From: Coworker
What to text back when a coworker says « Just a gentle reminder that I still need your section. »
Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.
Just a gentle reminder that I still need your section.
What they actually meant
They're tapping their foot because you're holding them up, and the fake polite phrasing is just covering their impatience. They just want your work in their inbox so they can finish their own job and stop thinking about it.
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Replies you can send
Keep it calm
wrapping it up right now, will send it over in twenty minutes.
Hold your ground
We'd send this oneworking on it today, you'll have it by 5pm.
Change the game
quick question on the second part before i finish it up, got two minutes to jump on a call?
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