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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by yakshaving_jgt on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:31AM (#19093619)
> Another commenter put forth a figure of $300/month/person. That’s less than the cost of those shiny new MacBooks seemingly everyone in SF carries around.

…But nobody is buying a new MacBook every quarter.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by CamperBob2 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:10AM (#19093771)
If valued employees needed a new MacBook every quarter, the company would find a way to make it happen. For some reason I've never understood, that doesn't apply to office space.
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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by mulmen on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:44AM (#19094126)
Valued employees also get offices if they want. It's the plebians that get stuck in open offices with four year old HP laptops with busted fans.
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