'Please do the needful'

Vanquish-Storm · 14 May 2011 at 16:51

Always used to get this from the guys overseas. "Please do the needful" and then call me by my second name all the time :\

rpstewart · 14 May 2011 at 16:55

I get it all the time. I'm a particular fan of the full version - "Please do the needful for the upgradation of the..."

Biohazard · 14 May 2011 at 17:02

I've heard some funky English but I generally don't latch on to any of it. I appreciate people who take the time to learn a language, even if it turns out a bit commedy like.

I must sound pretty ropey in Gaelic, French and Spanish to be honest with you.

Jono8 · 14 May 2011 at 17:06

Lol, pigeon english.

chris.tarry85 · 14 May 2011 at 17:12

Vanquish-Storm said:
Always used to get this from the guys overseas. "Please do the needful" and then call me by my second name all the time :\

Yep, for some reason they can't quite work out that Outlook is Surname, Firstname, we even get it sometime where they call you the correct thing in one mail but then somehow revert back to the surname later in that same mail trail.

Do the needful is also a running joke - seems to be a standard phrase for Indian IT guys.

shine · 14 May 2011 at 17:14

kiteloopy said:
popular with the indian guys at work.

This, I'm used to it!

Lummox · 14 May 2011 at 17:23

Never heard it before.