tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37626088116074226022024-02-19T00:09:29.697-08:00Office SpaceDana Williehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875115642063286243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762608811607422602.post-30710682693581562372014-09-15T21:50:00.001-07:002014-09-15T21:50:19.835-07:00My Staff Appraisal <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It happens like clockwork. The custom of the evaluation. I see it approaching with the same sentiments as a turkey has while check off the days until Christmas. </div>
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My misery was lightened when I heard that my manager, Dave, had gotten a serious stomach bug which ought to have kept him at home for a couple of days. Nonetheless, Dave is a Company Man and, it appears to be, nothing as minor as a dodgy arse will keep him out of his adored office. </div>
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As it transformed out, Dave had unquestionably made it into the building, however not exactly into his dearest office. Indeed, he'd got the extent that the latrine. Second cubicle on the perfectly fine go in. </div>
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"Thus, Asym, how would you think the previous six months have been? Really great, or were there any issues?" </div>
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His voice resounded around the tiled dividers. I gazed at the cubicle entryway, then jumped as the resonances of rock falling into a pail of pea soup arrived at my ears. </div>
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"Urrgh, that is better. Sad about that." </div>
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"Yes, well, the previous six months have positively been extremely difficult, however " My painstakingly practiced and deliberately cautious discourse was hindered by a long and resonant baritone impact. From over the cubicle entryway came a tan haze of harmful exhaust. </div>
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"Ahem. Excuse me. You were stating?" </div>
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I was reasonably certain that my nasal hairs were dropping out. I dragged a hanky from my pocket and stuck it over my nose. "Maybe we ought to do this an alternate day?" I proposed, in a suppressed voice. </div>
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"No, better to accomplish it now. Moreover, I'm completely busy for whatever remains of the week with executive gatherings." </div>
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Executive gatherings? Ridiculous damnation. The mental pictures forced into my brain. </div>
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"Actually, might we get on? We've an alternate few dozen inquiries to get past, you know." He finished on a somewhat denouncing tone, which was balanced by another course of rock, a genuine of moving sprinkles and afterward a parping clamor that may have been made by a journey liner leaving Southampton Docks. </div>
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I needed to act quick, before I passed out. I opened the entryway then let it hammer, hard. "What's that? The servers have all slammed? My God! That is horrible!" </div>
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"What's happening out there?" Dave called from inside his cubicle. </div>
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"There's been a real server crash, the entire system is down and I truly need to go and sort it out some time recently, er, before the building bursts into flames. Sorry Dave, we'll need to re-plan, alright?" </div>
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I didn't hold up for an answer, I got out while I was still equipped for development. </div>
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Dana Williehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875115642063286243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762608811607422602.post-39130435654745088442014-01-20T03:12:00.004-08:002014-01-20T03:12:51.365-08:00Peter Gibbons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gibbons, a discontented programmer at Initech, spends his days "staring at
his desk" rather than really working. His co-workers include Samir
Nagheenanajar, who is irritated by the reality that nobody can pronounce his
last name properly; Michael Bolton, who loathes having the same name as the
famous singer, whom he hates; and Milton Waddams, a meek, fixated collator who
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Milton had actually been laid off years
earlier, though he was never informed and, due to a payroll computer glitch,
continues to receive regular paychecks. All four are constantly mistreated by
management, especially Initech's smarmy, callous vice president, Bill Lumbergh.
