This is such an interesting conversation. Ill use Please advise when forwarding a question from one party to another when I dont know what question needs to be asked. The formality reflects my work environment. So you took the time so send an email to tell me to call you and thats easier than just picking up the phone and calling me yourself? Just had an email saying another comment had been left. usually its tasks related to a larger thing theyve agreed to. 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. We also have to remind ourselves that people from some cultures require *more* personal space than Americans do! Yes, sounds good to me. Prioritize Yourself. 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. One other thing that occurred to me is that it comes across as robotic or cold in some situations. Oh, of course. Its sort of a crowd control thing. If you wish to keep things light, you may also get rid of the formalities to make your addressee feel at ease. or Please let me know if you agree? })(window, document);Cookie Policy(function (w, d) { Many translated example sentences containing "please let me know" - French-English dictionary and search engine for French translations. I think this blog needs a new topic category called over thinking it. :). w.addEventListener("load", loader, false); Thank you. or Hi, just following up if X and Y has been done yet? = Question Please tell me where you WENT. if you want. It seems like, no matter what, there are phrases that really tick some people off. Annoyingly, Outlook will put the green squiggle under advise in the phrase Please advise and will suggest advice instead. where a I truly dont know what to do, please help me is completely warranted. There was no history of bleeding; stool sample was negative for occult blood. I feel like I am being summoned. Theyve usually established themselves as ineffective and rude, and in those cases, nothing they say will be not-annoying :), Yes! 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. I had a coworker that used to ignore my emails about half the time so one day I asked her why. I bet these are the same thrifty people who are saving their turn signals for some special occasion. if (w.addEventListener) { It totally fell out of favor in the UK (and never did come over to the US or Canada), but because of timing, it remained a popular phrase in Indian English. When it comes to email, how else are meaning and tone created other than via word choice? She would ask why I hadnt responded or done X yet, and I would say that I didnt know that I needed to. The newbies stopped parking there, problem solved. Thank you! Its not the check-in; thats polite enough. Words come into popularity and after a bit they fall into disfavor. I think theres probably something to this. Maybe its location based but where I am at, people find my emails abrupt so I have to add the gentler language. 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. She simply could not comprehend that we had a procedure in place Im guessing because she did not put it in place herself. OMG yes please do the needful makes me stabby. Please let me know what to do.. Exactly! Often times, I presented with a lot of data that I dont know what to do with it. 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. I dont think I would even know what that meant. Input your text below. Its common radio etiquette when you dont want to reveal to everyone on that channel sensitive information regarding your business. its only used when i know theyll do it. 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 also tend to work in industries where if someone wants to make it known that they are upset, they will be a lot more blatent about it than saying Please advise.. It sets my teeth on edge. Most reasonable people will understand it. 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. 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. Sometimes I close with thanks for reading. This is now off of my plate until I hear from you (tagyoure it). I agree it is annoying to listen to. And its also a way of warning others that people are jumping line and I am not happy about it. Another is when I get an email that contains only call me. Work days are long enough without added stuff. Certainly, sometimes you have a new employee, a weird problem, etc. Please advise.. To contact us using our Shipt app: Tap the account icon.Mar 9, 2020 . 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. oh, thats a good clarifying point. Satisfaction guaranteed! Or at least there have been, everywhere Ive worked. If I have asked a series of questions, I put a final, actionable question at the end. So now it causes a twitch when others use it, but I know its all on me. Just kidding. As in, Attached is the xyz report. Im a conduit for information but dont have all the answers. })(window, document); 2023 TextRanch, LLC. That doesnt go away when its something that needs to be considered at a higher level. Especially if Im just showing up to help a busy desk (I work at a public library), it seems a lot more annoying to just plonk down behind the station and stare expectantly at the line until someone comes over to me. Almost nothing makes me grind my teeth more. Even more frequently, the recipient will forward an email up the chain, unbeknownst to the author. One of the problems with "Please advise" is that advise is a transitive verb, that is, it must have an object. I have the same issue with the response No worries but due to a personal relationship, not a work one. I use Please Advise constantly when I have no idea what the actual question would normally be. 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). Its directly asking for exactly what the writer wants, so its by definition not passive aggressive. I also love the nonsense poetry of please clarify my doubts. I agree it is affected, cloying, baby talk etc. please give me your knowledge so I can stop feeling stupid. should I be so emotionally drained by managing? Just ask a direct question or make a decision or leave me alone, but quit spouting off please advise and then wait for me to fill the silence. Who cares if someone writes please advise, I honestly doubt they are including it to annoy you. I agree that benefit of the doubt is important when reading emails just because tone can be hard to convey correctly sometimes, but it seems like an oxymoron to say dont read into tone that isnt there when you have no way to know what the tone is supposed to be aside from what you can grasp by the words the sender used. 