And, since it apparently means please do what it takes to fulfill my request, I have a feeling that, even if it translated well into English, itd still drive people up the wall. as an example, someone is speaking at an event, for which we dont pay for, but reimburse for. I can see how it might be annoying if overused. People who arent being that way would just ask what do you think? or how should i handle? . Sort it! This is interesting. Assuming this is really the only issue the OP has with her people shes their manager, she can tell them what to do. Do not leave your belongings at the front desk. I agreed upthread, but since people were disagreeing here, I wanted to +1 the passive-aggressive vibe. Could you at least answer me so I know the Chicago office has not been wiped out in a zombie apocalypse or other natural disaster? would not have gone over well. Thanks!. This person I know says it all the time (All. I dont like How should I handle? either, but I cant quite put my finger on why. He told me it was standard while he was in the military. It just seems more polite. Improve your English! For example if a person has not done something huge, dont tell them they did. FWIW, the overuse of the word like is probably the most annoying Americanism. This answer would please the interviewer if there was concern about the applicant's dedication to the job or ability or desire to work longer hours. Apparently its a standard phrase in Indian English (and not at all meant to be insulting), and Ive seen it in emails between Indian coworkers a few times now. So efficient. The one that drives me nuts is VR. Dont ask why, it makes no logical sense, it just makes my skin crawl. Thank you in advance is completely fine when Im being asked to do something that I actually can do. Please let me know when everything is ready. I think part of what gives it that differing connotation is who is essentially armed in the conversation. Hence, the please advise. AHHHHH. + Read the full interview, TextRanch has been really helpful in improving the flow and repairing the structure of my sentences. He wasnt wrong. Im not religious and Im certainly not a Scientologist but the one thing they got right is that they insist that people know what a word means. w.addEventListener("load", loader, false); Like youre reminding a toddler Timmy, we do not hit our friends in the face with our shoes.. You'll get most of the similar nice options and perks as you'd find on Oh, The Eyes! I tend to use it if theres a complicated situation with multiple possible solutions, or if Im really just totally lost. I dont feel comfortable using it as a full sentence because it sounds a little stilted to me, but I dont mind when other people use it. On that note, I also hate Thanks in advance. so if I suddenly decide Im not doing this for you, will you be sending another email revoking that thanks, then? EmilyG, can you reboot the X server because it appears to be down and I need to work on Y. TIA! was reasonable enough. Want more FREE revisions? Could we meet on Tuesday instead?" So I emailed her that I had tried the codes but got an error message, and ended the email please advise, thanks, Cassie. I do appreciate it when people are willing to take context into account, so sometimes an opener that acknowledges, hey, I know youve been working really hard on X so this might have fallen off the radar is appreciated, but I really do want to get you what you need! 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. I always wondered if one person at the third office really liked the phrase, and everyone just followed her lead. Most reasonable people will understand it. I think this is completely context dependent and I think it *can* be really passive aggressive. I cant remember. This exactly. From the Cambridge English Corpus His preferred option is theory of mind ability, which underpins processes of cultural learning and cultural accumulation and transmission. I mean, we all have our pet peeves, but deciding that someone is a rude jerk based on a single turn of phrase just seems unnecessary. I dont like gentle reminder either, but I think prefacing this kind of request with Just a reminder without the gentle is not a bad idea. I wouldnt mind that at all. This is what I generally do. Im fine with that when its an actual FYI email, but I see it a lot in more passive-aggressive contexts, where people want a response but arent going to ask for one. Are they presenting you with new information about something thats typically your responsibility? 0. . I feel like its very similar to replying to an email and saying Message received or acknowledged. Yes, technically those are fine, but in the places Ive worked, it would be a very odd tone to take. 5. i really like it and never considered that it could be seen as condescending! 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! I think we all just laughed and said, Theyll be OK, grandma. Fastest Times Our team of editors is working for you 24/7. This sounds kind of rude and a little angry to me. I loved please advise when I had to ask clients what they wanted me to do next. Ive been working in an administrative role for the past two years and have found your blog very helpful. ", Quick and smart, plus is "human-based"! 8. Boss: Theyre all fine, I dont have any real preference. Also updated EXPENSE sheet As in, The task youve given me is physically impossible. I love it! We also have to remind ourselves that people from some cultures require *more* personal space than Americans do! Ive been using it to mean HALP, but it seems that in other places its more like Do the thing already! Of course I fixed my husband a plate when he was seeing to the kids, or otherwise engaged but otherwise, why would a man not fix his own dang plate. Just this morning I had to send out a second reminder to someone about turning in something that should have been turned in two weeks ago. It really is the nude pump of email etiquette. By describing the problem and outlining the requested solution, the rest of your email is already telling me to do the needful. But if they are generally fine as coworkers, then youre better off not reading into how ever they phrase their emails. I just say, Hi can you tell me if blahblahblah? and just wait their response (if Im IM-ing them its not that urgent). Sometimes Ive had people reply with Do I need to know more? or Is there more? and then we can have a conversation about that, rather than me give them a long monologue without checking in with them first to make sure they want to know more. Is it possible that your reaction is based off your feelings in your role and the office dynamics? Please advise brought to mind this very accurate post: http://thebillfold.com/2014/06/office-speak-defined/. Here are some basic steps to help you tell an interviewer you have another offer: 1. 