That Would Be Great Meme Generator

What is the That Would Be Great Meme?

Bill Lumbergh from Office Space (1999) holds a coffee mug in a bland office setting, delivering a request so passive-aggressive it has haunted cubicle workers for over two decades. The setup asks for something unreasonable; the punchline is always some variation of "that would be great," spoken with the calm of a man who will never do the task himself.

Also Known As

• Lumbergh Meme
• Office Space Meme
• Yeah If You Could Meme
• Bill Lumbergh Meme
• That Would Be Great Office Space
• Lumbergh Coffee Meme

About the That Would Be Great Meme

A man in a white dress shirt and patterned tie stands in a beige office cubicle, holding a white coffee mug at chest height. His posture is relaxed. His expression is pleasant in the way that a dentist's expression is pleasant right before they tell you the bad news. Suspenders hold everything together, literally and metaphorically. He is not angry. He is not even stern. He is the human embodiment of a polite request that somehow feels worse than being yelled at. The fluorescent lighting and neutral office tones behind him confirm what you already knew: this is corporate America distilled into a single frame.

Bill Lumbergh, played by Gary Cole in Mike Judge's Office Space (1999), became the face of every soul-crushing middle manager who has ever existed. His signature move: appearing at your cubicle, coffee mug in hand, starting sentences with "Yeah" and ending them with "that would be great," while asking you to do something unreasonable with the tone of someone requesting a small favor. The still frame of Lumbergh holding his mug became a meme staple on early image macro sites and has never left circulation. The format works because his delivery is not angry or demanding. It is calm, pleasant, and completely indifferent to the fact that what he is asking will ruin your weekend. For a similar brand of workplace suffering delivered through a different lens, see First World Problems (privileged complaints). Disaster Girl (chaos you did not ask for) channels the same energy from the other side: she is the one making unreasonable demands of the universe.

Original That Would Be Great Video

The original video that inspired the That Would Be Great meme template.

How to Make a That Would Be Great Meme

1. Lumbergh is standing at your desk. He has his coffee. He has a request. Type it in
2. The classic approach: top text starts with "YEAH IF YOU COULD" or "IF YOU COULD JUST" and bottom text finishes with "THAT WOULD BE GREAT." But the format is flexible. Any passive-aggressive workplace request fits
3. Classic mode overlays Impact text on the still from the film. The office background is light enough that white text with black outlines pops cleanly against it
4. The humor lives in understatement. Lumbergh never raises his voice. The more unreasonable the request, the calmer the tone should feel. Let the gap between what he is asking and how casually he asks it do the heavy lifting
5. Download your passive-aggressive masterpiece as a PNG, Copy it into a work chat (at your own risk), or Share it with anyone who has ever had a Lumbergh in their life

When to Use the That Would Be Great Meme

Example That Would Be Great Meme

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