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. Earlier today I used it, as I was supposed to send a part out on a specific flight. It does sound stilted, but not bratty and redundant to me. 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. I frequently use that phrase. Philomena, Im like, Its all about being able to read the culture of your workplace. 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? 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. Suggesting A Different Date Neutral phrases "I'm sorry, I won't be able to make it on Monday. After some research, I have found that A and B are mutually exclusive and will cancel each other out if theyre implemented together. Trust me, you cannot stop people from asking! Or speaking whale a la Dory in Finding Nemo. People can be so different! I use it fairly frequently, usually in a context like this: We have a situation with the chocolate teapots. Now I use it myself naturally. Artificial intelligence still cannot do this ! I do this too quite often. Yes, thats always how Ive used it. And if more emphasis is needed, you could throw in a Please at the beginning. 3 months ago. Which one do you prefer? Consider following us @archetype_origins on Instagram for more content, we post on a regular basis. Especially the stilettos. let me know your favorite. Conjugacin Documents Diccionario Diccionario Colaborativo Gramtica Expressio Reverso Corporate. I like it because they might actually need something before they complete and return the thing I need; if not, its a memory jog that doesnt automatically assume theyre not on the ball. Also, I use it when responding to others who have requested info from me. Not all jobs are client-facing however, so it may not be appropriate for all industries. Thanks! I sign my emails with Regards all the time. Yes, agreed. Some people are more formal than others. The worst manager I ever had was constantly misinterpreting my text and she kept claiming that I was sending angry emails. i think i use all the examples described so far, and its not really my problem if you find them annoying. You can just say, But I think thats why he did it. If I didnt have please advise to fall back on, Id have to quit my job. I used to work with someone who always put clear as mud? at the end of emails that were, in fact, quite clear. 8. 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?. They tend to ping out emails on the hoof: Just heard that Wakeen has a problem with the Lid Committee. Now his bosses, they hated it. I dont feel bad about it one bit. Hello, Dahling!, People in Namibia do that too, although typically only with others they know. Example from today: Good morning SARA!! Some additional tips: The more time slots you suggest the better. Instead, we head to a conference room for almost all phone calls. My boss uses this and tells me to use it. Thanks, Why do we write it in emails? I have since found it an excellent catch-all phrase for any occasion. I tend to agree, yet, I can have a hard time applying this idea sometimes. But I think the overall tone of an email can speak to its urgency or importance. I just say, Hi can you tell me if blahblahblah? and just wait their response (if Im IM-ing them its not that urgent). 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. and it drives me insane. Answer (1 of 20): "Let me know where you're at" "Keep me apprised" "Keep me in the loop" "Keep me informed" "Keep me updated" "Advise me when" "Tell me when something changes" To name a few The only thing worse is the Please advice that I would get from a former coworker (a native English speaker, though you wouldnt know from her messages). 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. This is my question. However, the flight I was supposed to send it on was cancelled. My brain says this when reading it: You just asked me a question. 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.). And then ask me the question. 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!). She could have wrote let me know if you have any questions and I wouldnt have been offended at all. if (w.addEventListener) { Its like saying, I wont be thanking you after youve done the work.. In a perfect world, I wouldnt need it. Me too! 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If you didnt give a specific direction for how you want them to respond (Please advise if I have authority to do X, and let me know if you have any questions.) the only response you would get was, Thanks! That is less than helpful when you need authority to do something ASAP. Let me introduce myself. :). Please let me know when it completed or Please let me know when it complete? Need to use the refresh button a bit more frequently. It seems more like the person assumes that an IM is less invasive/interrupting than a phone call, so they want to check in before calling. } else { And with current technology, this is pretty easy to do. Regarding battles 1&2. I dislike the gentle reminder it feels patronizing to me. And if I had to contact them again regarding the same manner, I would just say follow up. In American English, "prefer" is a little more formal but still common enough to use in everyday speech. Comment: +1. 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. Ive now defaulted to kind regards for every single email regardless of content. It is Something That Is Not Done in our culture (which tends to be very email/IM-focused). I was really helpful. That way, I hope, people know why theyre on the email and if they need to respond back. Is there a long term way to get people to stop giving us unsolicited sales calls? 