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. Its *extremely* useful. I think the reason I hate it though is because usually, its not my job to advise the people who are asking me to advise them. I have to admit Im looped in on a lot of emails that make me think, Uhhhh . I guess Im being petty at this point but I think there are so many better ways to communicate with people. RELATED ( 3 ) let me know your favourite. This is great advice! I have since found it an excellent catch-all phrase for any occasion. Time. I dont mind like Please advise when Boss is available, etc. How should I handle your request? That comes off as way more snarky/passive-agressive than please advise. 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. Im a conduit for information but dont have all the answers. You need to say, at the end of the sentence, what it is you want both of you do. 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. I hear it said sincerely much more often, but the passive-aggressive use is out there. I recieve emails like shipping updates a lot of the time and Ive defaulted to saying Thanks! because I dont know what else to say, even though theres not really anything Im thanking them for. That said, I would never use please advise without more to the sentence. We're pretty excited about this feature, so please let us know how it works for you. Please tell us why you want to close your account: Fast corrections and brief feedback from a human editor. Thanks, Get extra help with longer text and special files. This is the kind of comparison Im thinking of. 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. Please advise (your dept.) Also, I use it when responding to others who have requested info from me. I was shocked. There is no cost to keep your TextRanch account, and we store all of your past revisions in a secure and private manner. And then ask me the question. If the sender shows signs of taking my work for granted in other ways, or is just generally annoying, sometimes the grrr is mentally capitalized, bolded, italicized, and/or underlined. Yeah, those are not please advise situations! ", I love being able to see the tracking of the changes! I also get gentle reminder emails and never take offense. They have bolded passages, underlined passages, bolded AND underlined passages, and lines in all caps. I love seeing bitch eating crackers threaded through the various websites I read :-), Thats totally my thing. Well, this post has made me accept that at any given time Im probably using an email line that makes the recipient want to punch me in the face. The phrase that drives me right up the wall is please do the needful. Ie, if youre reading along and you encounter a word you dont understand, you drop everything and look it up, right then and there. ;)", So good. Just a reminder that I needed X when you get a chance. Heres an example: 1. A recent fad in my workplace is kindly requesting things. 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 wanted her to speak to the newbie staff members and ask them not to park in that spot. Is it yes to option 1, 2, or 3? That is why I asked the OP if there were more issues at play in this office. My grandmother (who was born in 1912 in Oklahoma) once said at a family buffet dinner, My lands, shouldnt we serve the menfolk first? because people were lining up to fill their plates. I thought text is edit by machine, but it's real editor.Stunning! Is that incorrect, Sparrow? Yeah, Ive used it when I feel like there is a big complicated tangle of a situation and Im having trouble writing a concise question about it. The third is forward yet subduednot a bad option, honestly. I often use please advise when faxing physicians to clarify a prescription. Answer (1 of 21): It's grammatically fine but meaningless. use greater than/less than, not parentheses. Me: OK, Ill pick some and have a draft for you to review next week. Please advise? Its basically that I have a question or request but dont have enough information to know what to ask for. So, yeah, for that the please advise would be super annoying. Suggesting A Different Date Neutral phrases "I'm sorry, I won't be able to make it on Monday. I find it offensive and passive-aggressive. But I agree that its ineffective, and that adults should know better than to shoot the messenger. Gentle Reminder.Grrrr makes me want to smack the sender. Yeah, its more please give your overall thoughts or opinions on this matter versus a specific question. Half the kids in the class were keeping track of how many times she said it. time. For example, Ill try to call one of my peers. People arent usually willfully distorting what they read or hear in these situations. To contact us using our Shipt app: Tap the account icon.Mar 9, 2020 . 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. Dana. It drives me batty. Friday, 1/28: 10am - 12pm EST; 2pm - 4pm EST. Ill email her to call me. Makes my blood boil. + Read the full interview, I sometimes wonder if my English expressions make sense clearly and TextRanch helps me a lot in such cases. 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. 