LEAVING A WRITTEN NOTE

LEAVING A WRITTEN NOTE

LEAVING A WRITTEN NOTE/MESSAGE

Departure notes or messages are written when one wants to travel/leave and needs to give some information to someone they cannot be able to see before leaving.

They will help the addressee to know your whereabouts or to carry out some responsibilities in your absence. These messages are written at home, school, office, hotels etc.

There are many occasions/ circumstances in which these notes are written some of which are,

a)When someone is travelling,

b)When someone is leaving the office,

c)When someone leaves the house,

d)When one wants to commit suicide,

e)When someone needs privacy and does not invite disturbance.

They are written and placed in the open space where the addressee would be able to see easily. They need to be short and to the point.

They should include such things as;

• Date
• Recipient
• Message
• Sender
• Time.

Time and date are very important because they help the addressee to know whether the note/message is still up-to-date so it should be considered or whether it is outdated thus it should be ignored.

Some common expressions used in these notes are

See you later

Keep in touch

I will be back soon

Please call me back.

I have gone out

Eat your food

Do not disturb

Open vacant

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