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. Can I help anyone? versus Who was next? As far as I know , we use "prefer" to express our preferences in general and we use "would prefer" in special occasions. This got to a point where I decided no more emails Id try to talk to her in person when I had an issue. s.src = "https://cdn.iubenda.com/iubenda.js"; 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. I always read it like shes yodeling at me. tag.parentNode.insertBefore(s, tag); I guess Im being petty at this point but I think there are so many better ways to communicate with people. Make sense?. But I usually blend the can you do X question with kindly requesting so it reads, Can you kindly read X and do Y and get back to me with Z? Friday, 1/28: 10am - 12pm EST; 2pm - 4pm EST. (Unlike a lot of other people, Im not particularly against jargon, because I speak it fluently and often!). This also leads to confusing subject lines. Makes sense to me; Im asking for advice from my boss. This is why I learned to use Would you like to know more (about this)? especially in conversation but it works for emails too. This is exactly what I do. Oooh, yeah. Please advise. If using Please advise gets you that upset to spend paragraphs complaining about it, it sounds like you need a serious vacation. I typically would just say, This is a/Another reminder to please make sure you have X and Y done today. It has been an awesome way to improve my English skills. We use the yellow highlighter feature around here for emphasis, and it works very well. ", Textranch corrects my mistakes and tells me what is wrong in the sentence, and they responds quickly.". I think the reason the qualifiers miff people is that they have the exact opposite of the intended effect. And I put down the pencil, and I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the other side in the middle of the other side away from everything else on the other side in parentheses capital letters quotated read the following words: (KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?), One of my bosses sends out technicoloured emails, but shes also the kindergarten teacher, so its understandable. God knows I can relate to pet peeves I have more of them than most people, probably, and I bristle at language that is unnecessarily rude but in truth, business email tends to use a lot of words, phrases, and conventions that really arent intended to be rude, or friendly, or have any emotional spin to them at all theyre used to convey a concept. Traducciones en contexto de "Please let me know if you prefer" en ingls-espaol de Reverso Context: Please let me know if you prefer to not have a border. Hell routinely ask me to send external invites for him, then 5 minutes later follow up with something like Has Bob accepted yet? :) and yes, there are a lot of customary informal misspellings there. 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 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. } else if (w.attachEvent) { :). or call us at (205) 502-2500. Yeah, thanks is my new sincerely and it does seem pretty silly when you think about it. Friendly reminder is bad too. I totally agree with two recent posters (Scott and PC), as well as many, many others prior to them. Because signing off with NOW WHAT PLEASE HELP MEEEE would be inappropriate. will also work. 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. Their natural automatic understanding of the words is just different from what the speaker wanted to make understood. I dot: Thoughts? for that. Its *extremely* useful. For awhile, I used Ten-four! with another manager as kind of a joke to let her know I got a message, but it doesnt really work with everyone. Even better still. . I often use please advise when faxing physicians to clarify a prescription. my pet peeve is when people say please advice. In order to post your question we need your email to notify you when the response will be available. But obviously it struck a nerve with me, because Ive been thinking about it all day. I think it sounds a little formal, but not offensive, so this letter surprises me a bit. But I do thank them afterwards too. There are a handful of people at work who use this on every.single.email. It drives me batty. Drugs are bad. I used to have to deal extensively with someone brusque, arrogant, demanding, and (based on her emails) borderline illiterate, and she regularly used plz advise. Those additional three keystrokes were apparently just a bridge too far for her. I suspect that it just didnt translate well in to English. "Please let me know when a good time would be - to meet - to talk - to have lunch" Or "Please let me know when would b. In which case the Please advise is their action item. Also, Im hungry and mostly thinking about lunch. Is it really a good use of their time to work on a solution that will likely be less effective and will end up being thrown away in favor of your solution anyway? = Sentence Where did you go? Only because the former co-worker that sent it was constantly nagging me and it felt like she was using it in lieu of I need your input on this now. Also updated EXPENSE sheet I have also heard children use sleeps, as in only 3 sleeps till my birthday.. Oftentimes even after the actual document has already been shared!! as a manager, should I not wear a childless shirt in my off-hours? I think it is more to the point to mix up your word choice, dont lean on one phrase or word excessively. (I am so immature. or Please let us know your thoughts on this.? Ok, whoops. Its difficult to find delicate ways to follow-up with someone when youre unsure if somethings fallen off their radar or not. I agree, and especially if its used after a question. She was ticked, but it did not stop her. I heard sleeps used all the time in the US I think its a weird phrase. EmilyG, can you reboot the X server because it appears to be down and I need to work on Y. TIA! was reasonable enough. This. Or let someone else unemployed for months have your job instead? Just hope that boss doesnt respond with yes. And nothing else. Yes, just a little reminder at the end of the email that you cant proceed without input. Please let me know how you would like to proceed. !1997 F350 XLT 4x4 Crew Cab (4 door) 7.3 Liter V-8 Diesel Powerstroke, Automatic with overdrive, Dana 60 front axle, Weld Racing Wheels and Toyo Open Country Radials (tires and wheels cost $4500) only 66,000 original miles Located in Seattle Washington 98188 1 mile from Seatac AirportI . why? He ended the email with please advise. 