Why didn't Peter continue to receive money after he made the first withdrawal?
In the movie Office Space, the main character and his colleagues modify a bank mainframe to skim money off transactions into an account they own. After things going south (transactions coming in a lot faster then they predicted) the main character has a change of heart, withdraws the money in some kind of cashiers checks, and returns it in an envelope to his employer. It is subsequently burned in a fire that destroys everything at the company.
Why didn't Peter's account continue to receive money after that initial withdrawal? The software was still modified. Are we to believe that all the software for making the transactions was hosted (and subsequently burned in that building)? At the rate they were receiving funds, it would seem that even from the time he made that withdrawal to the time the building burn, surely there would have been more money made and deposited into that account. If not that, at least there should be some offsite backups... otherwise people could no longer bank and all their funds lost? Seems unlikely.
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Are we to believe that all the software for making the transactions was hosted (and subsequently burned in that building)?
Definitely. Because virus was planted in the accounting system of the company and not the bank.
And there was not much time between his withdrawal and burning of company. It was just one day.
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Did Peter keep the money in office space?
Well, he finally did it. After leaving the money and a note to Lumbergh in the Initech building, Peter later drove by to see the building in flames. The note was destroyed and Peter got away with the stealing scheme. Milton found the money and took off to a tropical destination with it.How much money did they get in office space?
Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs....Office SpaceBudget$10 millionBox office$12.2 million15 more rowsDid Milton burn down Initech?
At the end of the movie, Milton finally loses his cool and burns down Initech after being stepped over too often.What happened at the end of office space?
In the end, Peter decides to throw it all away for a construction job, where doing simple manual labor will ostensibly give him the real satisfaction of making or doing something with his hands, and clocking out at the end of the day to leave it all behind.Why Didn't You Stop Me?
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Answer 2
He didn't make a withdrawal, he closed the account and they gave him the balance in a cashier's check. The virus would have been written to stop working after it discovers the closed account.
Answer 3
I think that this is explained by the scene where Lumbergh is talking to Milton in his Storage B "office". Lumbergh is interrupted by someone who mentions the glitch and missing money. Perhaps whoever noticed the "glitch" also was able to reverse it.
And I agree that Milton most likely took the money to afford his beach vacation. I'm not sure how the money was withdrawn in such a way he could use it. It wasn't cash for sure, maybe a money order with nothing in the "Pay to the order of" field?
Answer 4
Just watched this again last night on late night TV. When Milton entered Lundbergh's empty office to ask about his missing paychecks and stapler, he kicked the envelope that Peter left. Later he's seen at a beach resort drinking margaritas and mumbling about burning the resort down because of salt on the rim (or something like that). Maybe Milton picked up the envelope, reversed the computer virus, burned down the building and took off with the cashier's checks. Problems solved.
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