"Now about this Peter, now there's a sharpshooter with upper-management written all over him" "I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you on that, mmkay? Peter has been slacking off alot, missing alot of work, and also, he's been having problems with his tps reports. So if you could just go ahead and fire him instead of seeing him as potential management, that would be greeat"
@@Surfer041 You wind up homeless and unemployed and civilization grinds to a halt. This is the mantra of the current generation that thinks that they don't have to pay rent or repay loans they've taken out.
@@Surfer041 well, I guess everyone would stop getting electricity, internet, gas, heat, etc. yeah sounds pretty sweet, except most people today can’t survive without that stuff
When I was in my 20s, I did exactly what he said. One day I woke up, took a shower, got ready for work, and as I was sitting on the couch putting my shoes on, it hit me that I hated my job, I hated my coworkers, I hated my boss, I hated the pay, I hated every part of it. So I took my shoes off, followed by my pants and shirt, and went back to bed. Didn't call in, didn't give them a notice, didn't say a damn thing to them. I never answered their calls, and some time later I got my last check in the mail, along with papers saying I was fired of course, and that was that. I ended up moving back in with my parents into their basement (my original bedroom had been converted into an office), and went back to the community college. One hell of a journey later I am now in a job that I hate, but at least the pay is better. Can't wait to die.
All About My Mother, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, Blair Witch Project, Boys Don't Cry, Buena Vista Social Club, Election, Fight Club, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Iron Giant, Magnolia, Sixth Sense, Sleepy Hollow, South Park, The Straight Story, Three Kings, Topsy Turvy, Varsity Blues, The Virgin Suicides...Hell, even Star Wars: The Phantom Menace! A great dang year for movies!
Stopped going to a factory job I had 2 years ago. Didn't quit, never got fired. This past Christmas I received the $500 holiday bonus in the mail. Apparently I still work there, and no one is aware I've stopped going in. I don't get pay stubs obviously because we used a punch in system to track hours. This marks $8000 in bonuses from this factory that I haven't worked at for 2 years. Not gonna lie, I have no plans in telling them.
Stop being responsible to narcissistic egomaniacs who don't care, don't contribute, who suppress innovation and motivation, who don't understand but think they do, who perceive every challenge as a personal threat, who deny raises and conflate performance for personal gain, who lie without remorse. Being responsible to to the irresponsible is the sure way to crush one's soul. Get enough of these businesses operating the same way, you have corporate slavery under the illusion of responsibility.
@@exothermal.sprocket I think you're projecting you're own experiences as the experience as whole. Don't have a cow just do the work clock out and get paid
I love the little touch how she's getting bored of his explanation and starts looking around and he gets her attention again by saying it doesn't matter.
Exactly, real life… Face-to-face interactions are necessary to connect with people ❗️ The little “tells” people give We are losing real connections w/ just texting
"Quiet Quitting" has been around for over a century. It was originally known as "Work to rule" - originally meaning only performing the duties you were hired to do and nothing extra. It's evolved a bit since then, especially as the rich CEOs complain about not being able to exploit people as easily as they used to.
This movie should be taught in history classes, because it's a perfect commentary on American culture in the 90s. The 70's and 80's had factories and blue collar jobs wiped out, and these suburban office buildings sprung up across the entire country to usher in a new economic reality. This reason so many people love this movie is because it channeled what all of us were thinking about these cultural shifts that were happening around us.
@coffeeinthemorning You're implying that fiction cannot convey anything beyond a narrative. That a film or a novel is just simply one thing happening after the next and thats all that it possibly could be. Just because something isn't overtly or consciously acting as commentary doesn't mean that it is completely void of it. No one is saying that Office Space is an avante garde think piece but perhaps viewing the film through a historical perspective isn't without its merit. I think that discouraging people from looking at things in a novel and unique way is provincial and reductionist. It's boring and lazy.
@coffeeinthemorning there's space between taking drastic action like quitting your job and burying your head in the sand. The world could do with fewer all or nothing thinkers.
Except in the real world a woman would wait until she had her free meal, then say "OK then, sorry I have to go", leave the guy with the bill and never see him again.
I always thought Ron Livingston was an underappreciated actor. He's great in this movie, and he was awesome in Band of Brothers, but his career never reached A-list status. It's a shame, because he can pull off deadpan hilarious in a way a lot of actors can't. Would like to see him make a comeback.
2020 taught me this lesson. I walked off of 2 jobs this year. I was never the type of person to do that, but last year made me realize how little any of these companies care about you. Life’s too short to get stuck at a job you hate
@@skeevantas I never said you should care about them. It's your job, not your family. Show up, do a good job, get paid, and go home. This constant need for handholding and acceptance is ridiculous.
@@SeraphsWitness I agree, it should be viewed as if we're a mercenary. Do whatever required, collect paychecks, and don't get personal. You don't like it? Stack up resources & strategically quit.
That's how I do things. I woke up one morning and asked my girlfriend at the time if all our employees came in that day, she said YES. I said, "Ok, I'm going to Kansas City to add another location to the business". She was like.... when did you decide this? I said, "Just now when you told me all the employees came in today. Just wanted to make sure you didn't need my help".
You gotta appreciate a chick who likes to watch kung fu. Kung fu movies are some of the most enjoyable things to watch and I feel sorry for anyone who takes themselves so serious to not be able to enjoy one of the most pure forms of entertainment we have left.
Sports in general qualifies as the second option. WRC isn't something I'm too familiar with but I'm sure if I was flipping through channels and saw a race on I would stop and watch it for a few minutes at least.
This movie was about 50% of comedy central's programming for about a decade. Yet the scenes never get old. I relate more to Peter than any other fictional character
Would've been hilarious if Peter not going to his job would've been just the thing to trigger all of the doomsday scenarios of Y2K and the 2000 software switch.
I was 18 years old when I first watched this movie in theaters. I thought it was funny at the time. It is not until 20 years later in 2019, I realize this is a timeless masterpiece.
Used to serve him at a restaurant a few years back in North Hollywood. Looked the same, great guy, great wife and great kids (adopted). I’d buy him a beer, for sure.
Office Space still resonates with people 20 years after it came out. It's that good of a movie. If you're reading this and haven't watched it yet, you should! You're really missing out on an awesome movie.
Right. Lol the less you care and just focus on your task, the better. At the end, just pack up and forget your work stuffs. Good practice is to try forget them the minute you walk out that door lol
Yes because a world where people get money for doing nothing and get to do whatever they want is a totally realistic possibility that we should focus towards!
