Please do the needful

[rd409]

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[Mich the Tester]

The Oirish sys admin at my last clientco had developed this phrase further into 'Will you be doing the needful ting please?'.

[MaryPoppins]

It's become common 'trendy' parlance amongst 40-something middle managers.

WWS.

Am working alongside a bunch of PWC tossers at the moment. All I hear all day are gardening analogies, such as: 'let's grab this thing by the roots'

One guy in particular fascinates me. I speak to him, at length, on a regular basis. I am yet to walk away knowing what he's actually said to me.

[manclarky]

One guy in particular fascinates me. I speak to him, at length, on a regular basis. I am yet to walk away knowing what he's actually said to me.

A perfect consultant, one would think

[Mich the Tester]

WWS.

Am working alongside a bunch of PWC tossers at the moment. All I hear all day are gardening analogies, such as: 'let's grab this thing by the roots'

One guy in particular fascinates me. I speak to him, at length, on a regular basis. I am yet to walk away knowing what he's actually said to me.

I bet if you tell him that he'll find a way of making it look like it's your fault.

[MaryPoppins]

I bet if you tell him that he'll find a way of making it look like it's your fault.

Deffo. On the down side, he gets those horrible little white spit globules at the corner of his mouth when he's talking. <shudder>

[wobbegong]

WWS.

Am working alongside a bunch of PWC tossers at the moment. All I hear all day are gardening analogies, such as: 'let's grab this thing by the roots'

One guy in particular fascinates me. I speak to him, at length, on a regular basis. I am yet to walk away knowing what he's actually said to me.

There's alot of these about, but this one appealed to me.

[MaryPoppins]

There's alot of these about, but this one appealed to me.

I love it. My new word for the day = congruent.

[Mich the Tester]

I love it. My new word for the day = congruent.

Indeed; a paradigm shift in CUK posting.

[norrahe]

WWS.

Am working alongside a bunch of PWC tossers at the moment. All I hear all day are gardening analogies, such as: 'let's grab this thing by the roots'

One guy in particular fascinates me. I speak to him, at length, on a regular basis. I am yet to walk away knowing what he's actually said to me.

I can sympathise, worked with a bunch of ex-accidenture types, dear god