you have any questions and I wouldnt have been offended at all. w.attachEvent("onload", loader); I think please and thank you arent used enough in business communication. I delete it from their email before responding. It would if they had already asked the questions and this was just a gentle reminder.. If I have to remind you more than once youre probably on my nerves more than I am on yours. Im not crazy about please adviseits a vague and strangely worded requestbut at least its a request! It was generally used when copying someones boss to point out said mistake (and maybe even copying ones team members as well). Monday . It definitely gets results. Here are some formal options: 'Would you prefer for us to send the file today or tomorrow?' 'Please tell me whether you would like the file sent today or tomorrow.' 'Is it preferable for the file to be sent today or tomorrow?' 'Please contact us in regards to the preferred delivery date of the file. Thanks!. me: yes Kinda reminds me of getting a message from the Dean of Students, Please report to my office at your earliest convenience, without fail, I use quick reminder. I use please advise sometimes with my boss always when Im expected to make a judgment call that Im not sure how to handle. = Question Please tell me what you LIKE. Or they are new and still learning the ropes? 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. He sends documents to me to get rid of a blank page (when all it takes is a single backspace to get rid of it) and when he got a macbook I was constantly with him at 30 minutes at a time trying to teach him how to right click or minimize a window, how to locate a file he has saved, etc. I bet there are people reading here and saying, Omg, they are talking about ME. I hope that they realize that its just trends. Tuesday, 1/25: 2pm - 4pm EST. See a translation. It does sound stilted, but not bratty and redundant to me. versus Then again, I fire up the imaginary laser vision whenever people use In Regards to instead of In regard to or even better regarding. So I guess everyone has pet peeves. I think in the emails in this discussion the term is almost used out of context due to the monkey see, monkey do concept. its the abrupt Please advise. end of statement that grates on me. I think please advise is okay when youre asking a question going up the ladder, but coming from a manager to a subordinate it does usually come off as, please advise WTF you were thinking when you did this., Yeah, since someone above you is unlikely to actually want anything that could be called advice from you haha. I mean, what other phrase could you possibly use to indicate that youre ready to help the next person in line? My boss has a thing for highlighting key words, e.g., I will NOT have contact with the printer or Please be sure to save ALL files to the shared drive. I understand shes trying to stress the importance of the message, but the caps feel distrustful to me. Passive-aggressive or something. As in, The task youve given me is physically impossible. If my calls and emails have been ignored, I will politely include this phrase. So I dont always like assuming there are a limited number of solutions. I also love the nonsense poetry of please clarify my doubts. Thats right up there with customer service people who say Can I help whos next in line? Fingernails on the chalkboard, that phrase. }; Yes, thats always how Ive used it. Could this be confirmed either way to help my order progress please? I agree it is affected, cloying, baby talk etc. Just putting Cath at the end seems abrupt. This means that you can drop the adverb "please" and simply use "let me know if you need any help" instead. He became legendary and it always lightened the tone of the email. Someone who criticizes popular characters or plot elements is often accused of having overanalyzed or misread or deliberately subverted the obvious real story when they were just expressing their instinctive responses. If you want something, just pick up the phone and call me. Im still waiting for the Veeblefetzer Report, Please send it to me ASAP.. Terrible. I often see Please advise abused to avoid doing either of the above! Today more than 1001 people got their English checked. PizzaSquared * April 13, 2015 at 3:15 pm. How about Friendly reminder? I didn't expect that a real editor, not AI, would check my text. I also like Would love your input for similar situations. w.onload = loader; At my first job out of college, please advise was only ever used in emails to point out to someone that they missed a deadline or made a mistake. I never, ever, take a no answer personally. The opposite way is: knoweldgabley explain something factual and then use make sense? to see if the other person is following you. Hm, Im not sure Ive invented a sufficiently annoying scenario, but hopefully the point is clear. Im a conduit for information but dont have all the answers. This is surprising to me that people are offended by please advise. I see it as completely neutral. estimated time: 30 minutes,directly in your inbox. Being a defense agency, an acronym was created: V/r. Cant think of any examples right off the bat but it definitely doesnt fit for some emails! As it is, Im asking my recipient how they want me to reconcile the A and B that theyre asking for, not because Im blaming them or am throwing their request back into their court, but because I genuinely want to work together with them to find a feasible solution. The original poster sounds like an arrogant primadonna. Want more FREE revisions? And as an aside, I really wouldnt mind hitting someone with my shoes. If you wish to keep things light, you may also get rid of the formalities to make your addressee feel at ease. This got to a point where I decided no more emails Id try to talk to her in person when I had an issue. Can you please at least acknowledge that you are holding up a thing that the CEO asked for and we are STILL waiting on you?? And please let me know when his lawyer gets here. I dont feel bad about it one bit. But I think I mean more did I explain that in a way that makes sense than are you smart enough to understand this. At times, I have described a