@@brunsonbacheler Well look at how productivity through automation has increased by an order of magnitude over passing decades, enabling a rapidly growing gap between the average pay of a CEO and the average pay of a basic worker at the same company. With our huge economies, our huge leaps in productivity, how many young people feel richer than their parents were at the same age? Very few is the answer. Pay hasn't even kept up with inflation, never mind the growth that economic profits that automation has allowed. People are still working 40+ hours week for worse money than when this film was made, is that progress? The age of automation is just beginning, inside this century driving jobs will all be gone, which is a huge proportion of the workforce gone because AI can do it better, cheaper and more efficiently. Do you think Amazon will turn away from automation as it allows to taper down their human jobs more and more over coming decades? Without a universal income, ever lowering of relative wages will continue to the point of mass low skilled unemployment.
@@kylereese458 honestly the test of this century will be how do we deal with massive unemployment. Society will no longer require workers, especially not low skilled. So what do we do with low-skilled workers? It will be very interesting.
@@_Wombat Countries like Japan who have the most ageing population on Earth are banking on automation replacing so much work that mass importation of low skilled young labour via mass immigration is deemed unnecessary and dangerous by them. I watched one of their politicians talk about if the Japan is wrong, they can always grow their population again later. If the west is wrong with its policy of population by mass immigration, there will never be a way back. I think that's smart, as many countries flooding themselves with cheap labour from abroad in order to grow or simply sustain their population are being very short sighted indeed. I think a universal basic income and a restructuring of population skill set will be the way forward for most countries that are sustainably planning for the future like Japan. However, many Western countries that are overpopulating themselves with mass importation may find that universal basic income doesn't stretch that far, furthermore, the significance differences between groups within society will see increasing social unrest due to a lack of unifying factors. We see a small snapshot already in the US after a lockdown that has hit the economy hard, rapidly increasing unemployment, when people have nothing to do or work towards they become radicalised on the streets, often outraged and divided on the grounds of race and political ideology.
@@kylereese458 I read an interesting recent article essentially saying that humans could die out by simply not reproducing enough. By 2100, they reckoned that we'd have double the number of over-80s as there would be under-5s. Imagine a world full of old people, being kept alive by automation. It's going to suck. Of course this will probably not be the reality of the situation, but still interesting to imagine. The truth is that no one knows the future, and no one knows the solution. Still, there is a reason that "super forecasting" is becoming all the rage recently - especially in the UK Civil Service, for some reason.
computer support in many fortune 500 companies since 1993 - created a successful website and started my own PC support company - why use my talents to make someone else rich?
earned 5X my day job income and yes i paid taxes on it. got the down payment on my house + got married, never would've happened if i stayed on "the treadmill to nowhere"
I woke up one Monday morning in Feb 2004 and said to myself, "Anything I do today is better than going to that job." I dropped the demo car off at 10pm, put the keys in the night box, and walked home in the freezing cold. That was one of the best decisions I ever made as an adult- that job was killing my soul. Declaring, "I am more than this," opens new doors in the universe. A year later I was on the other side of the country in a much different place.
@@markl5998 Selling Honda cars and going broke, not even enough money to eeke out a meager existence, and I was good at it. I even had the highest gross per vehicle of my team of seven or eight. I will never forget walking away that night.
@@AB-zc6wy The transition wasn't magic, I drove a truck at night delivering pastries to coffee shops for $12/hour in Seattle for about nine months, back-throbbing work. I screamed at God (in the truck) for three nights, "Is this what you want from me," until I heard a voice that said, "Move to LA." That was early April 2005, and by early June of 2005 I had a job paying $57,000+commission. It wasn't a great job, but it was a step in the right direction and something to be thankful for. I have taken other very radical moves that produce big changes fast as well, and I think that's the part that most people have trouble with, that first, big, uncertain step where you are just trusting in the universe. Most people will stay in Podunk making $7/hr rather than take any risk.
@@anamericanman when you is only you is easy to do, but with mouth to feed is a complete different ball game Kudos for keeping on trucking ... Get it .. truck, you worked on trucks 😭🔥🙈
I think I read a story somewhere where a guy didn’t show up for work for something like 11 years before they finally figured it out. That guy is my hero.
I know one where the guy in Spain didn't show up for 6 years because "there was no work to do" (which I 100% believe given that he got away with it for so long) and kept collecting his salary. It was only when they were going to give him a plaque commemorating his long service (he'd previously worked 14 years till he was promoted to a useless position) that they noticed. He got fined around €30,000. Apparently he spent the time off becoming an expert on Spinoza. Spent his time well in other words. His name was Joaquin Garcia for those interested in looking this up.
I literally did this when I quit my last job, was the third week where I was working 12 hours washing dishes and just snapped. Took my apron off, set it down and walked home. Never went back. Love this movie!
"So you're gonna quit." ... "Na eh, not really. I'm just gonna stop going." We should all be so at peace with life and all its mundane details. Sounds like something Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski would've said. ....the dude abides.
I remember being at odds with my store manager and eventually I was fired one day. I shook both the assistant managers hands and thanked them for firing me. They were confused "but we said youre fired" and i said " this is the best day of my life"
This movie captures what many people feel by the age of 30 and beyond, subject to how much BS you can take or give if you end up in a management position.
I kinda lived this. I worked at a Walmart for 3 years and the bs from the co workers, the supervisors, and especially the customers put me into a deep depression. Talked to a doctor and he put me on disability. My Walmart where I live is where I'd buy food so I'd go in for food and people ask me when I'm coming back and I'd smile and say I dont know. This went on for a year.
I rarely watch movies more than twice. OS I don't know how many times I've watched, but it's great every time and by far my most watched. Next would be the godfather.
It’s funny how the thing about the flair is the best-remembered part of the movie for most people. I think it really demonstrates the problem with a lot of jobs. You’re not just supposed to wear the flair - you’re supposed to WANT to wear it. They don’t just want your time and energy, they want your soul.
One time, I was having a candid conversation with my boss about the purpose of working. Without getting into it too deeply, she was basically bitching about how her son in law wouldn’t work a job for longer than a month or two. She asked me why I worked when so many people my age refuse to. I said “Well, how else am I going to get paid?” She seemed offended by that answer, that I didn’t drop on my knees and sing her praises for being such a great boss and giving me such a great working environment.
1:14 I'm with Peter on that one. I don't like that expression or the line of thinking that goes with it. Especially nowadays, an off-puttingly large number of people make it sound like paying bills is your only reason to be alive. Which is why Heath Ledger (may he rest in peace) had these words of wisdom for us: "Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks if you are happy."
I am self-employed. However, I got a Master's degree in a chosen field and found in school and out in the workworld that many people who inhabit that world are really messed up (psychology). They have zero plans of tending to their issues and yet are content inflicting it on people they want to help as well as coworkers. I talked with a psychiatrist once (he was a customer) and relayed my concerns. He said that about 50% had serious issues by his account. I watch this scene and there is a gratitude that I don't feel beaten down by living in this sort of "everyone is a cog" environment. Being self-employed is hard and I'm not rich but I'm better off than some. My morale and state of mind are worth a lot to me. There isn't enough money to replace those things.
