What is the movie office space about?

Answer 1

Dallas Tx, 1999. Peter Gibbons is a disgruntled programmer who spends his days "staring at [his] desk" instead of reprogramming bank software for the Y2K Disaster. His co-workers include Samir Nagheenanajar whose last name cannot be pronounced correctly by anybody else; Michael Bolton, who detests having the same name as the famous singer whom he hates; and Milton Waddams, a meek, fixated collater who constantly mumbles to himself (most notably about his workmates borrowing his favorite red Swingline stapler). All four are repeatedly bullied by management, especially Initech's callous vice president, Bill Lumbergh. The staff are agitated by the arrival of two consultants informally known as "The Bobs," since they share the same first name, who are brought in to help with cutting expenses, mainly through downsizing. Peter is depressed, bored and pushed around at work, and fears that he may be on the Bobs' downsizing list. He attends an occupational hypnotherapy session urged upon him by his girlfriend Anne. The obese occupational hypnotherapist Dr. Swanson, suddenly dies of a heart attack before he can snap Peter out of a state of complete relaxation. The newly relaxed and still half-hypnotized Peter wakes up the next morning and ignores continued calls from Anne (who leaves him) and Lumbergh (who was expecting Peter to work over the weekend). Peter announces that he will simply not go to work anymore, instead pursuing his lifelong dream of "doing nothing," and asks out Joanna, a waitress who shares Peter's loathing of idiotic management and love of the television program Kung Fu. Peter then begins removing items at work that exemplify his unhappiness. After removing inspirational banners, a wall of his cubicle that blocks his view, and taking Lumbergh's parking spot, and despite Peter's poor attendance record, laziness and refusel to follow orders at work, he is promoted by the Bobs while Michael and Samir are fired. To exact revenge on Initech, the three friends decide to infect the accounting system with a computer virus designed to divert fractions of pennies into a bank account they control. A misplaced decimal point causes the virus to steal over $300,000 in the first few days, a far more conspicuous loss to Initech. After a crisis of conscience and an argument with Joanna, Peter writes a letter in which he takes all the blame for the crime, then slips an envelope containing the letter and the money under the door of Lumbergh's office late one night. He fully expects to be arrested the next morning, but his problem solves itself when Milton, after getting his stapler taken away by Lumbergh, being increasingly ignored, and having to move to the cockroach-infested basement, finally snaps and sets fire to the Initech office building (having warned several times throughout the film that he would). Peter finally finds a job that he likes: working in construction with his next-door neighbor Lawrence and hauling away rubble from the fire. Samir and Michael get jobs at Initrode, a rival company. While cleaning up the debris, Peter finds Milton's stapler and keeps it, saying "I think I know someone who might want this". Milton has made his way to a resort in Mexico, living well off the $300,000 that he found in Lumbergh's office before setting the building on fire. Milton continues mumbling after being served his drink with salt after ordering a Margarita specifically with no salt. Milton Waddams: [as the waiter walks away] "And yes, I won't be leaving a tip, 'cause I could... I could shut this whole resort down. Sir? I'll take my traveler's checks to a competing resort. I could write a letter to your board of tourism and I could have this place condemned. I could put... I could put... strychnine in the guacamole. There was salt on the glass, BIG grains of salt."

Answer 2

It's a business comedy about cubicle dwellers. Written and directed by Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill).