OFFICE SPACE (1999) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@SolidSnake8295]

“It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that I just don’t care.” One of my favorite film quotes of all time.

[@JeffKelly03]

Same. I feel that line so deeply...

[@cleveland391]

Words to live by

[@donnadoes5738]

I have told my last 2 supervisors that lol

[@amitychief3061]

Mine too! It is the reason that I gave when I took early retirement. Ranks up there with "You're going to need a bigger boat."

[@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289]

"I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! What the hell is wrong with you people??" 😂😂 My fave quote

[@scottswenson383]

This movie is the anthem for anyone who has ever hated their job.

[@ftasenotfed]

Anthem for anyone who has ever worked in a cube farm.

[@Dirkus17]

So, everyone.

[@charlesderosas5577]

Clerks for me.

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

@@charlesderosas5577 I was taken from my platoon and thrown in the commanders office as a battalion clerk all because I’m not re-enlisting, so now i do office work all day and answer calls and deal with everyone’s drama and BS until i get out, i have never hated life so much, i went from going on field ops and deployments all the way to being a desk jockey pencil pusher who’s stressed out because the computer doesn’t work half the time

[@zomboids2100]

*"SoUNds LiKE sOmeBody's gOt a CasE of ThE mOnDaYS!"*

[@dread9030]

I was told... I could watch Popcorn in Bed... at a reasonable volume.

[@poolhall9632]

well, ok. but that’s the last straw

[@peteg475]

...set the place on fire...

[@clintmorrison5863]

@@peteg475 I'm going to burn down the bedroom

[@donnadoes5738]

Fine, I just thought as a personal favor you'd turn it down a bit.

[@zotharr]

Its a strange line, though. If the volume disturbs others, can you call it reasonable? xD

[@yakamen]

It's funny people been doing the Bill Lumberg voice for 20 years and a newbie watches this once -- immediately picks up the Bill Lumberg voice. I love this movie.

[@SolidSnake8295]

“That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.”

[@snap2snip]

“The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy; it’s that I just don’t care.”

[@nickgurpleez2628]

@@snap2snip exactly how I feel

[@MandoWookie]

Yeah, I'm at that stage in my life now. Weird how much looking back on jobs I hated at the time, but had pride in my work, and how big a difference that makes for motivation. I'm working a lot less, for more money, but I feel a lot less motivated.

[@nickgurpleez2628]

@@MandoWookie me too the hardest I worked were for jobs that I hated I just wanted to get done and get home asap lol

[@MandoWookie]

@@nickgurpleez2628 Yep. My last job I would stay late to get prep done for the morning shift, so when I came in I wouldn't be out of everything when i came in. Only 1st wouldn't pay it forward, so i would end up even more behind, and have to stay even later. Everything I did to try and get ahead so I could get out, gave license for others to slack off. But at least I was in control, and the sense of accomplishment of achieving success despite all that let me power through. Now I'm at the mercy of others ability. If things go wrong I have to stay, but I have no control over the process. At least before, if I stayed late, it's because I chose to, and could see the progress I had made. However Sisyphean that progress was. It's much worse now. Knowing things are gonna go wrong, and having no ability to forestall the coming disaster.

[@robertanderson6929]

Fun fact. Swingline did NOT market a standard size Red Stapler only Black. The director thought the Black one didn't show up well on camera so he had the set designer paint it RED. After the movie became a cult classic Swingline started getting requests for the Red model which they began making to meet this new demand.

[@keithbird8910]

Cool story bro.

[@whoarocket]

Yep, accurate. My boss got one of those.

[@DavidEllis94]

I have one. I love it, it's a great stapler, not gonna lie.

[@ChrisOler]

And then they started putting the logo on the side because that's the way it is in the film. The logo used to be on top.

[@keylargo5871]

Another reason they started making it was because others were selling pirated red one's on eBay.

[@Diogenes77]

19:39 Lundberg holding her leg and plowing her while drinking coffee and asking for TPS reports is comedy gold

[@ChadSimpson-ft7yz]

I know I have a hard time seeing him play any other character because of this lol.

[@jovetj]

I interviewed for a retail job once and the guy was exactly like Lundberg. His looks, mannerisms, tone of voice... it was surreal. I didn't get the job, thank God!

[@ThunderPants13]

So many great actors in this....Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, John C. McGinley, Mike Judge.......

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

Cassie: "These guys need to punch something." Everybody who's seen it: "Wait until the printer scene!"

[@KngOfTheBlind]

PC LOAD LETTER??!?!?!?!

[@FenixNade]

@@KngOfTheBlind what the fuck does that mean??!?

[@markdenio4537]

It says “Paper Jam”. WHY does it say paper jam?

