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The End of the World Email -- URGENT!!! System is down! NONE of our users can do XYZ! Please advise!!!11! I'd love to get one that actually said "advise". I u

The End of the World Email -- URGENT!!! System is down! NONE of our users can do XYZ! Please advise!!!11! I'd love to get one that actually said "advise". I usually get "please advice".

brettbender 17y ago
People use the word "please"?
- epochwolf 17y ago
  Only when it doesn't mean please.
- jff 17y ago
  Please do the needful.
waterlesscloud 17y ago
"Please advise" is one of my pet peeves. It's almost always a passive-aggressive code word.
- thwarted 17y ago
  At least they're using the correct word. "please advice" makes no sense.
- dkersten 17y ago
  I sometimes use it when I'm actually looking for guidance/advice from the other person.. maybe I shouldn't.
- elliottkember 17y ago
  Yeah, I find it's a part of that middle-management corporate-speak social-engineering language. I think the only way to deal with it is to give as good as you get. If they say "please advise", you counter with "managing expectations". Or something - you can usually just make it up.
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