Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"
I hate waiting! Sometimes I need to do a job, but I can�t move forward until I get an answer from someone else. For instance, waiting for a meeting participant to choose a date, waiting for someone to order something that I need to do my job, waiting for someone to call me back, waiting for someone to get back from holidays and then to top it off they don�t put their out-of-office assistant on so you have no idea why they haven't gotten back to you. A co-worker once commented that I was like a dog going after a bone when I wanted information -- she said it as a joke, but it's true! So how do you word your follow-up e-mail so as not to come across as impatient? I use the following phrases that seem to get the message across, but in a more gentle way than screaming: I am following up on my e-mail of� I look forward to hearing from you regarding my e-mail of � I have not heard back from you regarding my request for... It is OK to follow up, but be nice...people have a lot on thei...