I dont need to be reminded in the next sentence to please advise. (Probably including every time Ive written in.). 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. My bosss boss would end certain emails to me with that phrase. This is exactly what I do. Consider following us @archetype_origins on Instagram for more content, we post on a regular basis. People with professional degrees should be required to take email etiquette classes, too. It would be considered very unusual for me to simply call someone, though. complimentary close! The formality reflects my work environment. This got me into trouble so many times. 1. How do you feel about putting those words in bold instead? Please advise lets the recipients know that they are to pass on a certain piece of information that they should already have a previous understanding of to certain other people of interest without the risk of contamination by outside sources. 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!). I think this blog needs a new topic category called over thinking it. Please let me know when it completed or Please let me know when it complete? I wouldnt mind that at all. Gentle Reminder.Grrrr makes me want to smack the sender. They also might just be doing it out of habit, or because they learned it from someone more senior earlier in their careers. 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. Like the President will be here presently? Tried to get ebay and paypal details in order send an invoice to me. That would make me investigate accordingly and resolve as applicable and reply with details of any action taken. When it comes to email, how else are meaning and tone created other than via word choice? single. Ok, I know its old but The original poster sounds like an arrogant primadonna. 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. Often, one person or department will need to make a decision that effects my clients. 3. Thats exactly how it strikes me. I always wondered if one person at the third office really liked the phrase, and everyone just followed her lead. Please Advise On the please advise thing. Or something to that effect. 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. Could be some weird cultural tick at my company, so its not like that everywhere. I have to add something along the lines of Please let me know xyz or Let me know if there is anything else, or I might even cordially thank them for their help in advance. You can just say, It is a broad, general term, however, it can be very meaningful and thorough. I often see Please advise abused to avoid doing either of the above! } else { https . Would people be shocked? What/how about Monday for lunch? For some reason, it gets the point across to her that we need certain information now, not later or not ever, *the time between Lucy pulling the football away as he tries to kick it and before he hits the ground knowing that she DID IT AGAIN. So efficient. I just love this). My brain says this when reading it: You just asked me a question. Option 1 likely will result in this behavior but Option 2 will accomplish this.. can I compare attending college to working a full-time job in my cover letter? Please tell me what YOU ARE thinking. ! 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? 2. Thanks! I then give background on my question. i think i use all the examples described so far, and its not really my problem if you find them annoying. Its common radio etiquette when you dont want to reveal to everyone on that channel sensitive information regarding your business. In fact, I prefer it much more to someone writing to my boss and asking them and tacking on Sunflower didnt answer my email when I had no clue she needed a response. Interesting. LOL. Your feedback helps us improve our service. I occassionally use please advise if I think the reader may miss various points in my email that is actually a question. Author: Douglas or Let me know if you can join me.? I have marked this listing as Complete. w.addEventListener("load", loader, false); You know, I think everyones got their pet peeves with email. Thank you! Can you check these teapots for errors? Have you booked that hotel I only asked you about on the phone 30 seconds ago? Nothing is worse than the evil Thanks in advance. To me it reads That was not a request! (Or, they just dont know better.). How can we move forward is similar in that respect, I think. I didnt expect so many people in the comments to agree with the OP but here we are. 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. 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. Feel free to let me know in the comments! Same here. Like better But Americans are more likely to use the phrase "likebetter" when talking. But that whole make sense? stuff irked me. (Or would it? If its someone who works for me, I dont want to be notified of a problem without their thoughts/suggestions/proposed solutions. So I explained the situation and stated quite plainly what I wanted her to do. I can literally count on one hand the number of times I have received a phone call without advanced notice from a colleague. I agree it is annoying to listen to. Although I usually prefer let me know what you think since I know please advice grates on some people. She said the word alright way too much. From the Cambridge English Corpus And then ask me the question. But if I am looking for something from the other person, I totally feel the need to have the very last bit of the email reflect that. Same goes for meeting invites received out of the blue with no brief description at all. She did not understand what I was talking about. It's the best online service that I have ever used! If you reply only to the sender, anyone else on the group email who is going to reply all to advance the discussion wont know to remove you. I use something similar. This is such an interesting conversation. Annoyingly, Outlook will put the green squiggle under advise in the phrase Please advise and will suggest advice instead. I guess they could say, Can I help the person who is next? But that, while grammatical, still sounds odd. I think we all just laughed and said, Theyll be OK, grandma. AHHHHH. Please let us know you thoughts on this. - Artwork will be emailed to you as a high quality 150dpi JPEG. No. She could have wrote let me know if you have any questions and I wouldnt have been offended at all. or call us at (205) 502-2500. Its not passive aggressive. But dont you need to reply all with a request to be removed from a group email? You need to add a payment method to get our special promo , Enter your email below to get instant access to the first Chapter of our Ebook, We're so happy that you liked your revision! In my mind, an employee who just comes to me and says please advise is taking the easy way out and making my job harder at the same time. My boss uses this and tells me to use it. ok, thanks all. I couldnt make the change because the combination of codes that she wanted me to use wasnt allowed. persons IM: Can you talk? = Question Please tell me where you WENT. Ive received what are your thoughts? / please advise / do you have input/feedback? and all of them seemed appropriate to the situation. E is the most used letter in the English language. Yikes, I learned to do this when I worked in a law firm and often end emails this way. Its the reminders that I *still* cant seem to figure out and loathe doing. There are situations where someone under you (general you) genuinely does not have the information to make a plan of action. Its not a positive association. Thank you.. If you want something, just pick up the phone and call me. I just went around her because it was quicker and easier. If kids notice this stuff, its going to be even more obvious to adults. Yes, my grandmother who was born in the late 1800s as a young woman worked in the field all day and then at lunch break the men stretched out under a tree while she and other women served them lunch and then everyone went back to work. If you dont have the friendliest relationship with that person, their please advise can sound snippy. should you wish. You are incredibly annoying and childish. And then there are of course the people who reply all to say, hey, it will be posted, stop asking and then the inevitable please remove me from this list.. The sender was supposed to gather enamel samples to base a decision on, but flaked on doing it. (I wont get into the aggravating colleague who copies the boss on EVERY (sorry for the shouty capitals) email exchange between us, which is another reason why my emails resemble business letters I look more professional than she. No need to rub the needful in! Attempt to manage you/assign tasks and they arent your manager? Happily, havent dealt with please advise outside of corresponding with legal counsel. Example: Just checking in to see if theres anything else you need from me so you can complete the [thing you havent sent back to me].. :). People arent usually willfully distorting what they read or hear in these situations. plz advise. Get it corrected in a few minutes by our editors. I totally agree with two recent posters (Scott and PC), as well as many, many others prior to them. as an example, someone is speaking at an event, for which we dont pay for, but reimburse for. similar ( 8 ) Let me know your thoughts and advice below. TechCrunch. I find it offensive and passive-aggressive. I never, ever, take a no answer personally. 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). I dont like How should I handle? either, but I cant quite put my finger on why. I also cant stand all caps in emails. Its so delightfully vague! I live in the south. 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. 2. JMO of course. If the question has been asked, I will answer it. 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