Eight bosses. So that means that when I make a mistake I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it.

— Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston)

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9 seconds sound clip from the Office Space movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:36:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's a problem of motivation, all right?

- Now, if I work my ass off and Initech ships a dew extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation?

- And here's something else, Bob.

- I have eight different bosses right now.

- I beg your pardon?

- Eight bosses. So that means that 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, that'll only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.

- Would you bear with me for just a second, please?

- Okay. (6)

[...]

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