[@RandomDudeOne]

I thought it was a fax machine?

[@erichill9174]

The apartment complex he lives in is called "Morning Wood".

[@marennicholson5444]

“I don’t know who Michael Bolton is” *dies of old age*

[@markmac2206]

i was like "you are so lucky!"

[@o.w.h.astronaut8204]

me, i laughed out loud.

[@jscan4442]

I don't think it's an old age thing... it's more of an ignorance thing.

[@stefanforrer2573]

@@jscan4442 nah, not really... bolton was such a niche thing and the height of his success only lasted for a relatively short while.. just because you like his music doesn't mean everyone who's never even heard of him or doesn't share your taste is ignorant and such a statement actually makes you the one who looks ignorant

[@lalalarose8197]

@@stefanforrer2573 Bolton was far from being ‘niche’.

[@shaunswieringa171]

"Ok, I'll stop repeating everything they say." Never worry about that this movie is so dang quotable I saw it when it came out and still quote it almost weekly haha

[@danh8804]

"I"m going to stop repeating what they say" Why? it's been 20 years, I haven't

[@carpetfluff35]

Yeeeah, I'm going to need to you go ahead and stop that.

[@oldfrend]

correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't this film coin the term O-face?

[@danholmesfilm]

Hey fellow Dan H :)

[@parker469a]

Yeah... I was going to say this is regarded as one of the most quotable movies of all time.

[@dmagyo6631]

When Milton burns the building down 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@joshnorris6238]

Jennifer Anistons boss in the movie is Mike Judge. He wrote the movie, as well as being the creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill. He's my spirit animal.

[@GlassJAw413]

I just realized that was Mike Judge as I was watching this reaction. I've probably seen this movie at least a dozen time and some how never noticed that it was him.

[@richardl9242]

Alright well, my mind is blown. I have seen this movie a dozen times over the past 15 years and never knew that. How the hell did I never catch on... I feel silly now haha. It's fascinating how much a a wig and mustache will make you look like a completely different person.

[@thedoneeye]

Don't forget Mike Judge also produced 'Silicon Valley'

[@Nova-fh2et]

Thanks for the useless information that will get me nowhere

[@nekrospike]

You forgot about the documentary Idiocracy.

[@TonyMontanaDS]

The 2 HR guys are on point. The lazy, charming talkers always get promoted while the ones who actually work are always overlooked.

[@anthonyrome7543]

“Okay, I’ll stop repeating everything they say.” Lol. It took most of us ten years to stop doing that.

[@Strazman]

I still repeat stuff they say, and I saw it when it first came out lol

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Fuckin’ A, man.

[@GD-tt6hl]

22 years later... still doin it

[@anthonyrome7543]

I have to admit, “What is it… that you do here?” Still comes up semi-weekly

[@17thknight]

You stopped?

[@ChadSimpson-ft7yz]

"Ok, that's the last straw". My favorite quote from Milton.

[@cmstone5178]

"I don't know if this was the best reaction, I was just smiling and repeating everything". No, that's actually the prefect reaction to this movie :)

[@christopheratkins6640]

“These guys need to hit something.” I love it when she predicts things in the movie when she doesn’t even know she’s doing it.

[@SAVikingSA]

The two Bob's are crucial to the story. They know that everyone is lying to them but Peter tells them the truth. It seems crazy as hell, but his attitude makes their job way easier. I think a lot of people don't understand why they love Peter, but that's why. They are there to discover how to cut costs, and Peter tells them exactly what they have to do.

[@cbalan777]

I always took the scene with the Bob's as that work culture values people who have no filter and basically don't care. Compare everyone else who is timid and trying to say the right thing to keep their job and they end up getting fired. It's true in the real world. Most managers are of moderate intelligence and the reason they have the job they do is because they have a personality like Lumbergh.

[@matthewgillies7509]

And this is precisely why my bosses try to keep me from speaking to Head Office management at my work. I speak plainly, tell the truth, and I don't give a shit about my bosses' ire.

[@SAVikingSA]

@@BH-wh2vo the Bob's aren't upper management, they are consultants. Outside company brought in to audit the workforce.

[@jedislap8726]

@@matthewgillies7509 I was threatened by my Department Head at a work's Xmas Party to not talk to the boss because of that exact thing. He kept a lot from the boss and knew I would actually tell him.

