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What to text back when a coworker says « per my last message »

Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.

Coworker

per my last message

Creating a record

What they actually meant

The polite way of saying I already told you. They're annoyed and creating a record at the same time. Don't apologise twice, just answer the thing.

How loaded this is · loaded

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

thanks for the nudge, answering now

Hold your ground

We'd send this one

i saw it. i was waiting on the other team, here's where it stands

Change the game

let's do a quick call, this'll take two minutes live

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