The “P.C. Load Letter” scene was not scripted. David Herman had more lines to say to Ron Livingston, but he was interrupted by the photocopier jamming and didn’t understand what the error message meant.
A scene was cut from the film which showed Lumbergh reacting angrily to his Porsche getting towed. Gary Cole said he was glad the scene was taken out because he felt the Lumbergh character needed to remain at the same emotional state at all times.
When the cast had learned that the film was likely to be changed to a PG-13 rating, they started dropping frequent F-Bombs in scenes to make it harder for that to happen.
One of the promotions for this film invited people in certain cities to watch and participate in the bashing of office equipment. There was also an Internet campaign that linked to a website where people could expose their bad bosses.
Ajay Naidu improvised the moment when he breakdances in Peter’s apartment, since he had been breakdancing with friends in his downtime while shooting the film. His dance move is like a freespin.
Paul Willson ad-libbed the “Naga, Naga, not gonna work here anymore” line.
In addition to the red Swingline stapler, which became a reality, some fans of the film created their own “Jump to Conclusions” game mat.
During the famous smashing of the copier scene, Peter never actually strikes the device.
The cars all have fictitious generic U.S. license plates which avoid naming a specific state.
Mike Judge said he got the idea of smashing the printer during his frustrations in writing the screenplay for Beavis and Butt-Head Do America .
Jennifer Aniston shot her scenes in two weeks.
Peter and his neighbor Lawrence live in “Morningwood” Apartments. The name can be seen early in the film when Peter drives home after work.
Number of sugar packets Michael Bolton adds to his coffee: five.
As of October 2018, the term “@$$-clown” was officially entered in Webster’s Dictionary, crediting writer Mike Judge for first using it in “Office Space.”
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