The sender was supposed to gather enamel samples to base a decision on, but flaked on doing it. I hate the phrase. One of my coworkers has it as part of her signature. At my job, theres generally a designated admin on the approved senders list. My current manager is really fond of the smiley faces in outlook, so I have a rule button that replies to messages with just a smiley face. For example if a person has not done something huge, dont tell them they did. Heh, I have seen it used that way, now that you mention it. var loader = function () { Just adding a when you get a chance, thanks takes two seconds and is much more polite. Sending The flight I was supposed to send this on is cancelled. s.src = "https://cdn.iubenda.com/iubenda.js"; Artificial intelligence still cannot do this ! So I would just go ahead and blame Outlook every time you see that. Yeah, I use it when I cant think of one single question Im asking, but rather Im looking for someones take on how to handle a situation. } else { But not only would I be ok implying that Im telling my boss what to do, but I do that regularly. One other thing that occurred to me is that it comes across as robotic or cold in some situations. Are you available/free on Friday, let's say** 9 a.m.? I had to Google it the first time someone said it to me, because I wasnt sure if it was supposed to be vaguely insulting or extremely polite. While this was designed with an African wild dog in mind, it could easily be used for another canine if you use different ears. I think the point is that theyre giving you a heads up that they want to talk on the phone and doing you the courtesy of letting you wrap up whatever youre doing before calling them. Some of this is probably just cultural (meaning office culture, not overall culture). Please let us know if gets his speech back. Neutral phrases "Yes, Thursday is fine." (also with friends and colleagues) "Thursday suits me." "Thursday would be perfect." Informal phrases Yes, Thursday's great for me. Ive searched your blog for some advice on the use of the words please advise and what I found was that a large number of people who pose questions to you use these exact words at the end of their question. 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.. They are conserving letters so the letters do not wear out or get all used up. I was just thinking about do the needful while reading this! Im pretty sure all 200,000 plus employees at my company use it regularly! By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Terms of Service. YES!!! A message that was truly friendly wouldnt need to be softened, so when you get a heads up that should be a non-issue but its been thoroughly bubble wrapped it can come across that the sender is making a big deal about it and that has frustrating implications. s.src = "https://cdn.iubenda.com/iubenda.js"; French Translation of "let me know what you would prefer" in French Suggest an example Other results Just be sure to let me know what animals you would prefer at checkout. I think thats kind of the same though I mostly get those when Im out of the office, and take it as a sign that theyre not expecting me to be available to take calls at any particular moment. Are they presenting you with new information about something thats typically your responsibility? Ill ask for advice, input, and/or guidance, but never with that hated two-word statement. Sometimes Id be copied in as a courtesy, other times someone was expecting an answer from me, and sometimes I was supposed to understand that I should NOT reply even if I knew the answer (because of the political implications of the message, the people on the email chain, etc.). Came to say the exact same thing. Most of the email is explaining the situation, then please advise.. portraitsbystanda.com. Just say, "Please let me know when it's done." March 31, 2012. Privacy Policy(function (w, d) { The second option sounds like the sender is fed up. And Id hope that someone would cut me some slack should I unknowingly pick the wrong set of words. OP needs to chill. Let me know if I can be of any help. And kind of hilarious. It simply means, Hey, I would like your input on this. Otherwise, the recipient might just think its an FYI email. I was already going to do the needful. I think part of what gives it that differing connotation is who is essentially armed in the conversation. That makes sense to me. In which case my (uncensored) answer would be Yes is not an answer/an option. ;). Now, someone in IT has figured out how to make all emails related to a conversation *poof* from the entire email network when something like this happens, so nobody has the email anymore to reply to all. I interpret it in one of the following ways: When I use please advise its because Attorney X has completely ignored the five other e-mails Ive sent regarding the status of an issue or information needed to proceed. Yes, I suppose thats more out of concern for your schedule. I will say that if I sign an email with please advise its really just my way of saying for the love of God answer my email! Have you booked that hotel I only asked you about on the phone 30 seconds ago? Running errands: I have to get the needful done. Or at least there have been, everywhere Ive worked. I dont think Ive heard anyone actually say Please advise outside of radio dispatch conversations. I cant remember. Battle #2: people who then reply all to say ZOMG!! Well, except when someone isnt responding. Its all about being able to read the culture of your workplace. Almost nothing makes me grind my teeth more. Your feedback helps us improve our service. So efficient. That would annoy me, too. please advise to me is still quite demanding and says. Write Your Letter Step-by-Step 1 Express your gratitude for the customer's business. Author: Douglas Second is and I swear this is just coincidence and not meant specifically towards you how Americans cant get that other English-speaking nations slang that sounds perfectly fine to them. To me "Let me know what suits you best" sounds better. But I dont think Ive ever used it on top of an already asked question rather, it IS the question. ;)", So good. 