[@captainz9]

I paid my house off in 2003 when we got a new feminist boss who hated men, saw the writing on the wall and sold some stock I had to pay off the last of it (like $23k). So when I started my next job in 2004 I had no mortgage, zero debt, and like $10k in savings... Made a major mistake about 10 months in, wind up on a conference call with a pile of directors & sr managers wanting to know what happened... "I screwed up". You could've heard a pin drop on that call for the next 20 seconds until my boss asked "so can we fix it so it never happens again?" and I said "oh yeah, never should've been done the way it was in the first place, but that was before I got here... Easy to fix." My boss later said the reason for the silence was nobody knew how to respond - nobody *ever* takes the blame for anything at that company. I said I didn't care, my house was paid off, I could flip burgers at McDs and make enough to survive (bills & taxes). He said "that's what I like about you, you tell the truth and don't pull punches". I wound up with quite a reputation after my almost 10 years there as "the guy who gets stuff done/fixed", lots of people were upset to see me leave.

[@CapTexamerica]

This movie is 100% Austin, and still 100% correct to this day. Apartment walls are paper thin, traffic sucks, and wait staff management are frighteningly cheerful.

[@sword_of_light]

Mike Judge, the mind behind Office Space (and cameos as Aniston's boss) is an under-rated genius. Idiocracy, King of the Hill, Tales from the Tour Bus, all brilliant. Even Bevis & Butthead were way ahead of their time.

[@maxtew6521]

None More Black, a really good melodic hardcore band has a song named after a Milton quote from Lumberg's party: "The Ratio of People to Cake."

[@kevindown1592]

Mike Judge is one of America’s great satirists.

[@bobkilla430]

One could say he's a staple of them.

[@nathankrush3289]

Hell yeah

[@michaelkrull3331]

Loved him since Beavis and Butt-head. Idiocracy was his masterwork. To this day I can't look at a fuddruckers and keep a straight face.

[@kevindown1592]

Idiocracy was prophetic. From Crocks to our current group of politicians the film was a brilliant predictor.

[@oldfrend]

Silicon Valley is probably his best, most dynamic and mature work, especially the first two seasons. probably the finest caustic comedy ever written.

[@tru3sk1ll]

I started writing code in 1995, every office I worked in for over 10 years was EXACTLY like this, we all thought they had secret cameras in the building, I went "remote" in 2006 before it was cool, and did "quiet quitting" before they knew what to call it, ride dirt bikes, play games, exercise, I have the live and nobody is the wiser

[@penfold7455]

The one thing I love about this movie is the fact that Joanna is not a prototypical dainty love interest that's coming from a charmed environment; she's actually a real person living out real-life situations and goes through frustrations of work like most everyone else.

[@fourthgirl]

When Peter side-steps around Lumbergh is my favorite. I had a horrible supervisor and then I was transferred to another group with a great supervisor. She wanted to meet with me when she got the news and I just kept walking. Satisfying.

[@kurtnelle]

This movie was so popular, that people kept calling Swingline to ask where they can buy that red stapler. Except that Swingline doesn't make a red stapler! So then ended up making a limited set just to get people off their case XD

[@BiggestDawgEver]

Back when I was an assistant manager at Blockbuster video, not long after this film came out, we had an unbelievablely temperamental fax machine. When we finally got approval for a new one, we took that piece of garbage out into the field behind our store and gave it an "Office Space" execution.

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

Did you break dance afterwards?

[@BiggestDawgEver]

@@tbirdUCW6ReAJ alas no, but only because it was a very weedy field with uneven rocky terrain. That and we had no music.

[@fbferrari1875]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bobbabai]

My oldest daughter who is 37 now turned me on to this movie about 15 years ago. I hadn't heard of it before then. It portrayed EXACTLY the emotions and vibe and human interactions that happened all the time in the IT jobs I had. It was a revelation. And so clever. I watched it over and over and took huge pleasure in every nuance of every joke. By the way, the creator and director of the movie was the boss at Chachki's - Mike Judge, also the creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill.

[@MovieVigilante]

Milton was originally in his own animated short series on _SNL._ He was always threatening to burn the building down. Stephen Root was perfectly cast as Milton in _Office Space._

[@I_am_Warthog]

They weren't originally on SNL. The Milton shorts were featured on Liquid Television (MTV) at least 2 years before they were shown on SNL.

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@windsorkid7069 The Billdozer.

[@Kori-T]

man.. I never knew! Back in the 90’s I saw this in theaters & it was super funny. I miss those times when you could joke about burning down a place & commit a mass shooting with out people getting all up in arms. (sigh) though now it’s more of a common occurrence it’s not really funny anyone. it’s heartbreaking to see how society has descended into madness.

[@AltCTRLF8]

here’s the original cartoon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYG7hnetlLGfhKM

[@thedeepfriar745]

Dude he’s so fucking awesome in Barry,

[@Rellj16]

I LOVED that you were repeating everything they were saying. It's a sign of you enjoying the movie! Made me smile.