Honestly really wholesome seeing so many stories in the comments of this movie inspiring people to walk away from terrible jobs/situations in their life. I already loved the movie as a hilarious workplace comedy with one hell of a cast, but seeing how it empowered people like this makes me love it even more.
0:29 is a prime example when we need to realise that the person we are conversing with is bored and wants to move on/get away. Peter picks this up and takes the conversation in a different direction reigniting her interest. Useful tips for dates..
I never had this for work but I had the same feeling once leaving a really shitty relationship. No awkward goodbyes, just walking away during an argument, getting in my car, blocking her number and driving home. Bliss.
Had the same experience in 1998. I dumped her for Ultima Online. Her: What are you doing? Me: Making arrows in this game Her: Why? Me: I don't know. I don't even know if I'm going to use them. I just want a bunch of arrows. Her: ... Me: I just killed an eagle. They give 36 feathers. Her: But eagles are cool! Me: Look, I've gotta' go.
I like my job. My coworkers and my manager are really nice. The work is very interesting and fulfilling. The pay is great. I won’t be quitting anytime soon 😎
I felt this BEFORE I ever entered the work force. I knew it was going to be true. I'm quitting my job at the end of the year. My current job is nothing like his, but we make diddly squat and I've been at it for six years. I'm 35 and I can barely afford a simple dental surgery, even though I've saved. It's a serious wake up call. I know the change is hard and risky, but I know I'm miserable not trying, so here we go.
Similar situation. You earn what you think you deserve. In my experience job interviews are all the same and if you don't ask you don't get. A lot of my colleagues are window licking morons. Those of us who consider ourselves halfway intelligent all have either low self esteem or are just plain lazy. :)
Yes, office work sucks, but during the time period this movie represents, this is where many college grads wound up....stuck in a cubicle with hopes of an office one day, maybe stock benefits, part of a "team", casual Friday, contributions often overlooked, office politics, etc. Add the fact that you have bills and yeah, it goes by fast. A company I worked for actually did hire consultants...all they did was interview people , took their best ideas, repackaged them into a final proposal and charged management big bucks. A co -worker had a fantastic idea how to better manage inventory and had tried to get management to institute it for a couple of years. The consultants took the idea, gave it a great internal process name and bang, upper management thought it was great. My co-worker got zero credit, but I did take him out that night and we got hammered. The reason why this movie resonates so well, is because millions lived through it.
It's nothing new. In 1945 men returned from war to the jobs they had before the war. They spent the next 35 years making cars, steel, electrical products and power and raising families. For the most part, they didn't think anything about it. It was what they did.
Your coworker was a sucker. You don't give away ideas for free. You have a good idea, you go to the people who'll make sure you're compensated. Even if your employer owns the patent of your idea, make sure you get a bonus or stock options or something.
Having graduated and worked for months, I now feel and think exactly the same with him. I would never wish to be born if I knew there is only surviving and none living.
"So you're gonna quit?" "Nooo uh, I'm just gonna stop going." This was me at my last job. I barely showed up used up all of my vacation days, got fired and still got COVID unemployment.
The opening scene - with the guy with the walker, and the dead-slow traffic - was filmed 300 feet from my friend's office in northwest office. They didn't see the scene being shot. But we always joked about it as we drove on the stretch of Braker Laner (Austin, TX). Now, that area is all built up and looks drastically different.
My ex was working at the Pickle campus at the time. He said they were given instructions on when they could come to work and when they could leave because of the shooting schedule.
@@IMaximusDMI So screw over everyone who used their time and energy to make you a meal because you're too selfish to pay for it? If you aren't homeless or struggling to feed your family, then stop being a lazy, self-centered douche and make yourself a sandwich or something at home!
Worked as a order picker at a food distribution center for two weeks in November 2018. Never quit, I just hated it so I walked out one shift an did not get fired. Ive been getting bonus checks an went to three company cookouts for free food on them. Ive even met the CEO of the place at the cookout and got my picture taken with the head office. Best job ive never worked.
pretty much me ever since i graduated college. dont get me wrong, i washed dishes, answered reception calls, cleaned puke in a bathroom, dealt with awful traffic driving a delivery truck, packed in a warehouse for hours. Jobs are fucking shit man. props to you if you landed a comfy software job though or got a job from your high paying dad/uncle/friend. Not all of us are that fortunate.
I love this movie. I wish I was as smart as Peter. I used to work at an initech, but I quit instead of just not going anymore. On my last day there I sat in my cubicle and watched "office space" (the whole movie). Was nice. That was 10 years ago. I make more money from investing now than I did working then, so it all worked out somehow.
I can't tell you how many shit jobs I've worked where I'd do my job, deal with the BS, then stop and ask myself "Why do I keep coming back here and putting up with this?" Sometimes I'd finish the day and thank them for the opportunity. Sometimes I'd finish the day and never come back. Sometimes I'd just drop what I was doing and walk out. Those walk-outs are some of the high moments in my life, where I stay true to the course and pursue what makes me happy, rather than feeling I need to stay in some dump that makes me miserable. Sometimes I think back on those jobs and wonder if some of those miserable fucks are still glued there, thinking they're absolutely required to stay. Life is short, time is fleeting. Do what brings you fulfillment and never look back.
Yessir same here. Except for me, I’m willing to do a shitty job as a simple means to make money, but if my manager treats me like shit, I quit on the spot. I have too much self respect to be yelled at by someone who spent their life working the same shitty job... I’m still young and I have options. So I don’t take shit from anybody. When I was 18 I worked at Dominos and a brand new manager yelled at me and told me to sweep the parking lot because we weren’t busy. I said no, and she said do it or you’re getting written up... I left as soon as she said that.
Try telling that to the poor slob who barely finished high school and now he isn't qualified to do any job other than the one he has, and needs to find a way to put his 2 kids through school while juggling bills and payments on his house. So yes, there are some people that are required to keep a job that makes them miserable. Because it's not just them that depends on that paycheck, it's the family they're responsible for that counts on it too. I don't have a wife or kids, so I could easily turn down a job I don't want to do and look for something else, because I'm only responsible for myself but if I did have a kid, I'd take damn near any job, even ones that I personally loathe, if it meant I got to afford all the things a kid needs to get through their childhood.
@@Xylarxcode Well, if someone barely finished high school, maybe it's best to not have kids until they've cleaned themselves up. I don't pity people that decide to start a family on a low-wage gig. That's nobody's fault but theirs.
i am absolutely mesmerized by jennifer's smile. when she smiles, the corners of her mouth go DOWN and not up, like most people. this fascinates me. that and her body.
Fuckin love it! I pretty much did the same thing... my boss at the close of our shift said we need to do this better guys by tomorrow, I went home and told my wife I’m writing my resignation letter tomorrow at lunch and handing it in before end of shift, that was 7 months ago and I don’t regret it one bit.
