Whenever I get "please advise", it usually means a disdainful "something's broken/not working and it's ALL YOUR FAULT."
I get these, but often spelled "please advice" - always makes me read it a couple times. Then I offer my advice.
We're deep in space, corner of No and Where.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Jul 30, 2008 11:59:00 am PDT #517 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
shrift - Jul 30, 2008 12:01:29 pm PDT #518 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It has been making me do it and has been driving me crazy all day.
I'm not glad to hear it, exactly, but I am now reassured that it's Yahoo being stupid. I'm familiar with that.
And hey, you guys don't have to agree with me that "please advise" is passive aggressive. Unfortunately, that's all the context I have for it as a person in tech support.
Toddson - Jul 30, 2008 12:07:05 pm PDT #519 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I sometimes use "advice please" to indicate that I'm not sure how to handle something (i.e., someone wants a huge amount of information RIGHT NOW ... and they aren't members or anyone I've had dealings with, but my boss may have offered them info).
Daisy Jane - Jul 30, 2008 12:07:09 pm PDT #520 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What was the free jewelry site?
bon bon - Jul 30, 2008 12:07:41 pm PDT #521 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Please advise is kind of p/a in that it is unnecessarily formal and unspecific, IME, but I only get it from people who I don't supervise -- people I supervise would be specific about what they want. It depends on the workplace.
Also on the lexis thing, it is easy to accidentally run 25 searches in lexis's records, so that part doesn't faze me. Why she didn't run a search on the person's name by itself is a mystery, but not surprising given she was learning the software.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 30, 2008 12:10:16 pm PDT #522 of 10003
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Re: Plants
Thanks to Bonny, Plei & Beverly for the input. I think between Devil's Ivy & Aspidistra, I'm going to have to plump for Aspidistra given that it's non-toxic for cats (though hopefully they shouldn't get anywhere near it, but still) and I'm not so sure I want to fight the Devil's Ivy for dominance of the room.
So, Plei, where should I go looking for an Aspidistra, then?
Scrappy - Jul 30, 2008 12:15:42 pm PDT #523 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Aspidistras R. Us?
SuziQ - Jul 30, 2008 12:16:55 pm PDT #524 of 10003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Jesse - Jul 30, 2008 12:20:49 pm PDT #525 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ay dios mio. Something that is really not a big deal is about to become a slightly bigger deal, made bigger by the fact that I'm going to be out of the office at meetings tomorrow and Friday. Ugh!
Daisy Jane - Jul 30, 2008 12:21:54 pm PDT #526 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ah, thank you, Suzi!
Eeep! Jesse!