Real life "Office Space"

[shmokes]

Remember that scene in Office Space where the guy goes nuts on the fax machine?  He ain't got nothing on this guy:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=db1_1212454812

Here's some of it from another angle, in color, with audio:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f0e_1212516010

[BORIStheBLADE]

LOL, thats some funny $hit.

[mccoy178]

Is there an online story to go with it?  What a ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- that guy was to throw that monitor into that ladies face.  And even more so, the other guys just watching this guy break down.  I'm not sure how or why you wouldn't defend "your area" once that guy entered it and after he had hurt other coworkers.  It wasn't like he was a real tough guy.

[Jouster]

That biotch got tasered bro!

Jouster

[Blanka]

If Americans do not have "work-space police" like in Europe to deal with these inhabitable working environments, MAN must stand up to these evil jobs. 10 points for this guy, 1 lost though for throwing monitors at collegues.

Second thought, it is the new video-clip for Feist's "My Moon My Man".
The music ran along the clip on iTunes and is a perfect match.

[Ginsu Victim]

I wonder what country this is from, since I don't hear English being spoken.

If that was my workplace, he would've gotten as far as hitting the first guy. The monitor never would've got tossed....he would have.

Having been in a similar situation (except mine involved stopping an attempted murder), I don't tolerate that crap.

[shmokes]

I thought taser too, but I wasn't 100% sure.  I didn't actually see anyone with a taser, and the sound could have just been fabric ripping.

It sounds vaguely French to me, but I haven't listened closely to try to pick out any words.

[shardian]

At the very end, you see the guard stretch out with what appears to be a taser and give the guy one last jolt. I never saw the taser come out either, but that is definitely what the security guy hit him with at least at the end.

[Ginsu Victim]

Yeah, nothing else sounds like a taser.

Sizzle with a CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!!!

[Dartful Dodger]

10 points for this guy, 1 lost though for throwing monitors at collegues.

Maybe she's a loud chewer that orders Indian food and eats it at her desk while she calls her mom whose partially deaf to complain about her latest ex-boyfriend.

Or she could be one of those people that laughs loudly until someone asks her what she's laughing at.  If no acknowledges her she just keeps laughing louder. This way she's not purposely disrupting work to show people a video of a cat falling off of a tv after it falls asleep.

I think he should get an extra 20 points for every tooth she loses.

[AtomSmasher]

Apparently some people think this video may be fake, although the jury is still out.  One of the main points I've seen brought up is that the monitor he throws isn't plugged in and doesn't have any cables attached to it, as if it was prepared to be easily thrown.  It could be they were in the process of hooking up or disconnecting the monitor just before the event, so who knows.

[Ginsu Victim]

EVERY video has someone online calling it fake.

Hell, some people claim the moon landing and the holocaust never happened, so why listen to those people?

[AtomSmasher]

EVERY video has someone online calling it fake.

Hell, some people claim the moon landing and the holocaust never happened, so why listen to those people?

Because there have been several office freak out videos (although not as long or extreme as this one is)  released in the past few years that have been fake.  Lots of viral videos are fake, so it makes sense to at least question the authenticity of this one.

[shardian]

My CRT monitors at home do not have permanent attached power or video cables. Both just plug into the back. It is quite likely that by yanking the monitor that both plugs popped off of the back.

That is definitely a real video.

[Ginsu Victim]

EVERY video has someone online calling it fake.

Hell, some people claim the moon landing and the holocaust never happened, so why listen to those people?

Because there have been several office freak out videos (although not as long or extreme as this one is)  released in the past few years that have been fake.  Lots of viral videos are fake, so it makes sense to at least question the authenticity of this one.

Yep, and I've seen many of them. This one, especially from both angles, seems real.

[CCM]

It sounds vaguely French to me, but I haven't listened closely to try to pick out any words.

Sounds like Russian to me...

FWIW I think the video is a fake.

[Dartful Dodger]

I wonder what country this is from, since I don't hear English being spoken.

If that was my workplace, he would've gotten as far as hitting the first guy. The monitor never would've got tossed....he would have.

It must be America.

Someone used their cell phone to capture it on video.

Why defuse a situation you can make money off of.

[Ginsu Victim]

I wonder what country this is from, since I don't hear English being spoken.

If that was my workplace, he would've gotten as far as hitting the first guy. The monitor never would've got tossed....he would have.

It must be America.

Someone used their cell phone to capture it on video.

Why defuse a situation you can make money off of.

I thought it was funny when the guy with the cell phone was recording the other guy with the cell phone (who was also recording).

[hypernova]

The people look and sound East Asian (of some sort) to me.

And it doesn't matter what nationality...why are businessmen all such ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---?  Nobody bothered to gain control of him until the security arrived.  Even after he chucked a monitor at a woman.

What's also humorous is that all these people just sit or stand there and watch.  That woman should have had the sense to get up before a monitor came her way.

[AtomSmasher]

Yep, and I've seen many of them. This one, especially from both angles, seems real.

I agree that it seems real and probably is real, but with fake videos becoming a real common thing, it would be a bit gullible to automatically assume it absolutely is not fake.  I guess I've just become a bit jaded because now I require proof that videos are real instead of proof that videos are fake.  Has the news article for this incident surfaced yet?

[AtomSmasher]

I just did a little searching around to see what others are saying and several places are saying this took place in a Russian newspaper office. 

