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ALL RIGHT SO WHEN THE SUBROUTINE COMPOUNDS THE INTERESTIT USES ALL THESE EXTRA DECIMAL PLACES THAT JUST GET ROUNDED OFFSO WE SIMPLIFIED THE WHOLE THINGAND WE JUST WE ROUND 'EM ALL DOWN AND DROP THE
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Office Space

Well those are whole pennies, right? I'm just talking about fractions of a penny here. But...

Peter Gibbons:
Alright so when the sub routine compounds the interest is uses all these extra decimal places that just get rounded off. So we simplified the whole thing, we rounded them all down, drop the remainder into an account we opened.Joanna: So you're stealing?Peter Gibbons:Ah no, you don't understand. It's very complicated. It's uh it's aggregate, so I'm talking about fractions of a penny here. And over time they add up to a lot.Joanna:Oh okay. So you're gonna be making a lot of money, right?Peter Gibbons:Yeah.Joanna:Right. It's not yours?Peter Gibbons:Well it becomes ours.Joanna:How is that not stealing?Peter Gibbons: I don't think I'm explaining this very well.Joanna:Okay.Peter Gibbons:Um... the 7-11. You take a penny From the tray, right?Joanna:From the cripple children?Peter Gibbons:No that's the jar. I'm talking about the tray. You know the pennies that are for everybody?Joanna:Oh for everybody. Okay.Peter Gibbons:Well those are whole pennies, right? I'm just talking about fractions of a penny here. But we do it from a much bigger tray and we do it a couple a million times

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ALL RIGHT SO WHEN THE SUBROUTINE COMPOUNDS THE INTEREST
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IT USES ALL THESE EXTRA DECIMAL PLACES THAT JUST GET ROUNDED OFF
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SO WE SIMPLIFIED THE WHOLE THING
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AND WE JUST WE ROUND 'EM ALL DOWN AND DROP THE REMAINDER
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INTO AN ACCOUNT THAT WE OPENED
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SO YOU'RE STEALING
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UH NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
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IT'S UH IT'S VERY COMPLICATED
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IT'S UH IT'S AGGREGATE SO I'M TALKING ABOUT FRACTIONS OF A PENNY HERE
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AND UH OVER TIME THEY ADD UP TO A LOT
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OH OKAY SO YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT
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YEAH RIGHT THAT'S NOT YOURS
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UH WELL IT BECOMES OURS HOW IS THAT NOT STEALING
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I DON'T THINK UH I DON'T THINK THAT I'M EXPLAINING THIS VERY WELL
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UM THE 7 ELEVEN RIGHT MM HMM
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YOU'D TAKE A PENNY FROM THE TRAY
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FROM THE CRIPPLED CHILDREN NO THAT'S THE JAR I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TRAY
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THE YOU KNOW THE PENNIES FOR EVERYBODY
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OH FOR EVERYBOD OKAY
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YEAH WELL THOSE ARE WHOLE PENNIES ALL RIGHT
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I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT FRACTIONS OF A PENNY HERE
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BUT WE DO IT FROM A MUCH BIGGER TRAY A COUPLE OF MILLION TIMES
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Duration
71 seconds
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1,398
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:55
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2026
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20th Century Fox

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Movie Summary

Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

Actors

Ron Livingston
Peter Gibbons