FYSA instead of FYI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use both. I’ve worked for 3 federal agencies including State and DOD. I’d use FYI if I was forwarding an article or neutral info. I use FYSA when it’s something with a bit more drama, that someone needs to be AWARE of. An article about some new journal study is an FYI. A heads up that Jane is going to complain about you to management is an FYSA.

This would be a helpful distinction, but I’ve never seen anybody put it into practice. I get emails all the time that say stuff like, “FYSA: the cafeteria is changing its hours.” “Just FYSA, the third toilet in the men’s restroom is clogged.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use both. I’ve worked for 3 federal agencies including State and DOD. I’d use FYI if I was forwarding an article or neutral info. I use FYSA when it’s something with a bit more drama, that someone needs to be AWARE of. An article about some new journal study is an FYI. A heads up that Jane is going to complain about you to management is an FYSA.

This would be a helpful distinction, but I’ve never seen anybody put it into practice. I get emails all the time that say stuff like, “FYSA: the cafeteria is changing its hours.” “Just FYSA, the third toilet in the men’s restroom is clogged.”

Nothing wrong with that- that is for your awareness of the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use both. I’ve worked for 3 federal agencies including State and DOD. I’d use FYI if I was forwarding an article or neutral info. I use FYSA when it’s something with a bit more drama, that someone needs to be AWARE of. An article about some new journal study is an FYI. A heads up that Jane is going to complain about you to management is an FYSA.

+1. They are different. I use both.

FYI = Here's a development
FYSA = This may be important for other decisions you may be contemplating.
That's how I use them.

[Anonymous]

We use FYSA and FYI at my job and they mean different things.

- Someone at a non-military fed agency

[Anonymous]

We have a person at our office who closes emails with "Standing By For Return Fire".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a person at our office who closes emails with "Standing By For Return Fire".

ok, that one made me chuckle. And I can totally picture a couple of my coworkers using that

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this post. I had the same question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYSA (for your situation awareness) has begun to replace FYI in emails I am receiving at work. Ugh. I don’t work for the military and we are not in combat. FYI is fine. Have others noticed FYSA being used instead of FYI at their offices?

For anyone who doesn’t know, in the military they use the term FYSA to convey information about your surroundings that you should know even if you can’t use the information right now. Like how explosive devices might be hidden in a road in the area or where the medical personnel are located.

OP you sound like a moron. We are not in combat? Ok...well a lot of military-isms are for efficiency. Efficiency is useful even when you are not in combat, even when you are not in the military.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use both. I’ve worked for 3 federal agencies including State and DOD. I’d use FYI if I was forwarding an article or neutral info. I use FYSA when it’s something with a bit more drama, that someone needs to be AWARE of. An article about some new journal study is an FYI. A heads up that Jane is going to complain about you to management is an FYSA.

Rgr. I concur.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYSA (for your situation awareness) has begun to replace FYI in emails I am receiving at work. Ugh. I don’t work for the military and we are not in combat. FYI is fine. Have others noticed FYSA being used instead of FYI at their offices?

For anyone who doesn’t know, in the military they use the term FYSA to convey information about your surroundings that you should know even if you can’t use the information right now. Like how explosive devices might be hidden in a road in the area or where the medical personnel are located.

OP you sound like a moron. We are not in combat? Ok...well a lot of military-isms are for efficiency. Efficiency is useful even when you are not in combat, even when you are not in the military.

I like that. I use FYI (non military/government job), my husband uses FYSA (former military, works for Dod.)

[Anonymous]

Rgr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've literally never seen that before in my entire life, but I have nothing to do with the military.

+1. I work in the private sector.

Same- I opened the thread to find out what it meant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm former military and I use fysa. Honestly why does it bother you so much OP?

The military-ism I really wish I could use out here in the real world is "ack". When you want to respond that you received something, you can just write "ack" for acknowledged. None of this, "Got it, Sarah!: or "Great, I will take this for action." A simple ack suffices.

More grating, but also more useful, is hooah. I didn't know it when I left, how useful this non-statement of compliance is. Hooah means, yay! Or, acknowledged. Or, you're a goddamn fool but whatever. When faced with situations that produce nuanced feelings, hooah is able to reduce them to one dimension and convey: "I'm not going to fight you" without all the groveling "I see your point, Tim, and I will consider that in the future" that civilian employment requires.

Yes. At my workplace it's "Aye."

I’m retired military and never heard of ack. I use “roger” or “check.”

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I was on a conference call the other day where someone ended every comment with "over" at the end. I thought that was only for walkie-talkies?