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Define: "Please advise"
What HR thinks it means:
A formal request for instructions, guidance, or a decision.
What it actually means:
"I have formally documented that this disaster is now your problem, not mine."
Use it in a meeting:
"The core router has been dropping packets for six hours while you were at a 'culture building' workshop, please advise."
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