[@chrisbutterfield8743]

Where Jennifer Anniston gets out of the car after their fight is right behind my first apartment in Austin. Further all the driving shots except for the traffic scene in the beginning were filmed driving north and south on Metric Blvd in Austin. Also, so much of this movie is so accurate if you work in (or have) cubical world.

[@erictaylor5462]

5:00 I worked as a welder, and I have worked with so many guys that are exactly like this guy. And I agree with him. If you had said, "...Case of the Mondays." where I worked, you would get your ass kicked.

[@Rio..o7..]

"...F**ckin' ey!"

[@ziggystardog]

Went to school for welding with a bunch of young guys (and gals) like him. Took me a while to realize half the class was going out getting stoned before lab.

[@philiom7724]

@@ziggystardog lol. how were their welds?

[@ziggystardog]

@@philiom7724 most were better than mine at the time. The problem was prep and fit up etc. The tip-off was helping a gal beveling coupons and realizing there wasn’t any wrong with the cutting “robot”, she was just too stoned to work it. The giggling should have been a clue, lol. As long as they had an assistant doing all that, or waited to smoke a bowl before the actual welding part, they mostly made good looking welds. Being relaxed helped I guess.

[@dmagyo6631]

“Well at least I never slept with lumberg” 😂😂😂

[@Fibonacci64]

It gets even better with multiple viewings. Never get tired of this.

[@brichan1851]

You have quickly become one of my favorite KZbin channels. Thank you so much.

[@donotevenbegintocare]

Office Space is my favorite documentary on office jobs

[@maryrichardson1318]

My son in law had a coworker who applied for and got a job at another company. However, he did not give notice at the original company. He no longer showed up, but kept drawing a pay check. He finally gave his notice about 3 months later, when he realized the new job was much better. Nobody noticed he wasn't doing any real work for those 3 months!

[@pink7930]

"Okay, I'll stop repeating everything they say" Your going to find this is going to be an ongoing problem.

[@Thespian6969]

Office Space is one of the best satires of all time. It nails contemporary business processes and reactions to a tee! It's what The Office wishes it could be.

[@NataliePine]

The British Office did a pretty good job too

[@hopeyouguess9850]

When I was in the Navy, we used to joke that this was the most accurate production about military life that Ron Livingston ever acted in.

[@GD-tt6hl]

then you saw Down Periscope

[@hopeyouguess9850]

@@GD-tt6hl I don't think Ron Livingston was in Down Periscope... and the sailors in that movie were WAY too happy to be actual sailors. Especially for submariners. :D

[@mcgilj1]

@@hopeyouguess9850 they were whacking it on their bunks with a warm cup of lard.. What's to hate? Lol

[@kpag3030]

The flare on her uniform gives me so many memories from TGI Fridays when I worked there pretty much around the same time as this movie. This whole movie is so perfect.

[@17thknight]

This movie gives everyone work PTSD, I loved that you identified with Jennifer Aniston's character. When I first saw it I was in the Navy and I counted the bosses I had on my submarine and it was actually 7. I had 7 bosses. And we had TPS reports.

[@lethaldose2000]

NIce. Even the Navy has a messed up manager Hierarchy.

[@extantsanity]

Nice, same! SSBNs here. Definitely know that pain.

[@extantsanity]

@@lethaldose2000 The Navy _invented_ messed up manager hierarchy. In all the military sea/trade/rate schools around the country, they assign students to be at any given location for longer than the required period of schooling, in order to get manual labor out of them. And you clean for time, not by results. So it doesn't behoove you to strategize, prioritize, or coordinate when attacking the dust bunnies. One time, after my ETMS school had ended, a bunch of us had lined ourselves up along the whiteboards, absently over-cleaning the boards in the wax-on/wax-off style, in order to pass the time and shoot the breeze. Our senior chief walks in and gets pissed off. He says, "Why does it take 5 people to clean a whiteboard?" I proudly responded, "It's called _efficiency,_ Senior Chief! I _learned it from the Navy!"_ He stormed out. A minute later, the class leader walks in, bemoaning the fact that he had been told to whip the class into shape. He said, "Senior Chief said something about not having 5 guys cleaning a board...?" We all looked at each other and giggled like school girls, because the man had now involved a 7th person. Couldn't have scripted it any better.

[@Wyrmshadow]

the fuck IS a TPS report???

[@Potbelly76]

Did you get the memo though?

[@robwagnon6578]

I am so with you on this. There are not a lot of movies out there with this kind of subtle humor anymore. they usually take it too far or as they say, over the top!!

[@lethaldose2000]

Uh, yeaaaaaaah, I'm gonna go ahead and need you to upload more great movie reactions. Okay, thanks CAssie. And insert the manager backslap.

