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 agree tbh. You know, I think everyones got their pet peeves with email. If both are wrong then what would be the right thing to say. So I guess thats why Im defend about the Please advise thing. Ive now defaulted to kind regards for every single email regardless of content. At times, I have described a situation and dont bother with Qs since I need advice on how to proceed (usually politically dangerous situations). 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. 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. Can you please answer one of the 4 emails or 2 voicemails on this topic? I wouldnt mind that at all. When my employees come to me, I want them to come with solutions or ideas, not just problems. Satisfaction guaranteed! That said, I would never use please advise without more to the sentence. No one would ever say, Please advise in conversation. Tuesday, 1/25: 2pm - 4pm EST. 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. What else was I supposed to say? Their natural automatic understanding of the words is just different from what the speaker wanted to make understood. Hmm, please let me know how to proceed seemed more formal and curt to me. My brain says this when reading it: You just asked me a question. ****-----------------------THE BASE:This listing is for one *large* toony African wild dog foam base to make your own fursuit or mascot costume. For me, I always feel weird finishing the body of the email with my question. Yes, sounds good to me. They tend to ping out emails on the hoof: Just heard that Wakeen has a problem with the Lid Committee. Need to use the refresh button a bit more frequently. I dont know how to line up a potential solution if I dont know what solutions exist, and thats why Im contacting them in the first place. Philomena, Im like, you are reacting to i require when its being used as i need. I used to think it was extremely formal and cold, but now it has no affect on me because it is used so freakin often. + Read the full interview, I love TextRanch because of the reliable feedback. I have done that one. (I got that salutation a lot from coworkers in my office but rarely from folks in other offices.) Sending The flight I was supposed to send this on is cancelled. Get it corrected in a few minutes by our editors. If I have to remind you again, it wont be so friendly. Could we meet on Tuesday instead?" Sentence examples similar to let me know your preference from inspiring English sources. To be fair they can just put Agenda to follow, but none of the invites I receive had any follow-up agenda sent. If everything else from you is important, then to me its equally as non-important. 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. Otherwise, youd phrase it as a question or request, like, Id appreciate your input on this. In other contexts, obviously, the words are used more literally. To me, it means You have more knowledge about this thing than I do. I am impressed. They make my head hurt and I can hardly get through reading them! And if more emphasis is needed, you could throw in a Please at the beginning. If I was having the chocolate tea pot situation I would write, Please let me know which option you prefer. I feel like more time is wasted when people try to save time on words and instead use please advise. No, its not just related to Aspergers! When writing an email to a person to get a time to discuss some thing, what would the correct and polite way of writing among the below two. Same as something like, what can we do about this? It can be a genuine question or it can be a thinly veiled way of saying I would like you to tell me how to help you not do something like this again.. 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??? 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. 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. Our admin has been sending these long, complicated emails. 2. 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. Please Advise.. = Question Please tell me where you WENT. Words come into popularity and after a bit they fall into disfavor. It just seems more polite. I also get gentle reminder emails and never take offense. (without going into details, many of my co-workers have 4 or 5 or more phone numbers). I think youre too stupid to realize that Ive asked you a question and I want an answer. I just mean I normally expect people to help me help them, by either spelling out the issue, and ideally by proposing at least one potential solution. Please let me know when it is complete. 5. Please let me know which date and time would suits you best is the most popular phrase on the web. I also like Would love your input for similar situations. Cause Im in Scotland, I can occasionally get away with wee reminder instead.I usually go with this is your 2nd reminder or maybe this is a reminder that the deadline for x is _, Coming from some people gentle reminder is scowl-inducing but wee reminder is great :). I had a coworker that used to ignore my emails about half the time so one day I asked her why. So I just describe the situation as briefly and clearly as I can and say something like please advise or Id appreciate your thoughts on this or Id really appreciate your help (leaving with the above nightmare unstated!). To me the gentle reminder reads as Pease dont be mad at me, but I need to remind you of [xyz]., How about friendly reminder? This drove me up the wall because she frequently appended it to requests that were not the recipients responsibility or anything theyd agreed to do. I dont usually go for five opening questions before my real question, especially in instant messaging. . Did you get the memo? Or someone is just trying to convey some type of information to a group of people using intermediaries so they dont have to micromanage every department like the district manager to the dept. = Sentence Where did you go? Yeah, its more please give your overall thoughts or opinions on this matter versus a specific question. Use plain language. I dont think Ive ever written please advise or received an email that ended this way, so it surprised me that so many people have such strong opinions on it. Im good at sussing this out now, but for the first year I was in this role, I found it really challenging. No errors on these teapots. and it drives me insane. I would use Please advise where I need a definite answer. Id never use it with a peer, manager, or client whom I interact with frequently, as they are simply more responsive to client needs. Prefer please let me know your preference please advise which one you prefer 20%OFF ,,,, usually its tasks related to a larger thing theyve agreed to. Or you are a better person to address the situation based on your experience/skills/expertise? Thats exactly how it strikes me. I use Please Advise as a last ditch effort to obtain a response from a decision maker in my companys corporate office. Ive been working in an administrative role for the past two years and have found your blog very helpful. yeah I agree. So I emailed her that I had tried the codes but got an error message, and ended the email please advise, thanks, Cassie. i think i use all the examples described so far, and its not really my problem if you find them annoying. 