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 am reflecting that the phrase I hate to be a pest, but can also come off as passive aggressive. Simply state the query, such as. Me too. Its actually pretty nice, IMO I hate when someone calls me unexpectedly and wants me to look into some issue while Im in the middle of something (and hence most of the time I dont answer the phone if Im not expecting a call). I love seeing bitch eating crackers threaded through the various websites I read :-), Thats totally my thing. Battle #1: people who reply all to large groups with Please remove me from this email list Answer (1 of 21): It's grammatically fine but meaningless. It can be At my job only see it used where the person isnt at their regular desk. I cant remember. Very special me. When you ask the question, it gives people a chance to decide if they want to know more, or not. if its not a foregone conclusion, then no i wouldnt thank them in advance, because that wouldnt make sense. There's no difference in meaning, but the former is a bit formal and the latter is more common and informal in everyday speech. I use Please Advise as a last ditch effort to obtain a response from a decision maker in my companys corporate office. Because it was sitting in my barn / shop for over 12 years!! ? assigning women extra work to help them, calling out when youre in the ER, and more. Thats a great use for it. It is a broad, general term, however, it can be very meaningful and thorough. I didnt expect so many people in the comments to agree with the OP but here we are. I dont think Ive heard anyone actually say Please advise outside of radio dispatch conversations. For example, I can write, "The doctor advised me about taking supplements" or "I advised him to eliminate the angry tone in his writing." Some usage experts accept advise in place of inform or tell. Today more than 1001 people got their English checked. I am sure we have plenty of equally annoying locutions). So we just print single-sided for them. This is what I generally do. Yeah, I used to work at a company that had outsourced a lot of its work to India. Use plain language. I cant see it however the email had the comment. I think its one of those boy who cried wolf situationsi.e., dont use the phrase unless you really, truly are looking for advice or a decision or a response of some sort. Please advise. (if you wanted instant notification you could have sent it yourself!) 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.. No one would ever say, Please advise in conversation. This answer is: Hide . Its funny, because to me, Please advise means exactly the same thing as Id appreciate your input on this. It really is a Know Your Office thing, I guess. Please advise (your dept.) Sometimes on emails its unclear whether its just an FYI or something I need a response on. i think if aam has taught me anything, its that you can never be 100% sure of anything when it comes to interacting with other people. Heavy metals may block chemical reactions. 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. Mmmmkay?. Back-office folks are often out of touch with what client relationships mean. So please research and advise because a go to phrase that kept things short and they knew exactly what I meant. She did not understand what I was talking about. I am in change management and I ruffle enough feathers. As a formal alternative, you can try using "kindly inform me if you disagree." "Please tell me if not" works well as a more informal option. Its really meaningless in this context, like How are you? when youre walking past someone and neither of you is going to stop and really talk about How You Are. 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. Option 1 likely will result in this behavior but Option 2 will accomplish this.. If you have an actual question, please ask the actual question directly. It simply means, Hey, I would like your input on this. Otherwise, the recipient might just think its an FYI email. which is so dumb, like Im thanking them for giving me work? Please advise, like a lot of things, is one of those generic polite statements that can become really snarky depending on the context and the person using it. 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. Im too stupid to even attempt to determine what the next course of action might be, so Im not even going to suggest anything. Ive worked in three different offices, and this phrase was used by nobody at two of them, and then by virtually everybody at the third one. 1. It comes across as condescending to me. I disagree. Mar 31, 2012 5:50 AM. How do you feel about putting those words in bold instead? :). 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. PLease advise wouldnt set me off if it were in the context of we have looked at XY and Z what is your take? Just as Im used to people replying with something like Great, thanks! or Ok, no problem rather than acknowledged, Im used to people ending emails with what do you think? or is it ok if we do X? not please advise.. I always wondered if one person at the third office really liked the phrase, and everyone just followed her lead. If my calls and emails have been ignored, I will politely include this phrase. The only times it does, its not because of the phrase, its because of the person using the phrase. Same goes for people who use Comic Sans and other scribbly fonts that are hard to read which I think is unprofessional. My bosss boss would end certain emails to me with that phrase. (Probably including every time Ive written in.). I generally think thats a fair assessment by the writer, so maybe thats why it rarely annoys me. There was another word that was used differently than standard American English was it something like presently instead of soon? In many workplaces, as several have mentioned, Please advise takes on other connotations. Please let us know your name. 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