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"Please advise" is one of my pet peeves. It's almost always a passive-aggressive code word.
by waterlesscloud 17y ago
"Please advise" is one of my pet peeves. It's almost always a passive-aggressive code word.
- thwarted 17y agoAt least they're using the correct word. "please advice" makes no sense.
- dkersten 17y agoI sometimes use it when I'm actually looking for guidance/advice from the other person.. maybe I shouldn't.
- elliottkember 17y agoYeah, 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.