I've done this to a few jobs, just stopped going, or only showed up when I felt like it until they decided to boot me. It's actually such a big relief every time it ends. Some jobs and people are just a nightmare to work with. And only reason they get away with being such douchebags is because everyone just takes it. If more people started to not take that shit, workplaces would actually improve or go out of business because nobody would work there. But people will put up with a lot of shit for very little money. It is a sad world we live in. A lot of pathetic people. I love running into those cunts that think they have authority over me because at their work they are the authority. And then making them realize how little authority they actually have with me outside their bubble.
Capitalism is a death cult. Unfortunately because of the US's terrible social safety nets, some people literally need to work these shitty jobs just to survive. It's why especially we workers need to start organizing with each other and demanding change collectively. If everyone goes on strike collectively - even like managers - there's nothing they can do but give in to our demands because where the hell else are they going to get so many workers on short notice?
@@TheRedKing247 They know that's a possibility, it's why they import 1.5 million foreigners every year to replace you. You gotta overcome the brainwashing and become a racist first, only then can we successfully build a decent society like the other countries in the world that have 95% white populations.
I did try saying the same thing in a bar, to a stranger minus the kung fu part, just the job part, and at the end, guess what she said? "Can we order some drinks?" LOL
What's amazing is that he had ALL the chill. Asking someone on a date is terrifying, but he did it like it's.... wait for it... another day at the office. I have whatever he's having.
Sure is awfully strange I keep getting recommended all these Office Space clips on the same day exact day I was thinking of pulling a Don Draper at my own job. 🤨🤔
"You've been missing a lot of work, Peter."
"Well I wouldn't say I was missing it, Bob!"
"That's terrific."
"Now about this Peter, now there's a sharpshooter with upper-management written all over him"
"I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you on that, mmkay? Peter has been slacking off alot, missing alot of work, and also, he's been having problems with his tps reports. So if you could just go ahead and fire him instead of seeing him as potential management, that would be greeat"
@@alvexok5523 That says more about YOU, Lumbergh. You and your leading skills. Which is why YOU'RE going to be demoted.
Quits his job, doesn’t want a new one, and goes on a date with Jen Aniston, all in one day. What a legend.
Greeeeeeeeeeeeeatest.
For real!!
Don't forget Kung Fu
Captain Nixon was already a Legend
I'll take the date with Jen Aniston!
I love how Anniston is the voice of reason until he mentions Kung Fu, like that instantly sucks her into his worldview
“The suck zone”🌪.
@@jameshawk2470 RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman
@@boredflower William Fillmore Toffman.
Lol, true.
@@mindeloman That's a good anecdote dude, thanks for sharing. Love hearing stuff like this.
“I don’t really like paying bills…I don’t think I’m gonna do that either” inspirational
What would happen if the whole world stopped paying bills?
@@Surfer041 the people in charge stop getting paid
@@Surfer041 You wind up homeless and unemployed and civilization grinds to a halt. This is the mantra of the current generation that thinks that they don't have to pay rent or repay loans they've taken out.
@@Surfer041 well, I guess everyone would stop getting electricity, internet, gas, heat, etc. yeah sounds pretty sweet, except most people today can’t survive without that stuff
@@BlackWolf207 probably
When I was in my 20s, I did exactly what he said. One day I woke up, took a shower, got ready for work, and as I was sitting on the couch putting my shoes on, it hit me that I hated my job, I hated my coworkers, I hated my boss, I hated the pay, I hated every part of it. So I took my shoes off, followed by my pants and shirt, and went back to bed. Didn't call in, didn't give them a notice, didn't say a damn thing to them. I never answered their calls, and some time later I got my last check in the mail, along with papers saying I was fired of course, and that was that. I ended up moving back in with my parents into their basement (my original bedroom had been converted into an office), and went back to the community college. One hell of a journey later I am now in a job that I hate, but at least the pay is better. Can't wait to die.
Pull yourself together and be a man. Take some risks and make something of yourself, or at least fail trying.
@@SeraphsWitness Or just start drinking at 11am and play schlong with the bosses PA.
TGIF. Thank God for Fridays, one day closer to the sweet release of death.
@@SeraphsWitness Mulan
Same. Wish I could just quit but military lmao.
In 1999, there was Matrix
But there was also Office Space
The same story in some sense.
All About My Mother, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, Blair Witch Project, Boys Don't Cry, Buena Vista Social Club, Election, Fight Club, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Iron Giant, Magnolia, Sixth Sense, Sleepy Hollow, South Park, The Straight Story, Three Kings, Topsy Turvy, Varsity Blues, The Virgin Suicides...Hell, even Star Wars: The Phantom Menace! A great dang year for movies!
Kristian Toimil oh yeah I remember those movies they’re good movies
@@kristiantoimil grabs a pen..you were saying..
Fight Club, American Beauty, Office Space & the Matrix, all came out the same year and all deal with similar topics and issues
Stopped going to a factory job I had 2 years ago. Didn't quit, never got fired. This past Christmas I received the $500 holiday bonus in the mail. Apparently I still work there, and no one is aware I've stopped going in. I don't get pay stubs obviously because we used a punch in system to track hours. This marks $8000 in bonuses from this factory that I haven't worked at for 2 years. Not gonna lie, I have no plans in telling them.
lol i bet it's because they dont want to give you severance
airanator1212 this is absolutely amazing hahahahhahaha
Don't.
airanator1212 maybe they just never "fixed the glitch"
We only get $50 giftcard for xmas.
I think everybody that has ever worked a shitty, soul crushing job can relate to this scene.
Yeah it’s a pretty infantile desire to stop being responsible.
Stop being responsible to narcissistic egomaniacs who don't care, don't contribute, who suppress innovation and motivation, who don't understand but think they do, who perceive every challenge as a personal threat, who deny raises and conflate performance for personal gain, who lie without remorse. Being responsible to to the irresponsible is the sure way to crush one's soul. Get enough of these businesses operating the same way, you have corporate slavery under the illusion of responsibility.
@@exothermal.sprocket I think you're projecting you're own experiences as the experience as whole. Don't have a cow just do the work clock out and get paid
@@jacksonquinn6008 Now that's kind of ironic, telling experienced middle aged people who've been through a ton of experience to stop offering advice.
@@exothermal.sprocket if you're middle aged with all this wisdom and experience then earn your living and quit with the pessimistic babbling
I love the little touch how she's getting bored of his explanation and starts looking around and he gets her attention again by saying it doesn't matter.
He read the room
Exactly, real life… Face-to-face interactions are necessary to connect with people ❗️ The little “tells” people give We are losing real connections w/ just texting
@@fern7306 do kong vu
My man founded "Quiet Quitting". A legend before his time.
Also "satisficing" - doing just enough not to get fired.
@@blueodum Nah, I was doing that long before this movie came out. Still employed! At least most of the time...
"Quiet Quitting" has been around for over a century. It was originally known as "Work to rule" - originally meaning only performing the duties you were hired to do and nothing extra. It's evolved a bit since then, especially as the rich CEOs complain about not being able to exploit people as easily as they used to.