[@andymullarx6365]

I was happy Gary Cole got this role (the boss). He was a dramatic actor before this mostly known for his great portrayal in Fatal Vision. He's a humble guy that went from a bartender in Chicagoland to a movie actor and he never took that break for granted.

[@magnusengeseth5060]

Your reaction to Peter's incredible immaturity at 19:25 is just perfect with your deadpan delivery.

[@jkhristian]

This movie is a perfect time capsule of the 90's. I worked for a tech company in '99. An internet startup. It was very much like this. It started out very loose and became more corporate as time went on. I think people wanted to come to work in the beginning but as it became more corporate we all became more like Peter.

[@bobapjok4241]

Peter does exactly what all of us office workers wish we could do

[@undergroundwarrior70]

Yup. This movie does bring back some memories when I use to work in the Aerospace Industry in the early 80's into the late 80's, and in the Telecommunications Industry from the late 90's and after one month shy of 9/11, that's when I was laid off and so was my supervisor. He was the best supervisor I ever had. When I was working in the Aerospace Industry during the mid 80's I had a supervisor who was somewhat like Bill Lumbergh. He even kind of looked like him. He played it off like a nice guy, but he was quick to stab you in the back when least expected. A real A-hole.

[@Wungolioth]

I love how all the company names sound like invasive medical procedures.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

InvaMedProc

[@ryanhampson673]

Although this is a movie about an office, this is probably the best non-military movie describing how the military operates and works with a command structure..."I have 8 different bosses!!'

[@JangTheKim]

If you have time, re-watch it. You will pick up on more hilarious little details like how Lumburg wears a belt and suspenders at the same time. This movie is genius. Such a great watch that is extremely rewatchable.

[@mohammedashian8094]

For some reason that made me remember that fat guy in once upon a time in the west that Henry Fonda’s character heckles for wearing a belt and suspenders at the same time

[@wannabecriminalman]

"Okay, I'll stop repeating everything they say" -Said no Office Space fan ever.

[@ScottFree4all]

This movie was filmed in my home town of Austin TX. I love seeing all the familiar places. The movie still makes me laugh uncontrollably.

[@autumnatic]

Also in my hometown Dallas area!

[@zimvader25]

Mike Judge is an Austinite. He's very familiar with the DFW are, too, which is why Lawrence mentions he's working out in Las Colinas and king of the hill's location is based on Garland.

[@markcain9312]

They film walking dead in my home town. I get a different feeling seeing spots around town that I just saw zombies on my TV screen there.

[@STOCKHOLM07]

The highway at the beginning is in Dallas. Having driven to work on it many times, I can relate.

[@zimvader25]

@@STOCKHOLM07 yeah it's a mix. I grew up in Dallas and currently live in Austin. The entire movie is home for me. First part is LBJ, off of the tollway. Westbound, i think. But the scene is mixed in with Peter's drive to work which is braker ln here in Austin.

[@tatlertom3090]

the merciless beating of the fax machine is a 100% original and classic movie moment. movie is full of greatness. i remember when it came out. instant cult classic. first scene in traffic is side splitting...

[@EnigmaticPenguin]

Yeaaaah, hi. It's your comment section. I'm going to need you to go ahead and upload every day this week. Oh and hey, if you could upload all weekend too, that would be great. Bye.

[@markmac2206]

mmmmkay.

[@kevinb314]

Yeaaa if you could just have that notification on my computer, by 5, that would be Greeaaatt

[@SGIABC]

I just wanted to say, you are glowing in this reaction and such a happy camper. We need more light-hearted, down to earth women like you in this world. Such a beautiful personality. Really have enjoyed bingeing your reactions. Thanks for sharing.

[@fajenthygia5760]

Cassie: "I don't know who Michael Bolton is." An entire generation of straight men: "SUCCESS!!!"

[@Timmycoo]

The Lonely Island crew "NOO!"

[@testpattern23]

LOL

[@markmac2206]

exactly!

[@lalalarose8197]

What’s wrong with Michael Bolton?

[@seanmackey8552]

@@lalalarose8197 Well, to start with , he's Michael Bolton.

[@haddow777]

For what was supposed to just be a funny and quirky comedy, the show resonated as it so closely depicted the American work culture. How people are treated and more how the managers are. How managers are given better money and have so much clout, yet their jobs many times boils down to petty bureaucracy and oppression. Also, how we are usually taught from when we were young that these were the golden jobs to aim for. The funniest thing for me personally, was how Lombard kept saying Mkay. I've known more than one person in positions of authority that would talk exactly like that. That same plodding pace and always using mkay. Drove me crazy every time. Thanks, that was fun.

