Polite requests at work

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instead of saying

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give me the report on Monday you could

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say do you want to give me the report on

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Monday this is a really really useful

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expression that to use at work you are

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giving your colleague an order but

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you're being very indirect about it so

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if your boss says to you do you want to

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call that client and I'll call this

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client they use this construction

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basically they're saying that you must

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do it but they're being very polite and

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very indirect in asking you finally we

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can use the expression

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do you mind do you mind hypothetically

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would you be sad if I asked you to give

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me a glass of water do you mind giving

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me a glass of water

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do you mind bringing me a glass of water

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do you mind passing me that water from

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there please do you mind

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and

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we say it quickly do you becomes JA Djem

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and juh mind do you mind passing the

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butter do you mind giving me the butter

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please okay one golden rule in English

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and that is the following when somebody

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gives you what you have asked for

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always always always say thank you

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alright if you want to