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). please advise as a declarative statement instead of a question is almost always used passive-aggressively. Quick is fine, its the gentle. Like Im reminding you in a gentle way, when you know its really not. I bet there are people reading here and saying, Omg, they are talking about ME. I hope that they realize that its just trends. Iris. Can you check these teapots for errors? I find it offensive and passive-aggressive. Dana. Erm, your phone doesnt make outbound calls? Just had an email saying another comment had been left. That would annoy me, too. Im having a problem with this and Im not sure what to ask for but this is what we need. hmm. 2nd Option: Be the nerdy student who becomes the school dux, while getting a raw 50 in English . Please advise doesnt phase me a bit, although I usually go for please clarify or please let me know your thoughts. 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. Some appreciate it so they dont have to take 30 minutes to craft a reply to me. To my boss, about another group entirely, and Im sure she knows me well enough to know what I meant. Or speaking whale a la Dory in Finding Nemo. i kind of agree with the letter writer. Its just a . Seriously I dont get why this people have to dig through their archives to start a new topic instead of simply clicking New Message. Yes, person A can say 'I shall let you know how it went', and person B can say 'Please let me know how it went'. Please Advise :D RELATED ( 3 ) let me know your favourite. But, I think more often than not thats not the case. I admit that Im sometimes inclined to send a not-so-gentle reminder by the time Im sending the xth reminder. I cant remember. If you want a man to treat you like a priority, you have got to prioritize yourself. Theyve usually established themselves as ineffective and rude, and in those cases, nothing they say will be not-annoying :), Yes! 0. I use that one when I have a long list of requests for someone. Hey boss, just an FYI to keep you in the loop, blah blah blah.. (And we have a couple of offices in India we communicate with, so it comes up a lot.). 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! talk to you SOON. Let me know when you are free in this week to discuss Let me know your convenient time in this week to discuss grammaticality I dont like How should I handle? either, but I cant quite put my finger on why. Thats the thing, though. if you wish. It does havea slightly more formal feel to it than I prefer, but its not like the horrid and condescending gentle reminder.. The worst manager I ever had was constantly misinterpreting my text and she kept claiming that I was sending angry emails. (c): . 1st Option: Be the student who only gets average marks in every SAC and exam (50-60% in everything) and have a strong social life, while having fun memories at school. Is it annoying? So once a week Im sending something, since shes not always in the office, but I never know when that will be. No. 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. Its work. Drugs are bad. } Can I help whos next? is completely ungrammatical to me. Yeah, those are not please advise situations! for some reason i picked up the phrase from there and now i find myself using it all the time, in texts and facebook messages and tweets. This means that you can drop the adverb "please" and simply use "let me know if you need any help" instead. var loader = function () { I agree that using it the opposite way irritates. Please click the link that we've sent to this address to post your question to our experts.Ok, I'll check my email. I had an obnoxious passive aggressive manager once who would scold you for some nitpicky infraction and then give you a syrupy Thanks for all you do to send you on your merry way. Currently leaning toward Option 2 or Option 4. It reads to me like, I expect you do to this. Shed been told about that by other staff, so I reminded her of that event, and then said, this is one reason the parking procedure was put in place. 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. The opposite way is: knoweldgabley explain something factual and then use make sense? to see if the other person is following you. Okay. Then is it natural to say "Let me know when best suits you?" See a translation 1 like oldgeezer 17 Jul 2017 w.attachEvent("onload", loader); In the end, because she was unable to understand the issue I went to speak to the owner of the business, who immediately sent out an email clarifying the parking procedure. yes, but your reaction to it doesnt necessarily reflect the reality of it. It drives me batty. What did you get done?: Oh, just the needful.. I hate the phrase. Heeeeelllllloooooooo? AHHHHH. Me too. Some people are more formal than others. Extra formatting can just come off as shouting. We realize that we have likely missed some great companies, so please let us know if we missed you. Tried to get ebay and paypal details in order send an invoice to me. I can definitely think of specific people who only use please advise in the negative context. This is the sixth call this week that Ive had from someone selling architectural features. Please advise if you require further information. I realize that it sounds more formal than please let me know.. Consider following us @archetype_origins on Instagram for more content, we post on a regular basis. 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! We will send you an email to confirm your account. 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. The third is forward yet subduednot a bad option, honestly. 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. THIS! So now I have a bit of a visceral reaction to that one. Im pretty sure all 200,000 plus employees at my company use it regularly! Thanks! Have you had a chance to look into this yet? and Any updates on this? also work for some people. please give me your knowledge so I can stop feeling stupid. From coworker B, it makes me want to hulk-smash and scream hey, try to solve this incredibly simple non-issue before emailing me!. That makes sense to me. Thats going to tip it towards a stern request that you fix something without any further input from them. 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. please advise to me is still quite demanding and says. If we didn't meet your expectations, we'd really like to know more. Please advise. So because of that, it does signal impatient and demanding to me. and the result is so good!! Also, just the sheer volume of email I got made it necessary to adopt some kind of triage system, and people who plainly asked for what they wanted from me always got priority. Please advise. I moved from big city to mid-Michigan and West Michigan though. 17 Oct 2017. its the abrupt Please advise. end of statement that grates on me. I agree it is annoying to listen to. 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. On the other hand, if you want a laugh (and you don't mind a bit of obscene language), read ScaryDuck's post: A bit of email etiquette. = Question Please tell me what you LIKE. Like better But Americans are more likely to use the phrase "likebetter" when talking. Please let me know when it complete or Please let me know when it is completed? or 2. 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. One of our experts will correct your English. My last supervisor would copy me on everything, and most times the emails didnt have a question directly related to me so I wouldnt respond. 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. 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