[@JohnSmith-vm2jl]

I work in a semiconductor foundry, making computer chips for medical equipment. We have a relatively new resist spinner, that occasionally has to be rebooted. 99% of the time it's fine after the reboot. Rarely.... very rarely...it comes up with a "PC Load letter" error and I nearly wet myself laughing, every time. Someone put it in on purpose, to pay homage to the movie.

[@chrisofstars]

We have a printer at work that is always whining it "needs new drum" even after you replace it with a brand new drum and it always reminds me of PC Load Letter 😅

[@crescentfreshbret]

This movie was written and directed by Mike Judge, the guy who gave us Beavis & Butthead and King of the Hill. It was his first venture into non-animated fare. He also played Joanna’s supervisor- the guy who’s always hassling her about her flair

[@wheresatari668]

First time I saw this that copy machine scene had me in tears laughing. Just the pure elation of being rid of it and the pure hate in their actions and how they had to drag dude away was perfect😂 It was acted superbly.

[@NarwahlGaming]

The best part is; someone pointed out a few years ago that with that model "PC Loadletter" means the letterhead tray was out of paper. An easy fix. 😂

[@ji3194]

When I worked at a Sprint Cellphone call center in the early 00s I watched this movie almost weekly to mentally survive lol I recommended to everyone that I could that worked there

[@Phi1618033]

Fun Fact: Stan the manager? That's Mike Judge, the writer and director of the film.

[@masamune2984]

He’s the Stanager. (I’m sorry.)

[@otisalmato]

The Michael Bolton jokes are one of the funniest gag in this movie. As much as Michael being annoyed for always been asked about his name, in the 90s Michael Bolton songs are everywhere. And honestly I remembered I was annoyed been listen to them every. where. I went.

[@dwandeanda8927]

Fun fact: the red stapler was invented in that color because of this movie. Before then they did not come in red.

[@hisholiness4537]

Is this true?

[@dwandeanda8927]

@@hisholiness4537 yep. You can look it up. They didn't offer a red color until this movie

[@MessoriusPrime]

I bought one of these and showed it to our HR guy the next morning. He took one look at it and shrieked no, lol. First and last cool HR guy I’ve ever met.

[@vinnynj78]

Don't tell Milton, but I happen to have one on my desk right now

[@brianquinn8384]

Yeah, I’m just gonna go ahead and get that from you, OK?

[@fgrady1]

Ann’s boss telling her to wear more flair? That’s the film’s maker, Mike Judge. He’s also responsible for making King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead!

[@scanau1]

Love this movie! 😂 Thanks for the great reaction! "Two chicks at the same time" LOL Lawrence is awesome!

[@Britcarjunkie]

I worked in the airline business for 15 years, and I absolutely hated the last 4-5 of them! The first time I saw this, I could sooooooo relate to Livinston's character. I got to the point where I was all set to quit because it was a union shop/the union didn't care about us, and it appeared the company was about to bust the union, and farm out the whole operation, because we had been working for 4 years with no contract! Well, they came up with a 2-year contract that offered early retirements and buyouts: I took a buyout, and became a truck driver. Been doing that for 21 years now, own my own truck, do my own thing, and I'm happy. Oh - 10 years later, that airline DID finally bust the union, and farm out all the jobs to a contractor. Yup, one of the best films ever made.

[@itsnotme07]

I worked at a place that had a cube farm like this when Office Space came out. With exception for the 8 bosses and the printer that didn't want to work, and the drug stuff, and no Nina in Corporate Accounting....LOL This was my life back then. This movie was also shot in the Austin and Dallas areas, and I am in the Dallas area still. HAha.

[@Jumpman67]

Oh wow. This is a classic! Glad you guys can't see my "O face" right now.

[@RoGueNavy]

This was filmed in Austin....and the traffic they showed is actually pretty light. I've had tines when I sat in traffic on I-35 without moving for 4 hours.

[@markpstapley]

I love the printer smack down... The music is just so perfect.

[@onemondaynight]

My absolute favorite scene, and yes, the choice of music was spot on!

[@peterseaboldt1250]

That scene is so relatable to so many of us because many work environments, office or otherwise, end up having that one inanimate object that somehow takes on a life of its own, becoming an object of pure hatred.

[@brucechmiel7964]

Have you seen the Family Guy parody of that scene?

[@markpstapley]

@@brucechmiel7964 I have now... kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3W5eXSDq5eMoaM ... F**k**g aye!

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I worked in an office environment like that in the 90s and it was JUST LIKE THAT. We even had the consultants come through to evaluate what everybody did there. The weird smelly guy that kept to himself, the obnoxious boss who's job only appeared to be to walk around and annoy the fuck out of everybody, the co-workers you spent more time around than anybody else in your life, having to wear that shirt and tie everyday. Yeah, it was, great

[@thebeardedsquirt3711]

Question 1: "What is Initech?" Answer: A stand in for any soulless corporation in which people surrender individuality and toil away their lives in exchange for the money they need to survive Question 2:"And why is it so miserable?" Answer: Refer to Question 1.

