Re: Pet Peeve #5 by my own mom
I am on maternity leave so I'm still getting work emails. I looked up the latest staff email from my boss. There were five commands on it, and four of them were written with "please," including the one that was important enough to her that she underlined it. So I think teaching children that "please" does not equal optional is a useful skill even if you don't personally prefer that mode of communication.
None of them were phrased, "Will you please..." They were commands, not questions. But I can imagine being in a meeting and sitting next to a pile of handouts, and her saying something like, "Would you please take those and pass them around?" And I would not be doing myself any favors if I said no.
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