A scene from Office Space 1999
Peter Gibbons

You see, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

Bob Porter

Don't...don't care?

Peter Gibbons

It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's another thing, I have eight different bosses right now.

Bob Porter

Eight?

Peter Gibbons

Eight, Bob. So that means 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, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.

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