@@Martin-xx4ipI feel so bad for those rich CEOs
He sees that this world is circling the drain.
This movie should be taught in history classes, because it's a perfect commentary on American culture in the 90s. The 70's and 80's had factories and blue collar jobs wiped out, and these suburban office buildings sprung up across the entire country to usher in a new economic reality. This reason so many people love this movie is because it channeled what all of us were thinking about these cultural shifts that were happening around us.
Movies tend to make some commentary on the time they're produced in, so?
@coffeeinthemorning I imagine your outlook on things in general is pretty dull.
@coffeeinthemorning You're implying that fiction cannot convey anything beyond a narrative. That a film or a novel is just simply one thing happening after the next and thats all that it possibly could be. Just because something isn't overtly or consciously acting as commentary doesn't mean that it is completely void of it. No one is saying that Office Space is an avante garde think piece but perhaps viewing the film through a historical perspective isn't without its merit. I think that discouraging people from looking at things in a novel and unique way is provincial and reductionist. It's boring and lazy.
@coffeeinthemorning All of Mike Judge's works are social commentaries.
@coffeeinthemorning there's space between taking drastic action like quitting your job and burying your head in the sand. The world could do with fewer all or nothing thinkers.
I dont think id like another job. Hahahha best line ever
Except in the real world a woman would wait until she had her free meal, then say "OK then, sorry I have to go", leave the guy with the bill and never see him again.
DumbDuck44 yah because the world today is evil wicked trash
@@fuckocccjcjfkdjsh8138 the world has always been like that, today is not special.
Figs3 true but the world keeps drifting further from the truth
@@BoopSnoot Except that doesn't happen if you avoid dating women who value money over relationships
I always thought Ron Livingston was an underappreciated actor. He's great in this movie, and he was awesome in Band of Brothers, but his career never reached A-list status. It's a shame, because he can pull off deadpan hilarious in a way a lot of actors can't. Would like to see him make a comeback.
Good in Swingers too
But he broke up with Carrie on a fucking post it!!!! 🤣😂
He's a character actor, I don't think he really wants his career to be pushed towards being an A lister. He was hilarious in Adaptation, though.
Also good in Swingers.
He was also good in Band of Brothers.
2020 taught me this lesson. I walked off of 2 jobs this year. I was never the type of person to do that, but last year made me realize how little any of these companies care about you. Life’s too short to get stuck at a job you hate
It's not really a company's job to care about you. What a weird expectation. lol
@@SeraphsWitness Well why not? If they dont care about their employees why should we care about them?
@@skeevantas I never said you should care about them. It's your job, not your family. Show up, do a good job, get paid, and go home.
This constant need for handholding and acceptance is ridiculous.
@@SeraphsWitness aight
@@SeraphsWitness I agree, it should be viewed as if we're a mercenary. Do whatever required, collect paychecks, and don't get personal. You don't like it? Stack up resources & strategically quit.
I love Aniston reactions when she asks him when he decided to do all this and he quickly responds with "about an hr ago" 😅😂
That's how I do things. I woke up one morning and asked my girlfriend at the time if all our employees came in that day, she said YES. I said, "Ok, I'm going to Kansas City to add another location to the business". She was like.... when did you decide this? I said, "Just now when you told me all the employees came in today. Just wanted to make sure you didn't need my help".
Why didn't kung fu and chill ever catch on?
Too many tps reports.
yeah..........
It did over here
honestly kung fu is boring
Office space/Beavis and butthead box set and chill then
This movie was so funny. Probably an all time masterpiece.
+Cheetahcabra no other movie has shown how soulless corporate jobs are in such an awesome way
Remove probably from that statement and i can agree with you
Probably?
There is no probably. It is.
Caleb Block well it was written by Mike Judge who used to be a physicist who all too well knows the corporate office environment.
Jennifer Aniston is great in this scene. Love her mannerisms.
mammarisms
You gotta appreciate a chick who likes to watch kung fu. Kung fu movies are some of the most enjoyable things to watch and I feel sorry for anyone who takes themselves so serious to not be able to enjoy one of the most pure forms of entertainment we have left.
Sports in general qualifies as the second option. WRC isn't something I'm too familiar with but I'm sure if I was flipping through channels and saw a race on I would stop and watch it for a few minutes at least.
bmo f!ck angelina
bmo coming over to watch ku fu is code for smoke weed and anal
This movie was about 50% of comedy central's programming for about a decade. Yet the scenes never get old. I relate more to Peter than any other fictional character
Would've been hilarious if Peter not going to his job would've been just the thing to trigger all of the doomsday scenarios of Y2K and the 2000 software switch.
Never thought about that!🤯👍classic 😅
This comment is underappreciated.
The hidden secret directors cut
The "horseshoe nail" scenario.
I was 18 years old when I first watched this movie in theaters. I thought it was funny at the time. It is not until 20 years later in 2019, I realize this is a timeless masterpiece.
I give it 4/0.
It's a mastapeese.
Best movie ever... and it only gets better w/ time!
I may be like insane. But I’ve seen the movie a few times. I don’t get what’s so special about it.
Steve Blane have you ever worked in an office? Lol
B nope sure haven’t.
"I'm just not gonna go any more." I did this one. One of the most freeing things I've ever done.
that shit is exhilarating isn't it
Twice now for me. Satisfying each time.
Same. Was working at the dmv for two years. Just stopped going.
I went to lunch and never looked back.
Real shit!!!!
I would love to watch Kung Fu movies with Jennifer Aniston
+hfontanez98 oh man that's the american dream
I'd rather fuck her, but to each their own I guess. :D
I am sure that's what he meant, Teddy KGB.
"Watching kung fu" is just an innuendo
its not kung-fu movies he was talking about kung-fu the television series
Used to serve him at a restaurant a few years back in North Hollywood. Looked the same, great guy, great wife and great kids (adopted). I’d buy him a beer, for sure.
Office Space still resonates with people 20 years after it came out. It's that good of a movie. If you're reading this and haven't watched it yet, you should! You're really missing out on an awesome movie.
Right. Lol the less you care and just focus on your task, the better. At the end, just pack up and forget your work stuffs. Good practice is to try forget them the minute you walk out that door lol
This movie is so great because it just exposes what horse shit and utter meaningless the working world is
Yes because a world where people get money for doing nothing and get to do whatever they want is a totally realistic possibility that we should focus towards!
@@brunsonbacheler Well look at how productivity through automation has increased by an order of magnitude over passing decades, enabling a rapidly growing gap between the average pay of a CEO and the average pay of a basic worker at the same company. With our huge economies, our huge leaps in productivity, how many young people feel richer than their parents were at the same age? Very few is the answer. Pay hasn't even kept up with inflation, never mind the growth that economic profits that automation has allowed. People are still working 40+ hours week for worse money than when this film was made, is that progress? The age of automation is just beginning, inside this century driving jobs will all be gone, which is a huge proportion of the workforce gone because AI can do it better, cheaper and more efficiently. Do you think Amazon will turn away from automation as it allows to taper down their human jobs more and more over coming decades? Without a universal income, ever lowering of relative wages will continue to the point of mass low skilled unemployment.