situation and dont bother with Qs since I need advice on how to proceed (usually politically dangerous situations). Not many of them are productive or helpful ones. How may I help you? or even Next in line, please., I have fortunately never heard that phrase , but I suspect that somewhere along the way Whos next? got combined with I can take/help the next customer in line (or something similar), Ok, I can see that. Please let me know if any Peacekeeper scans are imminent. I dont think the IM itself is what AMG is referring to its when the person IMing then wants you to be the one to call them, even though theyre the one who wants something. Thanks, Persephone! (Usually from a higher up.), I have to admit that I do use the term please advise AND in all caps to one certain person in our company. I should also add that I appreciate reminders since Im disorganized and support too many projects. Another is when I get an email that contains only call me. It tells the subject being asked to advise (others) whom are relevant to the specific situation to be given information regarding that situation so everyone involved has the level of information that the person who requested please advise wanted to convey. use greater than/less than, not parentheses. I thought text is edit by machine, but it's real editor.Stunning! No. You might consider using "would be" instead of "is", as well, since the conditional is often more polite than the declarative. Like, if Im asking my manager a question, Id say Hey manager, this is the thing thats happening, what do you want me to do with that? but if I was emailing the CEO with a variety of other senior staff copied, Id say Here is the situation please advise. I could see how it might seem snotty when used in a situation that doesnt call for it, like youre being faux respectful. Yes, when I read this question, my first thought was that I use it as sort of a sign-off after having gotten deeply into details. They could respond to leave the rx as written, or change it to something else, or not understand what the problem is, or not understand why Im faxing (so I try to make my faxes very well organized and clear). You know, I think everyones got their pet peeves with email. I also get gentle reminder emails and never take offense. I know Im starting to react badly to anyone saying I have a question or I have a *quick* question (questions in my industry are never quick) or Can I ask you a question? because I hear it fifty times a day, for example. Who cares if someone writes please advise, I honestly doubt they are including it to annoy you. TIA! which was infuriating. Oh, the fun we would have with their frequently used terms. assigning women extra work to help them, calling out when youre in the ER, and more. To me, the worst is when I just get an email or text that says call me without any further context whatsoever. We talked about x but you did y, and Im really confused about how that happened. With furrowed brow and head tilt. I can literally count on one hand the number of times I have received a phone call without advanced notice from a colleague. Please Keep Me Up To Date If its someone who works for me, I dont want to be notified of a problem without their thoughts/suggestions/proposed solutions. I dont think Ive heard anyone actually say Please advise outside of radio dispatch conversations. Such a pet peeve of mine! Dont read in meaning or tone that isnt there. s.src = "https://cdn.iubenda.com/iubenda.js"; Interesting. Assuming this is really the only issue the OP has with her people shes their manager, she can tell them what to do. In a perfect world, I wouldnt need it. In fact I just searched my emails for please advise and 99% of them (250 results since July/August-ish last year) were from this guy! ooooo! There are situations where someone under you (general you) genuinely does not have the information to make a plan of action. Ive noticed that yeah, we dont say Sincerely anymore, but I feel really strange just writing my name at the bottom of a reply (and yes we have those auto signatures, but everything gets shoved down to the bottom of the chain, so you only see them properly the first time). For me, Id rather people just ask me the question (assuming Im not on the phone in mid-sentence) rather than ask me if I have time or if Im busy. Is that incorrect, Sparrow? I have been wondering how people bold or italicize here for ages, lol. Perhaps it depends on which way the statement is flowing? I admit Ive never heard of this interpretation of that closing. Please click the link that we've sent to this address to post your question to our experts.Ok, I'll check my email. It was impossible not to notice. I have ever heard Americans use the baby talk it is just 5 sleeps until we arrive at Disney World but I suppose they will pick it up since it is used so often by British travelers on line. . whether you prefer. I dont like How should I handle? either, but I cant quite put my finger on why. Which is a lot, because I think its a super useful phrase. It just comes off as sort of short to me, especially when there are . I managed to screw up pretty regularly in the third category, which led to me being pretty gun-shy about replying at all unless I was explicitly asked a question or given an action item. Im a little behind. Dana. When my employees come to me, I want them to come with solutions or ideas, not just problems. Some people are more formal than others. This! Id go for something like, Id appreciate your help in this matter. If you have met with the hiring manager and feel good about the role and your candidacy, and you prefer one company over the other, the reach out to the hiring manager immediately. Words only mean things in their contexts, though. Im literally just giving a reminder, no qualification needed. It is a shame April Fools Day has just been and gone, because you could have sent out a great email I am no longer going to be answering the question Can I ask you a question. Boss: We need to have Horatio sign it. Just adding a when you get a chance, thanks takes two seconds and is much more polite. Theres something about the tone of it that feels too deferential or uncertain to