We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.
10 seconds sound clip from the Office Space movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:45:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- You're gonna lay off Samir and Michael?
- It's standard operating procedure.
- This is a big promotion, Pete.
- So you're going to fire Michael and Samir and you're going to give me more money?
- Hmm?
- Wow!
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