It's hard to explain the appeal of Office Space if you don't already get it. Therefore its even harder to explain how funny the first set of comments in response to this link on reddit.com is to me.
[Hint: the full sized image is easier to read.]
Seriously, I'm already a fan of both Office Space and Reddit. But now I love each one just a little bit more.
Feel free to insert your favorite Office Space quote in the comments below--unless you're a no talent ass clown like me, that is.
Damn it feels good to be a gangster.
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Posted by jzawodn at June 17, 2008 03:39 PM
For the kind if chicks who'd double down on a guy like me you would.
I figure if I had $1m I could hook that up.
You know, I was working at IBM when that movie came out. The WHOLE OFFICE took a 3 hour lunch to go see that movie at the theater up the street from the office. It was, dare I say, a religious experience at the time.
Yeah, we're big fans of Office Space over at FriendFeed as well. Witness our new intern: http://blog.friendfeed.com/2008/06/intern-goutham-in-his-new-office-space.html
What you can't see in those pictures is the text on the whiteboard that asks "Is this good for the company?"
Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to!! I have people skills!! I am good at dealing with people!!! Can't you understand that?!? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!!!!!!!
Lawrence: Hey Peter, check it out, channel 9, it's the breast exams!
Great flick.
"... I can't talk to my mamma so I talk to my diary ..."
So, all you gotta do is avoid him... on the last few hours on Friday, duck out early, turn off your answering machine... you should be home free, man.
Srsly, tho. I did a post using Office Space for PR people trying to "get it". Enjoy.
http://technosailor.com/2007/10/29/everything-i-needed-to-know-about-pr-i-learned-from-office-space/
"I must've put a decimal point in the wrong place or something. Shit, I always do that. I always mess up some mundane detail."
Spoken by me every time my code crashes, and often followed by:
"Technically, it did work."
I'll be honest with you, I love his music, I do, I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman".
I gotta wake my ass up at six AM every day of this week and drag myself up to Vascalinas. Yeah, I'm doing the drywall up there at the new McDonalds.
Long, but I think it's the best:
Peter: Well see, they wrote all this bank software, and, uh, to save space, they used two digits for the date instead of four. So, like, 98 instead of 1998? Uh, so I go through these thousands of lines of code and, uh... it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job, and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore.
Joanna: You're just not gonna go?
Peter: Yeah.
Joanna: Won't you get fired?
Peter: I don't know, but I really don't like it, and, uh, I'm not gonna go.
Joanna: So you're gonna quit?
Peter: Nuh-uh. Not really. Uh... I'm just gonna stop going.
Joanna: When did you decide all that?
Peter: About an hour ago.
Joanna: Oh, really? About an hour ago... so you're gonna get another job?
Peter: I don't think I'd like another job.
Joanna: Well, what are you going to do about money and bills and...
Peter: You know, I've never really liked paying bills. I don't think I'm gonna do that, either.
Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?
Lawrence: No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
"straight shooter with upper management written all over him" - The Bobs