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. Please Keep Me Up To Date Our admin has been sending these long, complicated emails. If you are the disadvantaged party, this is what can we do to make you happy? If youre not, this is what are you going to do for me?. "Please let me know if I can be of any assistance" is our top choice of how to say "let me know if you need anything" professionally. BUT really. And you could argue that business email is its own special little dialect. Hey, just a quick reminder to please send me blah blad by x date. Its never even occurred to me that someone would take issue with it. Ie, if youre reading along and you encounter a word you dont understand, you drop everything and look it up, right then and there. That said, I would never use please advise without more to the sentence. It was perfect for the scenario because if someone shows you a proof and you dont follow it, you often dont have a question so much as you have a wuhhh? I always wondered if it was an expression I wasnt familiar with or what. I use it fairly frequently, usually in a context like this: We have a situation with the chocolate teapots. I live in the south. To me the phrase comes off a bit condescending. Some appreciate it so they dont have to take 30 minutes to craft a reply to me. 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. I think this came up in the open thread recently too. That would make me investigate accordingly and resolve as applicable and reply with details of any action taken. When I worked in customer-facing roles in retail and food service, I much preferred looking the next person in line in the eye and saying something like, Step on up. To my boss, about another group entirely, and Im sure she knows me well enough to know what I meant. BTW, this reminds me of a former peer who frequently signed off with Thanks in advance, or even used her own acronym, TIA! One thing I get frequently from my Indian co-workers is I have a doubt instead of saying I have a question. Please advise. Or How do I save a word file? Im an American living in the UK and I cant even count how many times someone has walked me across a room because I keep backing away as they enter my personal space while talking to me. I love the Urban Dictionary definitioncorporate jargon for WTF :D, Oh yes, I absolutely have seen it used this way, this is a really good translation haha. I also accept Venmo, Cashapp, and Zelle as payment, let me know if you have any questions. Me: I havent heard back about who should be the signatory on this document. With a little picture of Puss in Boots from Shrek, holding his hat and with The Eyes. similar ( 8 ) Let me know your thoughts and advice below. But if its just a heres a problem, what should I do? then my advice is that you should rewrite your email and come back to me when you have a plan of action. I think this is completely context dependent and I think it *can* be really passive aggressive. The phrase that I always hated was make sense? at the end of an email from a former Director. I dont see it as passive aggressive at all. I gave it another try, coming at it from another angle. +1. Im more likely to say, Please let me know your thoughts.. Perhaps it depends on which way the statement is flowing? I use "let me know" (or "let me know either way") all the time and I've always intended it to mean "by the way, you can say no if you want to". I dont think you do actually need a closer every time, whether you mean a final sentence or something more like sincerely. Especially with people in the same office, and especially when it gets deep into an email exchange, I see a lot of messages like this: And thats the whole message, and nobody thinks its rude, because those two people have already emailed each other 20 times that day and theyre not bothering with Dear Jane and Sincerely anymore, or a sum-up sentence at the end or anything. I have the same issue with the response No worries but due to a personal relationship, not a work one. and the result is so good!! Ill email her to call me. - Artwork will be emailed to you as a high quality 150dpi JPEG. Would you have done something different? persons IM: Can you talk? 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. The call me is a little short. Give yourself time to think When you receive an offer, it's common to ask for at least one day and up to a week to consider the terms. No, its not just related to Aspergers! Ive been trying to figure out what it is about phrases like this that bugs me. Like. } And please let me know when his lawyer gets here. I dont throw please advise to everything. Our supplier says it is now y. I heard sleeps used all the time in the US I think its a weird phrase. The How do I save a word file is not a literal question thats happened, but very close. Please advise. So because of that, it does signal impatient and demanding to me. It was generally used when copying someones boss to point out said mistake (and maybe even copying ones team members as well). In that case the please advise