>Similarly when asking for something. Good: "Could you please get me a new monitor? I'm getting headaches from the current one's constant flickering"
Put the rationale ahead of the request. I.e. "My monitor is giving me headaches. It's affecting my work. Will you get me a new monitor? "
This way you avoid the defensive knee-jerk reaction before you have made your case. Notice I also added a sentence of why your boss should care.
A formula of two declaratives + a question is a good formula for short communications.
>Similarly when asking for something. Good: "Could you please get me a new monitor? I'm getting headaches from the current one's constant flickering"
Put the rationale ahead of the request. I.e. "My monitor is giving me headaches. It's affecting my work. Will you get me a new monitor? "
This way you avoid the defensive knee-jerk reaction before you have made your case. Notice I also added a sentence of why your boss should care.
A formula of two declaratives + a question is a good formula for short communications.