{"slug":"that-would-be-great","name":"That Would Be Great","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"that-would-be-great-captioned","label":"With Caption"}],"url":"/templates/that-would-be-great.jpg","w":526,"h":440,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"That Would Be Great meme maker. Bill Lumbergh from Office Space delivers passive-aggressive requests with a coffee mug and zero urgency. Yeah, if you could go ahead and make this meme, that would be great.","keywords":"that would be great meme, office space meme, lumbergh meme, bill lumbergh meme, yeah if you could meme, passive aggressive meme, office meme","year":1999,"origin":"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.","sourceVideo":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy3rjQGc6lA","format":"classic","howToMake":["Lumbergh is standing at your desk. He has his coffee. He has a request. Type it in","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","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","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","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"],"exampleCaptions":["YEAH IF YOU COULD STOP REPLYING ALL TO COMPANY EMAILS","THAT WOULD BE GREAT"],"exampleAltText":"That Would Be Great Lumbergh meme about stopping reply-all on company emails","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-02","seo":{"aliases":["Lumbergh Meme","Office Space Meme","Yeah If You Could Meme","Bill Lumbergh Meme","That Would Be Great Office Space","Lumbergh Coffee Meme"],"description":"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.","definition":"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.","useCases":[{"category":"Office & Corporate Requests","examples":["Yeah if you could come in on Saturday / That would be great","If you could stop microwaving fish in the break room / That would be great","Yeah if you could read the email I sent before asking me the same question / That would be great","If you could stop scheduling meetings during lunch / That would be great","Yeah if you could put a cover sheet on your TPS reports / That would be great"]},{"category":"Remote Work Frustrations","examples":["If you could unmute yourself before talking for 30 seconds / That would be great","Yeah if you could turn your camera on so we know you're alive / That would be great","If you could stop sending Slack messages that just say \"hi\" and then nothing for 10 minutes / That would be great","Yeah if you could stop sharing your screen with 47 open tabs / That would be great","If you could find the mute button before your dog starts barking / That would be great"]},{"category":"Roommate Passive Aggression","examples":["Yeah if you could wash your dishes sometime this century / That would be great","If you could stop leaving the front door unlocked / That would be great","Yeah if you could replace the toilet paper when you finish the roll / That would be great","If you could stop eating my clearly labeled leftovers / That would be great","Yeah if you could keep your 2am phone calls to a whisper / That would be great"]},{"category":"Social Media & Texting Etiquette","examples":["If you could stop adding me to group chats without asking / That would be great","Yeah if you could not leave me on read for 3 days and then respond \"lol\" / That would be great","If you could stop posting spoilers without a warning / That would be great","Yeah if you could proofread your text before sending 6 corrections / That would be great","If you could respond to the actual question instead of changing the subject / That would be great"]},{"category":"Parenting & Family Dynamics","examples":["Yeah if you could stop asking me when I'm having kids / That would be great","If you could not compare me to your friend's kid who is a doctor / That would be great","Yeah if you could stop calling me during work hours to ask how to open a PDF / That would be great","If you could remember that I told you this story already, twice / That would be great","Yeah if you could accept that I'm not hungry and stop offering food / That would be great"]},{"category":"Driving & Commuting Requests","examples":["If you could use your turn signal before cutting me off / That would be great","Yeah if you could pick a speed and commit to it / That would be great","If you could stop honking the millisecond the light turns green / That would be great","Yeah if you could park between the lines instead of across two spots / That would be great","If you could let people off the elevator before you push your way in / That would be great"]},{"category":"Shopping & Public Behavior","examples":["Yeah if you could not stand in the middle of the grocery aisle with your cart sideways / That would be great","If you could stop using the self-checkout with 47 items / That would be great","Yeah if you could let me finish ordering before you start / That would be great","If you could stop playing music on your phone speaker in public / That would be great","Yeah if you could wear headphones on the train like a civilized person / That would be great"]}]}}