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		Rupee fails to do the needful against the dollar (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)		35
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Big Red Al		2012-05-09 04:59:08 PM

Nice headline, subby!

The offshore folks we worked with always confused some of the onshore folks at one account I worked at (they didn't have much experience with India) - and one of the biggest "complaints" was what does "Please kindly do the needful." even mean!?

BKITU		2012-05-09 05:11:25 PM

I'm surprised it took this long to devalue. You can find those things frakkin' EVERYWHERE. In the grass, in clay pots, under rocks....

Nadie_AZ		2012-05-09 05:27:17 PM

Big Red Al: Nice headline, subby!

The offshore folks we worked with always confused some of the onshore folks at one account I worked at (they didn't have much experience with India) - and one of the biggest "complaints" was what does "Please kindly do the needful." even mean!?

A lot of them don't say this anymore. Even the new guys we work with don't say this to us. Among themselves? Maybe.

flucto		2012-05-09 05:32:04 PM

They have preponed its declinement.

AlgaeRancher		2012-05-09 08:26:00 PM

clay pot breakage up 20%

HempHead		2012-05-09 08:27:58 PM

I think this means another 20,000 jobs outsourced to India.

born_yesterday		2012-05-09 08:45:45 PM

Leland Gaunt inconsolable?

ddabate		2012-05-09 08:57:29 PM

Do the needful and kindly revert. Thats the one I always heard

baronbloodbath		2012-05-09 09:01:14 PM

BKITU: I'm surprised it took this long to devalue. You can find those things frakkin' EVERYWHERE. In the grass, in clay pots, under rocks....

SHHHH!

It's a secret to everyone!

dervish16108		2012-05-09 09:22:35 PM

Maybe I should move there.

/Got very sick during my first trip to India
//I only got mildly to moderately sick during my second trip to India

CalamitousCrasher		2012-05-09 09:39:26 PM

I love the phrase "do the needful." I have no idea what it means, but it is double top urgent awesome.

jayhawk88		2012-05-09 09:39:46 PM

It really makes me happy this meme has legs.

Kentobi		2012-05-09 09:45:19 PM

L. O. L.

This is fantastic, subby.

I Stole The Cookie		2012-05-09 10:09:44 PM

hello?

Honest Bender		2012-05-09 10:53:44 PM

Nadie_AZ: Big Red Al: Nice headline, subby!

The offshore folks we worked with always confused some of the onshore folks at one account I worked at (they didn't have much experience with India) - and one of the biggest "complaints" was what does "Please kindly do the needful." even mean!?

A lot of them don't say this anymore. Even the new guys we work with don't say this to us. Among themselves? Maybe.

Hell, a lot of IT and networking folks I deal with through work say, "do the needful" all the time. People of all races. I'd thought it just became an IT cliche.

Example: "Our circuit is down. Please do the needful."

Everyone knows what they mean.

Zykstar		2012-05-09 11:13:20 PM

"Kindly do the needful and revert immediately".

I still get this when I deal with India.

t3knomanser		2012-05-09 11:18:18 PM

Fun fact: "do the needful" was a pretty common English phrase in the 18th/19th century. It fell out of fashion everywhere but India.

MurphyMurphy		2012-05-09 11:31:32 PM

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that phrase early in my career... I'd have enough to outsource myself an esecretary.

The Bestest		2012-05-09 11:54:24 PM

well of course it's depreciating.. you find them everywhere!
under rocks, in pots.. heck, just cutting grass

HempHead		2012-05-09 11:58:28 PM

t3knomanser: Fun fact: "do the needful" was a pretty common English phrase in the 18th/19th century. It fell out of fashion everywhere but India.

Damn you is old. Was that back when Charles Babbage was center square?

Precision Boobery		2012-05-10 12:11:11 AM

The Second Bestest: well of course it's depreciating.. you find them everywhere!
under rocks, in pots.. heck, just cutting grass

Mayhem of the Black Underclass		2012-05-10 12:29:39 AM

I never hear that one, outside of fark threads about weird Indian phrases.

The one I did hear was "Keep it Back" instead of "Put it away" It gave me pause every time I heard it.

It only took a beat to get what was meant, but the phrasing and my mental parser, they just never lined up quick for that.

Wittenberg Dropout		2012-05-10 12:46:26 AM

Crudbucket		2012-05-10 12:50:16 AM

I got an e-mail just last week asking me to kindly do the needful, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

uber humper		2012-05-10 01:07:33 AM

HempHead: t3knomanser: Fun fact: "do the needful" was a pretty common English phrase in the 18th/19th century. It fell out of fashion everywhere but India.

Damn you is old. Was that back when Charles Babbage was center square?

Center square? Nah, his shop was on the second floor next to Famous Footwear.

Twitch Boy		2012-05-10 03:25:07 AM

Well no wonder it's doing crappy. It costs 980 of them to buy a farking bow and arrow.

Siskabush		2012-05-10 04:29:56 AM

Link is gonna need a bigger wallet.

/10,000 rupee note?
//Link should rob a bank

DrippinBalls		2012-05-10 06:24:02 AM

Scary, subby? Really? Tell the towelheads to eat a cheezeburger, STFU & get back to the call center. CHOP CHOP!

SharkTrager		2012-05-10 08:38:02 AM

Crudbucket: I got an e-mail just last week asking me to kindly do the needful, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

I had an AT&T customer service manager tell me to do the needful 2 weeks ago.

Fluxinator		2012-05-10 09:05:19 AM

This is bad news for the U.S. technology workers. What this means is that the rates for Indian IT workers just went down another few dollars per hour. Competing against 3rd world countries sucks.

hick_town		2012-05-10 09:29:51 AM

I've always interpreted "do the needful" as "please do my job for me", but that could just be the quality of some of the contractors where I work.

tdyak		2012-05-10 09:39:57 AM

Nadie_AZ: Big Red Al: Nice headline, subby!

The offshore folks we worked with always confused some of the onshore folks at one account I worked at (they didn't have much experience with India) - and one of the biggest "complaints" was what does "Please kindly do the needful." even mean!?

A lot of them don't say this anymore. Even the new guys we work with don't say this to us. Among themselves? Maybe.

I still get it from the few offshore folks I deal with, and I'm not in IT proper anymore.

/Please do what is necessary
//"Howdy" messes them up on ALL sorts of levels.
///Great headline subby.

SharkTrager		2012-05-10 11:43:01 AM

hick_town: I've always interpreted "do the needful" as "please do my job for me", but that could just be the quality of some of the contractors where I work.

That is actually fairly close to what the AT&T rep was doing, since what needed done was to transfer me to the right department and what she wanted me to do was hang up and call back and have someone else transfer me to the right department.

surfinbox		2012-05-11 10:14:41 AM

Subby's phrasing is awesome the thing itself.

Boxcutta		2012-05-12 09:57:55 AM

DrippinBalls: Scary, subby? Really? Tell the towelheads to eat a cheezeburger, STFU & get back to the call center. CHOP CHOP!

Warning! You are approaching Poe's Law levels of xenophobic mixed metaphors. Kindly do the needful.

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