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. So? (Probably including every time Ive written in.). I need to put in the order for either blue and green enamel for next months collector teapot, and I know you met with Jane about the collector line last Tuesday. I think this came up in the open thread recently too. The recipient is dealing with a quality crisis related to last months collector teapot and all other work has been postponed until early next week. This is a kind phrase, as you are politely ensuring their comfort, while also offering any further assistance if deemed necessary. Ive actually built a macro into our corporate chat program where I type (512 and it expands into (512) 123-4567 or tell me your # and Ill call you. TextRanch lets you have your English corrected by native-speaking editors in just a few minutes. Happily, havent dealt with please advise outside of corresponding with legal counsel. -All commissions are posted to my socials and my portfolio - if you would prefer it not to be, you must mention this before I submit the artwork to you. Please let me know how you would like to proceed. A complete search of the internet has found these results: Please let me know which one you preferis the most popular phrase on the web. People can be so different! Do the needful was a British expression for doing whats necessary that was very popular in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. The opposite way is: knoweldgabley explain something factual and then use make sense? to see if the other person is following you. 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. This cracks me up, just like TY. They also like to use gentle reminder and thanks in advance. And if more emphasis is needed, you could throw in a Please at the beginning. Although I would agree that there are worse email offenses. Tuesday, 1/25: 2pm - 4pm EST. I prefer to use phrases like thoughts? or can you help me with this? or Id love your opinion on this just because theyre phrases I could deliver aloud, in real life, with a straight face. 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. Free and automatic, this tool compares phrases. All I can do it explain what the issue is and what our end need is, and ask them what our possible options are. Just kidding. I really hate sending those please submit your TPS report by noon, Friday e-mails, but its a part of my job (my least favorite part of my job). Same here. 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. i kind of agree with the letter writer. Write Your Letter Step-by-Step 1 Express your gratitude for the customer's business. They are conserving letters so the letters do not wear out or get all used up. Example Answer #2 I am available to work Monday through Friday, and I am very flexible about the start and end times on those days. Complete. Thank you! How about Friendly reminder? 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. I just think its a nice transition to end an email. I have the same problem. Could you then make a joke out of it but one that also gets across your point that asking that question is wasting your time? Thanks, Persephone! It just sounds sojerky. Please note that 1-4 phrases are more formal than phrases 5 & 6. Remember to use a valid email address. Work days are long enough without added stuff. I had a calculus teacher who said a combination of the words so um ok yeah every few sentences. When it comes to email, how else are meaning and tone created other than via word choice? 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 had other people read them and they never got angry from my emails, they said my emails read as clear and matter of fact. Earlier today I used it, as I was supposed to send a part out on a specific flight. My boss uses this and tells me to use it. Well, often the reminder (friendly, gentle, otherwise) is for something totally annoying and bureaucratic, which no one wants to deal with, which is why they didnt respond in the first place. So please research and advise because a go to phrase that kept things short and they knew exactly what I meant. Are these people abusing the cc feature? But sometimes its meant as please advise not tell me what to do. Thats going to tip it towards a stern request that you fix something without any further input from them. Ok, now that I think more about it, I dont usually just write, Please advise. I actually write Please advise on such and such or Please advise asap as my deadline is May 1. That irritates me too. I suspect part of the reason for our culture being this way is that we have a fairly open floorplan, so if we were to routinely talk at our desks, it would be disruptive. Im in grad school now and definitely retain the as brief as possible email ethos which some of my fellow students really do not, and I wonder if it comes off as abrupt (and Ive always been on the more prolix side of email writing, too!). But sometimes the reason people say it is because there are line-jumpers. These are some of my other pet peeves: In many workplaces, as several have mentioned, Please advise takes on other connotations. 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. Thanks, I agree with the response, the person is merely probably wrapping up the email. var loader = function () { I am way too informative. When I see it, I interpret it as, I dont expect you to have any objections or questions to this, so the next thing I should be sending you is my thanks to you for letting me know its done, and Im just going to get that out of the way right now. I make allowances in my head for the possibility that the sender doesnt actually mean that, but I always give a little mental grrr when I see it. 17 Oct 2017. One of the frequently used phrases was Please advice me further. Theyve usually established themselves as ineffective and rude, and in those cases, nothing they say will be not-annoying :), Yes! Exactly. Please advise. This is so interestingI recently had a discussion about this very phrase with a coworker and we had completely different opinions on it. Please let me know what to do.. To me, the two exclamation points read as hey, Im not annoyed, but I really need this info.. Im a little behind. or 2. The sender writes anyway and says I need to put in the order for either blue and green enamel for next months collector teapot and Jane told me she didnt know. Just no. 