Giving Advice

 

Noelia: Argh, this is ______ ridiculous! 

Paul: Susan again? 

Noelia: Yeah, Susan. She _____ keeps emailing me about things that have nothing to do with work and nothing to do with me. What do you think I _______ do? 

Paul: Well, if I ______ you, I'd email and ask her to stop _________ them.

Noelia: I'm not sure that's a good idea. I have to be careful _______ I say as she's quite an important client. 

Paul: Erm, I'm not sure then. _________ you could try talking to Yuna about it?

Bob: Er .. why don't you try ________ nothing?

Noelia: Sorry? 

Bob: Perhaps you could _______ … do nothing? 

Noelia: Really? I'm not too sure about that.

Bob: Well, I remember this guy I used to work with, Mark, and he kept emailing again and again and again, about all sorts, mostly _________ to work. Well, I kept _________ politely and he kept ________ them. In the end, I stopped ________ to his emails unless they were only about work. 

Paul: And what happened? 

Bob: He stopped sending them. It's a bit like _______ faced with a dangerous snake. If you move quickly, it'll bite you, but if you _______ very still and do nothing, eventually it'll move away and leave you alone. I had to learn the hard way. 

Giving advice