# Question about Office Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755 "2005-02-18T18:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/1 "2005-02-18T18:09:01Z")
There’s a scene in _Office Space_ that looks like it may have been lifted from another movie. It’s the scene where they kick the crap out of the printer. Is this a reference to something, or does it just seem that way? If you don’t know, feel free to post your favorite line from that movie. Face it, you were going to anyway. I’ll start: “PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/2 "2005-02-18T18:21:11Z")
I don’t think it is a reference to another movie. Just a take on the white gollar guys giving a “gangsta beatdown” on a printer. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/3 "2005-02-18T18:23:07Z")
whoops forrgot the quote: “No way. Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.” ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/4 "2005-02-18T18:25:35Z")
Any movie that invents the phrase “No-talent Ass Clown” is all right in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/5 "2005-02-18T18:41:47Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > There’s a scene in _Office Space_ that looks like it may have been lifted from another movie. It’s the scene where they kick the crap out of the printer. Is this a reference to something, or does it just seem that way? My memories are hazy, but don’t they do a kind of slo mo, ‘King of the Apes’ Kubrick 2001 thing, beating on the printer parts, instead of bones? Maybe I’m just imagining it, cuz it could be a cool scene. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/6 "2005-02-18T18:49:03Z")
I always thought it was some sort of mafia spoof. “You mean besides two chicks at the same time?” ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/7 "2005-02-18T19:52:18Z")
“You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair – that they made the Jews wear.” ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/8 "2005-02-18T20:41:47Z")
“…we fixed the glitch.” ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/9 "2005-02-18T20:53:19Z")
Yeah, right, so if you could just DO that, that would greeeeeat mmkay? Bye bye. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/10 "2005-02-18T21:00:53Z")
“What would you say… you _do_ here, exactly?” “I don’t like work; I’m not gonna go anymore” “You mean you’re going to quit?” “No, I’m just not gonna go anymore” “Didn’t you get the memo?” ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/11 "2005-02-18T21:08:35Z")
“I believe you have my stapler.” (Can’t beleive I’m the first one to use that) Also from Milton “Last time we had cake, I did not get a piece of cake and I was promised that next time I would get a piece of cake.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarface\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Scarface\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarface_Z)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/12 "2005-02-18T21:27:55Z")
Doesn’t Joe Pesci get bludgeoned to death in a cornfield with a baseball bat in “The Goodfellas”? ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/13 "2005-02-18T21:46:15Z")
No. In the movie Goodfellas, the character played by Joe Pesciis shot in the head as retribution for his role in killing a ‘made man’. Pesci was lured to the scene by the promise that he was about to be ‘made’. The man Pesci killed, with the assistance of de Niro and Liotta, was first beaten in a bar, placed in the trunk of a car, driven to a remote area, stabbed and shot, and then dismembered and buried. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/14 "2005-02-18T21:46:46Z")
> [@Scarface Z](#): > > Doesn’t Joe Pesci get bludgeoned to death in a cornfield with a baseball bat in “The Goodfellas”? “Ooh, uh, yeah. I’m going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there.” It was _Casino_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/15 "2005-02-18T21:53:18Z")
“Well, I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’m _missing_ it, Bob.” Hearty laughs all around. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/16 "2005-02-18T22:18:45Z")
Peter "t’s a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don’t see another dime, so where’s the motivation? And here’s another thing, I have eight different bosses right now. " Bob “Eight?” Peter "Eight, Bob. So that means when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. 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. " Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/17 "2005-02-18T22:20:38Z")
> [@Airblairxxx](#): > > Any movie that invents the phrase “No-talent Ass Clown” is all right in my book. In context–even better… Michael - There was nothing wrong with it… until I was about 12 years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys. Samir - Hmm… well why don’t you just go by Mike instead of Michael? Michael - No way. Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/18 "2005-02-18T22:29:02Z")
“Yeah, I get that feeling too, man. Like she’s the kind of chick that would just…mmm…” [sub]I might be misremembering the line a bit - been awhile since I watched it.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RitzyRae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RitzyRae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitzyRae)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/19 "2005-02-18T22:34:41Z")
“Hey, Peter-man! Check out Channel 9, it’s the breast exam!” ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755/20 "2005-02-18T23:01:09Z")
Tom: It’s a “Jump to Conclusions Mat”. You see, you have this mat, with different Conclusions written on it that you could Jump To. Michael: That is the worst idea I’ve ever heard. Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea. Peter: Before we go any further, all right, we have to swear to God, Allah, that nobody knows about this, all right? No family members, no girlfriends, nobody. Samir: Of course. Michael: Agreed Lawrence: (through the wall) Don’t worry man. I won’t tell anyone about this either. Michael: Who the fuck is that? Peter: Uh, don’t worry about him. He’s cool. Joanna: How dare you judge me? Look at you. You’re just some penny-stealing… criminal… man. Peter: Well that may be, but at least I never slept with Lumbergh. Michael: If we get caught, we’re not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We’re going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison. Samir: I don’t want to go to ANY prison! Bob: We’ll be getting rid of these people here… First, Mr. Samir Naga… Naga… Naga… Not gonna work here anymore, anyway. Lawyer: You know, minimum security prison is no picnic. I had a client in there once. He said the trick is kick someone’s ass the first day, or become somebody’s bitch. Then everything will be alright. Peter: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you’re not feelin’ real well, does anyone ever say to you, ‘Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays’? Lawrence: No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you’d get your ass kicked sayin’ something like that, man. Samir: In… in these conjugal visits, you can have sex with women? Peter: Yep, you sure can. Samir: OK, I’ll do it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-office-space/290755.md?page=2)