Released in 1992, 'Glengarry Glen Ross' features one of cinema's most iconic and intense monologues. The scene showcases Alec Baldwin as Blake, a ruthless corporate motivator sent to 'fire up' a group of struggling real estate salesmen. Blake stands before characters played by Jack Lemmon and Ed Harris, aggressively delivering the famous 'Always Be Closing' (ABC) mantra while threatening their livelihoods. This clip has become the gold standard for representing toxic productivity, high-pressure management, and the aggressive 'grind' of the corporate world. In modern meme culture, it is used both unironically by sales motivation accounts and ironically to describe mundane tasks or over-the-top persistence. Example captions include: 'Me trying to convince my cat to let me sleep,' 'When the group project leader takes things way too seriously,' or 'POV: You just landed your first freelance client.'