do not use boss speak ("gentle reminder" "just following up") at someone unless you are paying them well enough for them to consider not suffocating you.

A real "we've got a nephew" of graphic design and illustration, mental illness held at bay by a very nice vegetable garden and cats.
Lapsed printmaker, you should ask me about it and I'll be very weird
do not use boss speak ("gentle reminder" "just following up") at someone unless you are paying them well enough for them to consider not suffocating you.
gentle reminder to please do that fucking thing I asked you to do yesterday because my manager's manager is on my ass about it. I'd do it myself but I literally do nothing around here. thanks
I just assume someone saying "Gentle Reminder..." at me is, at best, introducing new information that I couldn't possibly have known.