@@kylereese458 honestly the test of this century will be how do we deal with massive unemployment. Society will no longer require workers, especially not low skilled. So what do we do with low-skilled workers? It will be very interesting.
@@_Wombat Countries like Japan who have the most ageing population on Earth are banking on automation replacing so much work that mass importation of low skilled young labour via mass immigration is deemed unnecessary and dangerous by them. I watched one of their politicians talk about if the Japan is wrong, they can always grow their population again later. If the west is wrong with its policy of population by mass immigration, there will never be a way back.
I think that's smart, as many countries flooding themselves with cheap labour from abroad in order to grow or simply sustain their population are being very short sighted indeed. I think a universal basic income and a restructuring of population skill set will be the way forward for most countries that are sustainably planning for the future like Japan. However, many Western countries that are overpopulating themselves with mass importation may find that universal basic income doesn't stretch that far, furthermore, the significance differences between groups within society will see increasing social unrest due to a lack of unifying factors. We see a small snapshot already in the US after a lockdown that has hit the economy hard, rapidly increasing unemployment, when people have nothing to do or work towards they become radicalised on the streets, often outraged and divided on the grounds of race and political ideology.
@@kylereese458 I read an interesting recent article essentially saying that humans could die out by simply not reproducing enough. By 2100, they reckoned that we'd have double the number of over-80s as there would be under-5s. Imagine a world full of old people, being kept alive by automation. It's going to suck. Of course this will probably not be the reality of the situation, but still interesting to imagine. The truth is that no one knows the future, and no one knows the solution. Still, there is a reason that "super forecasting" is becoming all the rage recently - especially in the UK Civil Service, for some reason.
in 1999 this movie inspired me to finally quit and go self employed - best move in my life! tnx Office Space
So what work did you do?
computer support in many fortune 500 companies since 1993 - created a successful website and started my own PC support company - why use my talents to make someone else rich?
earned 5X my day job income and yes i paid taxes on it. got the down payment on my house + got married, never would've happened if i stayed on "the treadmill to nowhere"
greg delemos are you hiring?
Nodirbek Yulchiev guess that's a no :(
I woke up one Monday morning in Feb 2004 and said to myself, "Anything I do today is better than going to that job." I dropped the demo car off at 10pm, put the keys in the night box, and walked home in the freezing cold. That was one of the best decisions I ever made as an adult- that job was killing my soul. Declaring, "I am more than this," opens new doors in the universe. A year later I was on the other side of the country in a much different place.
I take it you worked as a car salesman or for a rental car place
@@markl5998 Selling Honda cars and going broke, not even enough money to eeke out a meager existence, and I was good at it. I even had the highest gross per vehicle of my team of seven or eight. I will never forget walking away that night.
@@anamericanman Good on you. What did you end up doing for a job after the move?
@@AB-zc6wy The transition wasn't magic, I drove a truck at night delivering pastries to coffee shops for $12/hour in Seattle for about nine months, back-throbbing work. I screamed at God (in the truck) for three nights, "Is this what you want from me," until I heard a voice that said, "Move to LA." That was early April 2005, and by early June of 2005 I had a job paying $57,000+commission. It wasn't a great job, but it was a step in the right direction and something to be thankful for. I have taken other very radical moves that produce big changes fast as well, and I think that's the part that most people have trouble with, that first, big, uncertain step where you are just trusting in the universe. Most people will stay in Podunk making $7/hr rather than take any risk.
@@anamericanman when you is only you is easy to do, but with mouth to feed is a complete different ball game
Kudos for keeping on trucking ... Get it .. truck, you worked on trucks 😭🔥🙈
I think I read a story somewhere where a guy didn’t show up for work for something like 11 years before they finally figured it out.
That guy is my hero.
Uhm, yeah....so I'm gonna need you to go ahead and move your workspace down to the basement.
😂
George Costanza
@@johnklein6040Best reply ever!!!
I know one where the guy in Spain didn't show up for 6 years because "there was no work to do" (which I 100% believe given that he got away with it for so long) and kept collecting his salary. It was only when they were going to give him a plaque commemorating his long service (he'd previously worked 14 years till he was promoted to a useless position) that they noticed. He got fined around €30,000. Apparently he spent the time off becoming an expert on Spinoza. Spent his time well in other words. His name was Joaquin Garcia for those interested in looking this up.
Peter's Kung Fu is strong in this scene!
Rat's kungfu is stronger! (movie: the core)
it seems He received another Job
I literally did this when I quit my last job, was the third week where I was working 12 hours washing dishes and just snapped. Took my apron off, set it down and walked home. Never went back. Love this movie!
"So you're gonna quit." ... "Na eh, not really. I'm just gonna stop going." We should all be so at peace with life and all its mundane details. Sounds like something Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski would've said. ....the dude abides.
Yeah, and that piece of shit never paid his rent. Fucking parasite.
@@fairfaxblaster7703 dude tomorrow is the 10th
This movie and The Big Lebowski should be required viewing
@@fairfaxblaster7703 but he had a great rug. It really held the room together.
@@fairfaxblaster7703 the landlords are real parasites you absolute buffoon
I remember being at odds with my store manager and eventually I was fired one day. I shook both the assistant managers hands and thanked them for firing me. They were confused "but we said youre fired" and i said " this is the best day of my life"
Hahaha they'd still be confused to this day about your reaction. Would have been hilarious to see that
This clip perfectly describes where I am in my life right now
You're ordering lunch with Jennifer Aniston? Damn. Your life sounds fucking dope man
@@jesussanchez9106 @Jesus Sanchez We watch Kung-fu together. Do you ever watch Kung-fu?
This movie captures what many people feel by the age of 30 and beyond, subject to how much BS you can take or give if you end up in a management position.
I kinda lived this. I worked at a Walmart for 3 years and the bs from the co workers, the supervisors, and especially the customers put me into a deep depression. Talked to a doctor and he put me on disability. My Walmart where I live is where I'd buy food so I'd go in for food and people ask me when I'm coming back and I'd smile and say I dont know. This went on for a year.
This movie is an absolute masterpiece. It's one of those movies that gets funnier everytime you watch it
I rarely watch movies more than twice. OS I don't know how many times I've watched, but it's great every time and by far my most watched. Next would be the godfather.
I'm a Java developer at the large bank and this shit really hits home.
Same. I was a developer as well for financial services provider. Not a bank but all our clients were banks. This movie was spot on !
this is the true american dream, just not going to work anymore and then watching king fu
“Y’know I never really liked paying bills...”
