FYSA instead of FYI

[Anonymous]

ALCON FYSA BLUF!

[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.”

Well my non-military agency had started using this… feels like exactly this distinction!

[Anonymous]

Yes and it was all of a sudden

[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.

who really cares - what a useless post; which I wasted my time reading.

[Anonymous]

FYI has taken on a snarky tone via emails

[Anonymous]

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.

Ack makes me think of Bill the cat.

[Anonymous]

FYI means: this occurred.

FYSA means: given the situation you are in, keep in mind that this occurred.

[Anonymous]

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.

If I received an “ack” I would think it was Cathy coffee going crazy “Ack!”

[Anonymous]

SNAFU

[Anonymous]

Interesting. My husband is an Army civilian and is constantly forwarding me emails about kid and house stuff with “FYSA.” I didn’t know it was a military thing, though.

[Anonymous]

I have seen both but I use FYI

[Anonymous]

I used both acronyms all the time and am not military but work with tons of former military.

[Anonymous]

Some political at my very not DOD agency started using FYSA — I think because they thought it made them feel better about sending useless emails

I actually like the thumbs up you can give emails now in outlook as a means of acknowledging emails

[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.

+1. I work at State and this is exactly how I use them.