makes no sense because hes already asking you a question that you can answer. I admit its hard sometimes giving people the benefit of the doubt especially if they are bratty in person! And if I had to contact them again regarding the same manner, I would just say follow up. How about Friendly reminder? It is a way of warning people to stay in the order they came. And of course I understand and noted in my OP that other English speaking nations use slang that is different from ours and sounds perfectly normal to them just as ours sounds annoying. I think it takes work to infer anything other than whats written in a work email. Too much time in food service, probably. But they're both correct, they're both natural, and they're both used commonly. There are a lot of other options on how to send it I could send it on a different (non-direct) flight tonight, I could have them send it out on the first direct flight tomorrow morning, I could ship it Fedex overnight, I could use a private courier, I could send it on a flight operated by a different airline, or they could have a different location send the part. Can you check these teapots for errors? I think it is more to the point to mix up your word choice, dont lean on one phrase or word excessively. She simply could not comprehend that we had a procedure in place Im guessing because she did not put it in place herself. Many people in my company use Please Advise, so Im barely phased by it now. Please click the link that we've sent to this address to post your question to our experts.Ok, I'll check my email. Their natural automatic understanding of the words is just different from what the speaker wanted to make understood. If you'd prefer to cancel your membership placed through Shipt by contacting our customer support team, you can call our dedicated line at (205) 259-7798 between 8 am - 8 pm CT. . It doesnt seem mean to me at all. No. I'm definitely trying to be polite! Its shorthand for I acknowledge that Im asking a lot of you, and I am really grateful that you are doing this especially since Im not paying you and its probably a big inconvenience. 2 I am sending a communication to our executive team and will need their thoughts on how to proceed. I have had people say thanks for all you do, which is really nice once in a while. We had a parking procedure in place for a long time that the last person out the door at midnight parked in a specific spot where the security camera could see that person leave the building, walk to their car, and get in. It would if they had already asked the questions and this was just a gentle reminder.. Passive-aggressive or something. ", I love how the editors make my work so much better. is this FYI, or is there a question or task buried somewhere in here for me?. (FWIW, I was hired for job X and ended up doing job Y much more time consuming, and punching well above my pay grade because the work is a PITA, and I didnt know any better. English (US) "please let me know a time that is convenient for you" or "please let me know what time is convenient for you" sounds more natural, but yes, this is polite. I am reflecting that the phrase I hate to be a pest, but can also come off as passive aggressive. I explained it a third time, very slowly, and very carefully. The seller with an email address above tried to sell tv in UK but never wanted to meet up and show the goods. FWIW, the overuse of the word like is probably the most annoying Americanism. Can I help anyone? versus Who was next? I tend to err on the side of not reading snideness into emails unless its either really egregious or I have reason to believe that the person is actually trying to be snide. I dont use it all the time but will use it occasionally when she has dropped the ball again and pulled a Charlie Brown* on us. The phrase that drives me right up the wall is please do the needful. There are a lot of things that I wish someone would have told me about at the very beginning especially email etiquette. If you dont have the friendliest relationship with that person, their please advise can sound snippy. This also leads to confusing subject lines. I think this blog needs a new topic category called over thinking it. var s = d.createElement("script"), tag = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; I think Thoughts? is totally fine. I dont think I would even know what that meant. var s = d.createElement("script"), tag = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; If I have to remind you again, it wont be so friendly. Closing your account will prevent you from accessing your past revisions, and you will no longer be eligible for a FREE daily revision. Thanks a lot for editors. or Please let me know if you agree? But usually not, and you can always tell from the context whether the person is using it sarcastically or sincerely. Because it is deferential, I would view it as an obnoxious phrase only if used by a manager to a direct report and not vice versa. I have a lady who has Thank YOU! (note the application of all-caps) as part of her email signature I read it differently but I dont interact with her on a day-to-day basis so I just suck it up. :). Do (b)not(/b) leave your belongings at the front desk. If I dont know what the other party could potentially offer, Im seeking them out specifically for that information. It does seem a bit babyish, but I usually hear it used in an OMG I am so EXCITED about my upcoming fun event! way that is a bit more forgiving than if it was being used, say, to countdown to a work conference or something like that. 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