"Can we order lunch first"...awesome subtle line! 1:35
I kind of don't get it, other "Brad K."
@@Lengsel7 Haha wow what're the odds.
@@Lengsel7 lmao
“Yeah”
It’s funny how the thing about the flair is the best-remembered part of the movie for most people. I think it really demonstrates the problem with a lot of jobs. You’re not just supposed to wear the flair - you’re supposed to WANT to wear it. They don’t just want your time and energy, they want your soul.
They also want to vaccinate u mask u and tell u where to walk
One time, I was having a candid conversation with my boss about the purpose of working. Without getting into it too deeply, she was basically bitching about how her son in law wouldn’t work a job for longer than a month or two. She asked me why I worked when so many people my age refuse to. I said “Well, how else am I going to get paid?” She seemed offended by that answer, that I didn’t drop on my knees and sing her praises for being such a great boss and giving me such a great working environment.
1:14 I'm with Peter on that one. I don't like that expression or the line of thinking that goes with it. Especially nowadays, an off-puttingly large number of people make it sound like paying bills is your only reason to be alive. Which is why Heath Ledger (may he rest in peace) had these words of wisdom for us: "Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks if you are happy."
I love how she got all serious as soon as he says “Kung Fu”
This movie is everything to all office workers everywhere.
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0:27 now that’s situational and self awareness. Your conversation partner is not interested, so tack to something more mutually interesting.
I am self-employed. However, I got a Master's degree in a chosen field and found in school and out in the workworld that many people who inhabit that world are really messed up (psychology). They have zero plans of tending to their issues and yet are content inflicting it on people they want to help as well as coworkers. I talked with a psychiatrist once (he was a customer) and relayed my concerns. He said that about 50% had serious issues by his account.
I watch this scene and there is a gratitude that I don't feel beaten down by living in this sort of "everyone is a cog" environment. Being self-employed is hard and I'm not rich but I'm better off than some. My morale and state of mind are worth a lot to me. There isn't enough money to replace those things.
Consider yourself lucky then. Money has never been a big motivation for me. I wish I could do something I found fulfilling but still pay the bills.
this movie has such a soothing vibe. it just puts you in a comfort zone.
Honestly really wholesome seeing so many stories in the comments of this movie inspiring people to walk away from terrible jobs/situations in their life. I already loved the movie as a hilarious workplace comedy with one hell of a cast, but seeing how it empowered people like this makes me love it even more.
That movie was way ahead of its time
Not really. It was actually perfectly in line with its time.
I'm just gonna stop going😂
0:29 is a prime example when we need to realise that the person we are conversing with is bored and wants to move on/get away. Peter picks this up and takes the conversation in a different direction reigniting her interest. Useful tips for dates..
bingo!
I rarely got a new job right after I left the previous one, especially when I was living alone. It was nice to stop caring for a bit.
I never had this for work but I had the same feeling once leaving a really shitty relationship. No awkward goodbyes, just walking away during an argument, getting in my car, blocking her number and driving home. Bliss.
Had the same experience in 1998. I dumped her for Ultima Online.
Her: What are you doing?
Me: Making arrows in this game
Her: Why?
Me: I don't know. I don't even know if I'm going to use them. I just want a bunch of arrows.
Her: ...
Me: I just killed an eagle. They give 36 feathers.
Her: But eagles are cool!
Me: Look, I've gotta' go.
@@OutyMan The heartless soul of an enslaved mind is no match for love.
I like my job. My coworkers and my manager are really nice. The work is very interesting and fulfilling. The pay is great. I won’t be quitting anytime soon 😎
Damn Captain Nixon had a rough time after the war.
one of my favorites of all time.
I felt this BEFORE I ever entered the work force. I knew it was going to be true.
I'm quitting my job at the end of the year. My current job is nothing like his, but we make diddly squat and I've been at it for six years. I'm 35 and I can barely afford a simple dental surgery, even though I've saved. It's a serious wake up call.
I know the change is hard and risky, but I know I'm miserable not trying, so here we go.
Similar situation. You earn what you think you deserve. In my experience job interviews are all the same and if you don't ask you don't get. A lot of my colleagues are window licking morons. Those of us who consider ourselves halfway intelligent all have either low self esteem or are just plain lazy. :)
How's it going since?
Yes, office work sucks, but during the time period this movie represents, this is where many college grads wound up....stuck in a cubicle with hopes of an office one day, maybe stock benefits, part of a "team", casual Friday, contributions often overlooked, office politics, etc. Add the fact that you have bills and yeah, it goes by fast. A company I worked for actually did hire consultants...all they did was interview people , took their best ideas, repackaged them into a final proposal and charged management big bucks. A co -worker had a fantastic idea how to better manage inventory and had tried to get management to institute it for a couple of years. The consultants took the idea, gave it a great internal process name and bang, upper management thought it was great. My co-worker got zero credit, but I did take him out that night and we got hammered. The reason why this movie resonates so well, is because millions lived through it.
Isn't this still office work? It certainly is for me.
It's nothing new. In 1945 men returned from war to the jobs they had before the war. They spent the next 35 years making cars, steel, electrical products and power and raising families. For the most part, they didn't think anything about it. It was what they did.
Your coworker was a sucker. You don't give away ideas for free. You have a good idea, you go to the people who'll make sure you're compensated. Even if your employer owns the patent of your idea, make sure you get a bonus or stock options or something.
@@NJGuy1973 Doesn't work that way
This scene gave me hope. You never know who might have shared interests.
Peter is my hero
Having graduated and worked for months, I now feel and think exactly the same with him. I would never wish to be born if I knew there is only surviving and none living.
Life's a bitch
"So you're gonna quit?" "Nooo uh, I'm just gonna stop going." This was me at my last job. I barely showed up used up all of my vacation days, got fired and still got COVID unemployment.
The opening scene - with the guy with the walker, and the dead-slow traffic - was filmed 300 feet from my friend's office in northwest office. They didn't see the scene being shot. But we always joked about it as we drove on the stretch of Braker Laner (Austin, TX). Now, that area is all built up and looks drastically different.
My ex was working at the Pickle campus at the time. He said they were given instructions on when they could come to work and when they could leave because of the shooting schedule.
"Can we order lunch first"
Lmao I'm dead.
TheEpic22 bitches gotta eat 🍴
TheEpic22 naapoli
iam Negan
Kind a like douches gotta be douches 😄(yeah, you 're the douche "iamNegan)
You're dead from that? That shit wasn't even funny
how did u write this if youre dead?
"I dont want to pay bills anymore" "I want to take you out to dinner" uh ok
@Dehydrated Water Are you sure? Seems kinda far fetched
@Dehydrated Water nice username
Dine and dash. Restaurants will feed you and leave you the bill after they've given you've already eaten the meal..
@@IMaximusDMI What a great way to live your life. lol
@@IMaximusDMI So screw over everyone who used their time and energy to make you a meal because you're too selfish to pay for it?