Another odd thing other places have mentioned is that the date is in the standard US format (MM/DD/YY) not the european and russian format (DD/MM/YY), although it could be explained by it being an American made camera.  I'm still not convinced one way or the other.  If it is fake, then they should be commended at the fantastic job they did making it look real.  If it is real, then a newspaper article on the incident should start making the rounds before too long.

[Dartful Dodger]

If no acknowledges her she just keeps laughing louder. This way she's not purposely disrupting work to show people a video of a cat falling off of a tv after it falls asleep.

It just happened.

We ignored her first three outbursts, and then finally someone humored her.

AND it was a photo with cats.

      "...isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen...."


The cutest thing I've seen was a monitor flying into some beach's face.

[Cakemeister]

The language sounded Slavic, maybe Russian? The people in the video kind of looked like your typical Russians.

And how can anyone think this is funny? Is watching the Zapruder film or Saddam's execution funny, too?

[patrickl]

The people in the video speak Russian.

[polaris]

And how can anyone think this is funny? Is watching the Zapruder film or Saddam's execution funny, too?

i was particularly moved by his colleagues who decided to film it, rather than help an obviously very disturbed co worker.

[Ginsu Victim]

The language sounded Slavic, maybe Russian? The people in the video kind of looked like your typical Russians.

And how can anyone think this is funny? Is watching the Zapruder film or Saddam's execution funny, too?

The only thing I found funny about it was the fact that more people cared about getting it online than helping the situation. Like how I mentioned one person filming another person who was also filming. Insanity.

Nothing funny at all about what actually went down.

That woman should have had the sense to get up before a monitor came her way.

It happened so quick, she must've been stunned at what she was seeing.....like all the other people who stood around.

When I stopped a man from finishing off his wife who he'd just shot, everyone else was just watching and I was the only person to spring into action. I took his keys out of his car, and when he came back to flee the scene, we fought until the highway patrol showed up and arrested him.

There was no one on that video with the balls to step up and handle the situation. "Oh, just call security and duck monitors for now, folks"

[Dartful Dodger]

"Oh, just call security and duck monitors for now, folks"

They couldn’t call because they were too busy recording with their phones.

...and for whatever reason, they weren't doing a good job at ducking monitors either.

[RayB]

Some of you in here make me sick.

[shardian]

I just have to assume that the people who feel it is fake have never worked in an environment like that. There are some weird ass people who work in office environments. That is one reason I work where I do - because I wanted to work  with 'normal' people. I may make a few grand less a year, but it is worth it to be able to sit around the lunch table and not worry about political correctness.

I've worked at two previous "cubicle jungles", and it always felt awkward as hell, and I could TOTALLY see this incident playing out just like that if it were at one of those places.

[Ginsu Victim]

Sitting in a cubicle right now...

[Dartful Dodger]

Some of you in here make me sick.

If we could get it translated, I’d guess that's what he was saying too.

[Malenko]

I dunno, why the heck should I step in and get hit with a large inanimate object? I get paid in my office for tech support, not fight breaking upping. Im not gonna give you  the "its not my job" BS line Im tellin ya I try to get along with everyone in my office so that when this does happen, the monitors will be flying the opposite way (of course we have tiny 15" LCDs x 2 where I work)

Im sure he didnt just chuck that at her cause she was there, I have no doubts she was a total cockholster; my only proof is only 1 person checks to see if shes ok. If that did happen at my office there is no way in hell you could make me feel bad about not breaking it up. Of course no one in my office would have pulled at a cell phone to record it, thats grounds for instant termination where I work. 


EDIT: rewatched it again, I think he was just trying to destroy 2 monitors with one shot, the one he throws kinda bounces off hers then hits her.

[saint]

If I'd been there I'd have been trying to talk him down and then take him down. Might have gotten my behind handed to me. Dunno. If it was just hardware I'd have stayed back, but when he was putting people in danger I couldn't have just watched.

[Dartful Dodger]

Speaking of people being useless:



I saw a news clip on the Spanish channel this morning so I don't know the real story.

What's really sad is I don't think this was the same clip I saw, since the one I saw had a guy on a motorcycle weave around the fallen guy AND another guy walking across the street, not stopping.

Hey I got a raise today, and I didn’t even ask.  The owners were doing reviews for people who started in the middle of the year.  I’m thinking those people didn’t ask for as much as they could have.

I won’t be throwing monitors in my office anytime soon.

Keep the good energy flowing and help a stranger this weekend.

[AtomSmasher]

I saw a news clip on the Spanish channel this morning so I don't know the real story.

Now that one is not funny.....but this one is   

[Blanka]

That's not funny. Those self made USA cowboy cops playing their own judge as well are the shame of the country.

[AcidArmitage]

That's not funny. Those self made USA cowboy cops playing their own judge as well are the shame of the country.

because catching real criminals is dangerous 

[DaveMMR]

That's not funny. Those self made USA cowboy cops playing their own judge as well are the shame of the country.

I don't get how that statement applies to the clip.  He seemed to be following procedure (as far as I know) and maced an uncooperative suspect who may or may not be potentially dangerous.   

Although the video does look staged.   The suspect seems way too over-the-top.   And the Office Incident looks staged too. 

Staged viral videos

[shmokes]

It is fake.  It's a viral video made for a new Angelina Jolie movie called Wanted.

[Ginsu Victim]

It is fake.  It's a viral video made for a new Angelina Jolie movie called Wanted.

I noticed when he threw that monitor it curved around the guy in front of him.