I dont want to look like dumb@$$ asking my coworkers this.. so can someone please explain? We have an event coming up and they are going to be sponsoring. Someone contacted me and wrote the following "I want to purchase a table at the upcoming event this month. Please advise on logistics. You can reach me via emai or phone". Please help!
2007-02-07 06:36:50 · 4 answers · asked by Lily78 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Don't feel dumb- they never teach you retarded office-speak in school, do they? After years of experience as a certified desk monkey, constantly receiving dumb e-mails like that, I now have learned that "Please advise on logistics" means "Please find out the specifics about the table (cost, table/booth dimensions, reservation fees, etc.) and let me know which course of action would be best to be able to get this table." Further translated it means, "Please do all the grunt work for me so all I have to do is sign on the dotted line and show up at the event." Hang in there, bud!!! : )
2007-02-07 06:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logistics is essentially the nitty-gritty details of getting things done - as in, where a vehicle is supposed to be and when to pick up or drop off supplies, which door you're supposed to come in, when the hall will be opened or locked up, where to go to register, and so on.
So if someone wants to 'purchase a table' (I assume this means they want to set up a display at a trade show or something like that); you would tell them what sizes and rates are, who to send the payment to, when to arrive for setup, what sort of support (lighting and electricity) are provided, things like that. Try to anticipate what they would need to know that isn't immediately obvious, and provide that information.
It's sort of like "I want to accomplish this, what do I do?" - without the WDIDR picture...
2007-02-07 06:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Explain what the location is like - in the case of a table the person probably wants to know how much space the person has if they buy a table so they know how large of a table they can get.
Good Luck!!!
2007-02-07 06:41:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They imply per week from the next day. If they supposed the next day, in these days being Thursday - and that's understood through all worried - they will have to say "the next day," and no longer "Friday." To say that might be proper if it had been most effective Wednesday, for illustration.
2016-09-07 00:17:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