If you aren't homeless or struggling to feed your family, then stop being a lazy, self-centered douche and make yourself a sandwich or something at home!
Worked as a order picker at a food distribution center for two weeks in November 2018. Never quit, I just hated it so I walked out one shift an did not get fired. Ive been getting bonus checks an went to three company cookouts for free food on them. Ive even met the CEO of the place at the cookout and got my picture taken with the head office. Best job ive never worked.
And damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
pretty much me ever since i graduated college. dont get me wrong, i washed dishes, answered reception calls, cleaned puke in a bathroom, dealt with awful traffic driving a delivery truck, packed in a warehouse for hours. Jobs are fucking shit man. props to you if you landed a comfy software job though or got a job from your high paying dad/uncle/friend. Not all of us are that fortunate.
"I don't think i'd like another job" best line of the movie.
Ugh this movie is a masterpiece. Now I gotta watch it again.
I love this movie. I wish I was as smart as Peter. I used to work at an initech, but I quit instead of just not going anymore. On my last day there I sat in my cubicle and watched "office space" (the whole movie). Was nice. That was 10 years ago. I make more money from investing now than I did working then, so it all worked out somehow.
One of my favourite scenes of all time… “So you going to get another job?” “I don’t think I’d like another job.” - just perfect!😆
I did this on Christmas eve not even one month ago. Its a liberating feeling.
I can't tell you how many shit jobs I've worked where I'd do my job, deal with the BS, then stop and ask myself "Why do I keep coming back here and putting up with this?" Sometimes I'd finish the day and thank them for the opportunity. Sometimes I'd finish the day and never come back. Sometimes I'd just drop what I was doing and walk out. Those walk-outs are some of the high moments in my life, where I stay true to the course and pursue what makes me happy, rather than feeling I need to stay in some dump that makes me miserable.
Sometimes I think back on those jobs and wonder if some of those miserable fucks are still glued there, thinking they're absolutely required to stay. Life is short, time is fleeting. Do what brings you fulfillment and never look back.
Yessir same here. Except for me, I’m willing to do a shitty job as a simple means to make money, but if my manager treats me like shit, I quit on the spot. I have too much self respect to be yelled at by someone who spent their life working the same shitty job... I’m still young and I have options. So I don’t take shit from anybody. When I was 18 I worked at Dominos and a brand new manager yelled at me and told me to sweep the parking lot because we weren’t busy. I said no, and she said do it or you’re getting written up... I left as soon as she said that.
Try telling that to the poor slob who barely finished high school and now he isn't qualified to do any job other than the one he has, and needs to find a way to put his 2 kids through school while juggling bills and payments on his house.
So yes, there are some people that are required to keep a job that makes them miserable. Because it's not just them that depends on that paycheck, it's the family they're responsible for that counts on it too. I don't have a wife or kids, so I could easily turn down a job I don't want to do and look for something else, because I'm only responsible for myself but if I did have a kid, I'd take damn near any job, even ones that I personally loathe, if it meant I got to afford all the things a kid needs to get through their childhood.
@@Xylarxcode Well, if someone barely finished high school, maybe it's best to not have kids until they've cleaned themselves up.
I don't pity people that decide to start a family on a low-wage gig. That's nobody's fault but theirs.
@@du4lstrik3 Really, no one forced them to have kids
That’s inspiring man. So what do you do now
It relates to any job where you get paid but have to rely on getting along with other people.
His thought process goes through my mind every single fucking day… Yet I’m still a slave
i am absolutely mesmerized by jennifer's smile. when she smiles, the corners of her mouth go DOWN and not up, like most people. this fascinates me. that and her body.
"where do you work?" the moment they decide whether you can fulfill their lifestyle requirements.
I love how she heard Kung fu and that was it... she was hooked. Every girl has her “thing”.
@Joseph Henderson He didn't...It was serendipity.
He started the great resignation!!
I just watched this movie today for the first time. It's a masterpiece!!!! I loved it
Fuckin love it! I pretty much did the same thing... my boss at the close of our shift said we need to do this better guys by tomorrow, I went home and told my wife I’m writing my resignation letter tomorrow at lunch and handing it in before end of shift, that was 7 months ago and I don’t regret it one bit.
He's a prophet
I've done this to a few jobs, just stopped going, or only showed up when I felt like it until they decided to boot me. It's actually such a big relief every time it ends. Some jobs and people are just a nightmare to work with. And only reason they get away with being such douchebags is because everyone just takes it. If more people started to not take that shit, workplaces would actually improve or go out of business because nobody would work there. But people will put up with a lot of shit for very little money. It is a sad world we live in. A lot of pathetic people. I love running into those cunts that think they have authority over me because at their work they are the authority. And then making them realize how little authority they actually have with me outside their bubble.
Capitalism is a death cult. Unfortunately because of the US's terrible social safety nets, some people literally need to work these shitty jobs just to survive. It's why especially we workers need to start organizing with each other and demanding change collectively. If everyone goes on strike collectively - even like managers - there's nothing they can do but give in to our demands because where the hell else are they going to get so many workers on short notice?
@@TheRedKing247 As a European who was worked 8 years in Asia you're a moron. That is all.
@@TheRedKing247 They know that's a possibility, it's why they import 1.5 million foreigners every year to replace you. You gotta overcome the brainwashing and become a racist first, only then can we successfully build a decent society like the other countries in the world that have 95% white populations.
Peter's apathy is of epic proportions here. I love this classic scene.
I watch this scene everytime I quit a job
Watching right before getting ready for work today, dear lord, help me not fall down Office Space rabbit hole
Had this moment in early 2020. Don't regret it
" I Don't like my job I don't think I'm going to go anymore" strong 2021 vibes.
"I've never liked paying bills"
same man. same.
'Money talks. It's favorite word is "goodbye."
not quitting, just stops going... kind of feel more relatable than it should be.
With the wisdom gained from life, this should have more recognition as a key moment in Generation X's documentation...
"You know I've never really liked paying bills, I don't think I'm going too do that either."
I did try saying the same thing in a bar, to a stranger minus the kung fu part, just the job part, and at the end, guess what she said?
"Can we order some drinks?"
LOL
What's amazing is that he had ALL the chill. Asking someone on a date is terrifying, but he did it like it's.... wait for it... another day at the office.
I have whatever he's having.
We all need to listen to our inner Peter.
the way she says "okayy... okayy" all mesmerized is hilarious
Sure is awfully strange I keep getting recommended all these Office Space clips on the same day exact day I was thinking of pulling a Don Draper at my own job. 🤨🤔
never big a huge fan of aniston, but she looked super cute in this movie.
Yes. Her eyes here...lovely.
she looked mega hot in Rockstar.
She has the puffies.
she plays the quintessential sweetheart perfectly
Domestic Hotness to quote Mike Judge