The staffs are further restless by the arrival of two consultants, Bob Slydell
and Bob Porter, who are brought in to assist the company through downsizing and
outsourcing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Peter's
girlfriend Anne persuades him to be present at an 'occupational hypnotherapy'
session, but the therapist, Dr. Swanson, dies of a heart attack right after
hypnotizing Peter. The newly relaxed Peter wakes up the next morning and
overlooks continued calls from Anne (who angrily leaves him and admits she's
been cheating, confirming his friends' suspicions) and Lumbergh (who was
expecting Peter to work over the weekend). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The following work day, Peter makes
a decision to play hooky and asks Joanna, a waitress at Chotchkie's (a parody
of T.G.I. Friday's), out to lunch. Joanna shares Peter's loathing of foolish
management and love of the television program Kung Fu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When Peter
lastly shows up at work, he ignores Initech's dress code, takes Lumbergh's
reserved parking spot, and declines to pursue Lumbergh's directions. He also gets
rid of items that irritate him, such as a door handle that frequently shocked
him and a cubicle wall that blocks his view out the window. The consultants,
however, make a decision to endorse him because of the positive impression he
makes on them with his frankness about the office's problems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Peter then finds
out that Michael and Samir's jobs will be eradicated, and the trio decide to
get even by infecting Initech's accounting system with a computer virus intended
to divert fractions of pennies into a bank account they control. They believe
the scheme will do well because the amounts are too small for Initech to
notice, while over time they will obtain a considerable amount of money. On
Michael and Samir's last day at Initech, Peter takes one last item: a
frequently-malfunctioning dot matrix, which the three beat to pieces in a
field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dismay, Peter finds out that a misplaced decimal point caused the virus to
steal $305,326.13 in the first few days, a far more obvious loss to Initech.
Haunted by the result, he admits to Joanna – who has lastly worked up the
courage to stand up to her boss and quit Chotchkie's – that the scheme was a
bad idea and that he plans to accept the blame for the crime. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He writes a
letter admitting everything, and then slips an envelope containing the letter
and the money (in unsigned traveler's checks) under the door of Lumbergh's
office late at night. The next morning, Milton – having been denied his
cherished red Swingline stapler by Lumbergh, forced to move to the cockroach-infected
basement, and having had his paychecks finally cut off – enters Lumbergh's
office to get back his stapler.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fully
expecting to be arrested upon arriving at work, Peter instead finds that his
problem has solved itself: the Initech building is fully surrounded in flames,
implying that Milton has finally made well on his quiet threats to demolish the
company for slighting him and that all evidence of the missing money was
destroyed. Peter lastly finds a job that he likes: doing construction work with
his next-door neighbor, Lawrence. As the two of them are cleaning up debris
from the fire, Lawrence finds out Milton's stapler. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Peter takes it, saying he
believes he knows someone who might want it. Samir and Michael drop by, and
offer to advise Peter for a job at Initech's rival, Intertrode, where they have
secured new jobs. Peter declines content with his new job and life. Meanwhile,
Milton lounges on the beach at a fancy Mexican resort, but he is still unhappy;
he is heard tongue-tied protests about his beverage and threatening to take his
traveler's checks (which he found in Lumbergh's office) to a competitor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Peter Gibbons is a disgruntled programmer at Initech. He
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software to be Y2K-compliant. His co-workers include Samir Nagheenanajar, who
is annoyed by the fact that nobody can pronounce his last name correctly;
Michael Bolton, who loathes having the same name as the famous singer, whom he
hates; and Milton Waddams, a meek, fixated collator who constantly mumbles to
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paychecks. All four are repeatedly bullied and harassed by management,
especially Initech's smarmy, callous vice president, Bill Lumbergh. The staff
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Peter begins removing items at work that annoy him (a door
handle that had shocked him on previous occasions, corporate slogan banners, a
wall of his cubicle that blocks his view of the windows) and parks in
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Dana Williehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875115642063286243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762608811607422602.post-8545978499656633532012-07-23T05:36:00.002-07:002012-07-23T05:36:34.591-07:00Office Space<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film satirizing work life in a typical 1990s software company. Written and directed by Mike Judge, it focuses on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs portrayed by Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader.<br />
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The film's sympathetic depiction of ordinary IT workers garnered a cult following within that field, but also addresses themes familiar to white collar employees in general.<br />
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Shot in Las Colinas and Austin, Texas, Office Space is based on Judge's Milton cartoon series. It was his first foray into live action film and second full length motion picture release.<br />
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The promotional campaign for Office Space featured the familiar Beavis and Butt-head tagline 'Work Sucks', reinforcing Judge's debut in the animated Beavis and Butt-head Do America.<br />
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While not a box office success, the film sold well on DVD and VHS, and has become recognized as a cult classic.</div>Dana Williehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875115642063286243noreply@blogger.com13