me. If I didnt have please advise to fall back on, Id have to quit my job. please give me your knowledge so I can stop feeling stupid. Please let me know when it completed or Please let me know when it complete? Many translated example sentences containing "please let me know" - French-English dictionary and search engine for French translations. The issue is that they want to find a delicate way, which implies I dont think you can handle a straightforward mention that Im still waiting on this. The desire to more delicate than that is what grates. No errors on these teapots. One thing you can do, is watch how other people close their emails and steal the best ideas from what you see. Some people dont read the entirety of an email and may not realize they need to respond. Being English, I wish we would adopt wee because it is such a warm word. Two women went shopping and they decided to buy a jacket. We KNOW that some cultures crowd up and breath down your neck; we KNOW in our heads that it is a cultural difference this does not prevent the visceral reaction to being crowded that people who require more personal space feel. var s = d.createElement("script"), tag = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; But if youre my client and you need something, I will do my best to get you an answer, even if I have to be a bit sharp in tone. I generally think thats a fair assessment by the writer, so maybe thats why it rarely annoys me. To me, please advise means please write back something. It would be annoying in the context of a yes/no question, for sure. [.] We wouldnt say Please advise out loud, because we know how it sounds. 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. It really is the nude pump of email etiquette. which is so dumb, like Im thanking them for giving me work? Its all about being able to read the culture of your workplace. We will send you an email to confirm your account. (c): . He told me it was standard while he was in the military. It seems like, no matter what, there are phrases that really tick some people off. On that note, has anyone noticed the difference in these two phrases? Hello Dears. Thats what I envisioned, too, because its what I see. But if they are generally fine as coworkers, then youre better off not reading into how ever they phrase their emails. Oooh, yeah. On the other side, is the writer genuinely seeking information or help? This is my question. ok, thanks all. I think the world would be a somewhat nicer place if everyone did this. She simply could not comprehend that we had a procedure in place Im guessing because she did not put it in place herself. Battle #1: people who reply all to large groups with Please remove me from this email list I always felt like my reaction was unreasonable, but its definitely a strong one! Its difficult to find delicate ways to follow-up with someone when youre unsure if somethings fallen off their radar or not. I agree tbh. i think i use all the examples described so far, and its not really my problem if you find them annoying. Drugs are bad. Research indicates, however, that including "don't know" options actually produces more problems than it solves. I always read it like shes yodeling at me. Except with the way you worded it, youre implying that your boss *has* to go with one of the three options you came up with as opposed to coming up with their own idea. Some physicians can get a bit touchy about being questioned by a pharmacist, so I use please advise because it can help sooth feelings and imply that they are still in charge. Ok, this is hilarious, because I used to this way today! if you will. What else was I supposed to say? Is it annoying? I moved from big city to mid-Michigan and West Michigan though. if its not a foregone conclusion, then no i wouldnt thank them in advance, because that wouldnt make sense. That makes sense to me. why? Theyre collectively the absolute worst when it comes to following up on e-mails because they never read them. All I can do it explain what the issue is and what our end need is, and ask them what our possible options are. update: is my future manager a bigoted jerk? ****ATTENTION: These bases have minor defects and are sold as is. My newest habit is ending question-filled emails with Let me know and thanks. I almost always used please advise passive-aggressively with my boss but I never read it that way when others sent it to me so I dont know! It still sounds like you think the person will otherwise take offense to the message. In the nicest possible way, this made me smile because like is pretty common in the UK as well though mostly with younger people. So I would just go ahead and blame Outlook every time you see that. Heh, I have seen it used that way, now that you mention it. Please advise. How can we move forward is similar in that respect, I think. Agreed. Oftentimes even after the actual document has already been shared!! Id never used the phrase please advise at the end of an e-mail until Current Job. I have found that simply putting are you able to help me resolve this? This additional time is also helpful when you have more interviews scheduled with companies that interest you. The editors' comments are helpful and the customer service is amazing. And its also a way of warning others that people are jumping line and I am not happy about it. Like better But Americans are more likely to use the phrase "likebetter" when talking. Too much time in food service, probably. Happily, havent dealt with please advise outside of corresponding with legal counsel. From coworker B, it makes me want to hulk-smash and scream hey, try to solve this incredibly simple non-issue before emailing me!. s.src = "https://cdn.iubenda.com/iubenda.js"; 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??? Can I help the next person in line? is much better. Yeah, its more please give your overall thoughts or opinions on this matter versus a specific question. Please let me know whic h way of pay ment you prefer - whether a ba nk transfer (I'll. I dont really like the gentle reminder phrasing, but I guess I dont necessarily see a way around sending reminders. 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