Or you could just add it to the .Subject or .Body of the task :-)

--JP

On Jan 14, 11:26*am, JP wrote:
It appears that the "reminder" feature turns off when you assign the
task. You are no longer the owner so the "new" owner would need to set
a reminder. Even if you *added it manually, it would get wiped out
when the delegate updates the status of the assigned task. Maybe a
followup email reminding them to complete the task?