People should end emails with "Let me know how I could make any of this easier"

Real nice vs. fake nice.

Supposedly the most effective way to end emails is "thanks in advance," which seems like folly to me -- oftentimes, "thanks in advance" means you're assuming someone is immediately going to jump on some low-value task for you, regardless of what else they have on their plate. I get that "thanks in advance" should be a nice way to end emails, and for som…