Dearest internet users,

When contacting online technical support, customer service, or anyone else who may help you with a problem that you're having, please refrain from using the following phrases - "Please advise," "What gives?" or "What's up?"

These phrases make our skin crawl and we ask you to kindly stop using them. Thank you!

- The people who help you fix things.

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LeendaDLL
What gives with this post? Please advise.
rebecca
I really don't know how you deal with most of the tickets. ESPECIALLY THE URGENT!!1!! ones ALL IN CAPS. Heh
djchall
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Please note that this also applies to anyone submitting bug reports to Movable Type.
Leslie
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Customers constantly ask me to "please advise" them, and I wonder if they think I'm a psychic friend from the Psychic Friends Network.
Laura
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"What gives" is just rude, IMHO, but for some reason "Please advise" has always gotten under my skin. I have said "What gives" more than a few times in my life, but I don't think I have ever said "Please advise".

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