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"Gentle reminder"

"Gentle reminder" is an email opener used to follow up on an overdue task or unanswered message, typically when the sender is frustrated but wants to appear polite.

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How "Gentle reminder" shows up at work

The word "gentle" does a lot of heavy lifting here. Anyone who has received a "gentle reminder" about something two weeks past due knows the temperature under that soft vocabulary. It is passive aggression in business casual.

Buzzword

Just a gentle reminder that the report was due on Friday.

Plain English

Just a reminder that the report was due on Friday.

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