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. And what should I do next? to me. The latter has a different meaning. . I supervise a manager who falsified an employee write-up but I dont think she should be fired, getting out of shared intern housing, why are so many executives condescending, and more, interviewer fake-rejected me to see if I would fight for the job. I dont throw please advise to everything. Its just that, were putting covers on ALL TPS reports now. Get your English checked! I work with people in India a lot and they do say Please do the needful which is quirky English but not offensive or particularly grating to me. . If I didnt have please advise to fall back on, Id have to quit my job. Theyre collectively the absolute worst when it comes to following up on e-mails because they never read them. (I am a webmaster for many sites at my University, and a lot of times people from a department want me to do something to their site that is in conflict with ADA compliance/branding initiative/common sense, so if they dont take no for an answer when I explain why we cant do it that way, I bring in another person of influence, like my boss or someone in charge of university-level site compliance, or the persons own department chair, etc., and then explain the request, the problem with the request, and explain that Im trying to resolve the matter. If I am sending our a reminder, I usually just type just following up on the message I sent to you last week about A, B, and C or i just wanted to see if you had a chance to look at that e-mail I had sent to you the other day I do agree that it is hard to find a way to remind someone about something when you are just not sure if they had forgotten or if they are just swamped and are dealing with higher priorities. I typically would just say, This is a/Another reminder to please make sure you have X and Y done today. Please advise means the situation is complicated and doesnt lend itself to an easy question, or there isnt time to articulate one, or theres a lot of separate questions, etc. I do this too quite often. I think the phrase Please advise means Define my problem, then solve it for me. As such, I think its a pretty irritating/lazy way to ask for help. But in Namibian English, dear has come to be spelled dia. I spent a lot of time wondering who Dia was and why people were always thinking that was my first name, I just got really excited that someone else commenting here has lived in Namibia. I always felt like my reaction was unreasonable, but its definitely a strong one! You are incredibly annoying and childish. THIS! To me, please advise means please write back something. No one is demanding that you stop holding up an important project more like, I would like to take my break today at 5 instead of 6. [.] I always take the time to phrase my response as, I advise you to Actually, if any of my direct reports use it, I ask what they mean by it. Its not a positive association. } else { She said, and I quote I always walk to my car in the staff carpark when it is time to go home, it is perfectly safe. Me: Heres a selection of potential images for the brochure. In most cases, I find that the person writing this at the end of an email already asked me a question in the email. Im saying heres the situation, tell me what to do.. Some appreciate it so they dont have to take 30 minutes to craft a reply to me. This gives me more confidence that the context will be correct, which is hard to trust with auto-correction apps", A real person editor is much2 better than a software editor. ", I love how the editors make my work so much better. Were not children here. I mean, what other phrase could you possibly use to indicate that youre ready to help the next person in line? Let me introduce myself. Emails were coming in all day long. Thats fine. Even when I would appreciate the complete info I am asking for much more than just any information. Input your text below. Not a fan. What/how about Monday for lunch? For me, I always feel weird finishing the body of the email with my question. Thank you in advance! Me too. He became legendary and it always lightened the tone of the email. I am going tell my spouse this before bed tonight and see how he interprets it. It took over half the year for the nun to catch on to what all those little slashes in the corners of our papers meant. I own a small business called Archetype Origins LLC, I will send you an invoice if you prefer to pay with a credit/debit card (taxes may apply). I get those a lot. - Artwork will be emailed to you as a high quality 150dpi JPEG. But I think I mean more did I explain that in a way that makes sense than are you smart enough to understand this. where a I truly dont know what to do, please help me is completely warranted. Sort of a I cant move forward without a decision., Yes, it can be a little like this is me, putting the ball in your court. Quick is fine, its the gentle. Like Im reminding you in a gentle way, when you know its really not. I know you wrote this years ago but a google search for ITP and Mthfr gene brought this up. I use cheers too, but its OK because Im British :). When would I use this?. Example Sentences for Step 1 We would like you to know how much we have appreciated serving you this past year. In choice experiments, respondents choose their most preferred option among different alternatives. Clearly Im gong to advise you dont tell me how to do my job. E.g, the change request you sent me is asking for A and B. Its directly asking for exactly what the writer wants, so its by definition not passive aggressive. Sexy way of putting it! 3. Fresh content for your texts, so you can be more professional. You could use for your client, but I don't feel it's needed for your in-company superior (unless you're in a big company and sending to executives). Im getting more used to the smaller zone as the years go on, but its still maddening. Artificial intelligence still cannot do this ! Id never use it with a peer, manager, or client whom I interact with frequently, as they are simply more responsive to client needs. TechCrunch. Thats how I use it too. 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