Deadlines & urgency

“When you get a chance”

Immediately, but phrased so that the sender can never be accused of having rushed you.

How it gets used

The request version of a wolf in fleece. If you genuinely wait for a chance, the sender will be disappointed.

Three ways to answer “When you get a chance”

Brutally Honest Translation

Do this now. The softness of my wording is a trap.

Supreme Court Polite

I would be grateful for your attention to this when your schedule permits.

Passive-Aggressive Retaliation

Of course, when I get a chance. I'll let you know where it lands in the queue so you're not waiting on silence.

Paste the whole message instead

Phrases rarely arrive alone. Run the full email through the decrypter to see all three translations together and get an evasion score for the message as a whole.

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