Two pink-frosted cupcakes sit on a small silver tray against pale pink.

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Milton

The ratio of people to cake is too big.

— Office Space • 1999

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Milton describes an inadequate share of cake through the language of a mathematical relationship. Too many people and too little cake become a problem of proportion. The phrasing gives a small practical disappointment a formal structure without revealing whether he personally receives a piece.

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