[@altoid1804]

"Building Better Worlds."

[@peterseaboldt1250]

And the few employees who APPEAR to be happy are likely just living in some self-imposed purgatory, pretending to be in some far away place where they aren't trading their souls for a few extra bucks to get by.

[@longshot7590]

This was filmed here in Austin and it is a cult classic for everyone who works or worked in a place like this. I swear I lived on an Apartment on the other side of Lawrence's! Glad you laughed all the way through- its a Gem of a low budget movie that I will always reference with my older workmates. Whenever "consultants" come into my large corporate employer to do work we always refer to them as "The Bobs" 😂😂😂

[@amitychief3061]

So awesome that she liked it! It seems to be hit or miss with a lot of people. I worked as an engineer for a large company for 30 years and I have to say that this movie is so spot on that it makes you feel better. That is what is life changing about it. I had to endure every indignity that is portrayed in this film. My favorite quotes "Engineers are not good at dealing with customers" , "What would you say you do here", and of course someone already mentioned the best one, “It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that I just don’t care.” Mike Judge is an absolute genius when it comes to creating archetype characters, I have worked with Michael, Samir, Milton, Tom Smykowsky and Drew, and unfortunately reported to a few Lumberghs in my time.

[@badbiker666]

This movie is the National Anthem for cubicle workers. I worked in an office. It looked EXACTLY like the one at Inetech; stupid ass banner and all. I left that job in 2007. That's 15 years ago and I still have nightmares. Unlike Peter, I actually liked my job. But if I could have done it from home and not gone into that horrible office I would have been very happy. We were actually starting to talk about telecommuting when the economy shifted and my department was eliminated. I got a job in the same company but a different department AND, most importantly, out of the office. I was able to move my family 1500 miles to a nicer place in the USA and work from home at that! Sometimes I put in a full day's work while sitting by the pool! Occasionally I even got to travel on the company dime, in a company car. My kids were happier, my wife was WAAAAY happier. Life was good. Of course, nothing lasts forever, and six years later I got sick and I lost that job. I am now semi-retired. I have my own business, set my own hours, and work only on days I feel like it. Some days I do ... nothing. I have achieved Peter Gibbons dream.

[@Timmah73]

It's been 22 years and this movie is still accurate about the BS you have to deal with in an office. Honestly the attitude of doing just enough work to not get fried is the way to go. Unless it's your name over the door what are YOU getting out all that stress and time spent?

[@jgood005]

Exactly right! And even if they do have some sort of an annual bonus, it's made up of 47 obscure metrics that are all weighted differently and get tweaked by some MBA every quarter. It's not like working hard = more money, if anything the opposite is true!

[@NarwahlGaming]

I did what Peter does at the end. I got an outdoors job and haven't been happier.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

​@@jgood005Oftentimes, working hard gets you more work in your inbox! And doesn't save you from being laid off.

[@rodsimpson518]

When I worked at IBM we actually watched this movie at work one day and it was like watching a day at work. It was so much like IBM people would look at the bosses before laughing at parts of the movie.

[@etxkevin7452]

Yesss office space!!! Then do Idiocracy after this one 😜😜😜

[@louisferdinandceline3016]

I didn't know she reacted to documentaries...

[@tonysmith5504]

That’s a funny movie

[@etxkevin7452]

@@mem1701movies Yeah, but she's a Starbucks after marriage type of girl.

[@BruGaleen]

Idiocracy and Office Space are linked together in my mind for some odd reason, like you need to see both of them or you're missing out. She definitely needs to see Idiocracy now. :)

[@mintyfresh3533]

@@BruGaleen Well, they were both written and directed by Mike Judge. Seems reasonable.

[@Narsil31]

This is the best satirical comedy ever made. It's nothing short of epic. The scene where they destroy the printer is the best part.

[@vinnydaq13]

Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta!!😂

[@Mauther]

When this movie came out, it hit me really hard because it felt like it was targeted right at me. The very first opening shot of highway traffic is westbound 635 in Dallas, just past the North Dallas Tolllway and the exit to Midway Rd. I know this because when the movie came out, I had this same commute to this exact exit, where I worked at a software company with a complete ambiguous name with "Tech" snapped to the end. Where I had a boss who was essentially Lumberg with his passive aggressive over-management style and suspenders. Where all communication was by all office meetings and memos. We even had an ongoing struggle with coversheets for faxes. Only difference was I was hardware instead of software. When this movie came out, it felt like it was aimed right at me. It took me about a decade to reach Peter's point, but several years later I reached a point where I stopped giving a f^%k. My coworkers called it going Office Space.

