
When I was working on a 1990 Honda Civic hatchback and I opened up this Electronic Control Module, the physical lay out of the components made me think of office cubicles – each of the little colored components an office employee. I don’t view many movies, but I recommend Office Space [1], (the humble Swingline stapler becomes a cave man's tool, a status/turf symbol) as a classic employee/employer relationship explanation. 
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space