[@gregall2178]

Been there, done that. I don't remember when exactly I first saw this movie, but so many of the scenarios mimicked the company I worked for... even down to the 'flair' crap. In one conference call I was called out about one of my performance #'s... The boss asked my numbers weren't higher... I answered "I guess I haven't figured out how to fudge the numbers" :-p ...and of course after the meeting I checked the number he was asking about... and I was on target. I guess they expected us to exceed expectations :-p. I also remember one office meeting after 2/3 of the field staff had been laid off and the guy running it expected us to be full of enthusiasm... geez.

[@jeffreiland7463]

Mauther I was self employed from 1982 to 1997. Basically a 1 person operation. I lost some clients in 1998 and had to close shop. In 1999 I re-entered the traditional workplace in an office environment. My God! What a change. Robots managing robots. Had to get out and did.--- This movie made my stomach churn.

[@timhonigs6859]

I had a similar experience, but instead of Office Space, it was Waiting, with a young Ryan Reynolds. All those same similarities that you had from Office Space, restaurant workers (front or back of house) have the same resonance. (Mind you, not the gross stuff, but the drinking, partying, and just bad jokes) On a cook's first day, we would hand off a DVD of Waiting, and tell them a quiz would be due later. Worst part, was I was a sous chef at the time, so a "kinda" manager. Lol.

[@cbalan777]

@@timhonigs6859 For me it was 500 Days of Summer. I was sure they had based that movie off my life the first time I saw it, but apparently the same thing happens to lots of guys.

[@timhonigs6859]

@@cbalan777 it's the reason these type of movies are still being watched and loved. WAY too much realism and facts about lousy work exp. going into them!

[@spacemanspiff3052]

This movie came out when I started my professional career. It was so true then and still true now. That may seem pretty sad, but this film helped in seeing the humor in office tedium and appreciate the important things, friends, travel, family, and hobbies. So glad you liked it and it help lift your own spirits!

[@bracejuice7955]

Whenever I use coarse salt I whisper to myself “salt...big GRAINS of salt”

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

When I first saw this movie, I didn't see the humor in it. Viewed it years later after spending 20 plus years working for one of the largest corporations in the world, and nodded my head and was like "Yup!" quite a bit. Was able to enjoy it much more then.

[@davidbennett1357]

This movie resonates with me on SO many different levels! Cassie, I am happy that you enjoyed it! My friends and I still quote lines from this film some 25 years later…..

[@Mikael_Puusaari]

There was a study about the "landscape office" builds that u mean(instead of cubicles), most people thinks it is a great concept, the same study showed that people working in such builds are the least happy/satisfied while at work :D "Could u have a more irritating attitude... mmmmkay?" :D

[@476429]

It's life-changing for me because it reminds me of the work environment I never want to return to.

[@2104dogface]

Back in 2017 i was working on a movie as the Military Consultant and Ron Livingston was on set for 3 days so got to talk with him mostly about Band of Brothers, (as we both had meet Maj. Winter's and tried to out drink Wild Bill/Babe ect) but i did try to find a crappy printer and a baseball bat just so we could smash it. wicked down to earth guy easy to talk with wish we had more time then

[@Mexishark909]

You're reactions crack me up. I have a best friend named Maggie. She lives in Newport beach CA and is the super stereotypical blonde, Rom Coms Yoga beach and Disneyland. LOL I used to try to get her to watch regular or more movies with me but I always get the "Ewww No!" And we end up watching Disney or some romance comedies. Most of your reactions are me thinking this is how Maggie would react if she paid attention longer than "this is dumb lets watch something else" lol You're great!

[@martinboyle9163]

I love this movie. "Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately..." "I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob..." LOL! Best to you-

[@iChristyD]

Stephen Root (Milton) is in almost every movie made I swear! He’s the hardest working actor ever if you look at his IMDb pages. This one and his character from News Radio (Jimmy James) are my favorites.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

He played a Klingon in Star Trek!

[@doghousereilly3795]

He and Ron Livingston were both in Boardwalk Empire. Didn't meet on screen, but still...

[@gary7305]

So many of my favorite actors. Steven Root (Milton), Gary Cole ( Lumberg), Ron Livingston (Peter) and on and on. Amazing movie. One of my all time favorites.

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

When you're having fun, I'm having fun. Great reaction!

[@whoarocket]

When people say "changed their life", I think it's meaning more like changing some things that you think of as you go through work situations, and adding famous phrases that people start using. When we have a relaxing weekend without a lot of business and commitments, my wife and I still sometimes say, "I did nothing. And it was everything I hoped it would be."

[@abeclark524]

"These guys need to punch something". So prophetic.