10/05/06 - The Office - "The Coup" + new Shrute Space
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Originally Posted by Barings
He needs to take tips from Dwight -- that was a pure power play move the way he stared down Jan while he was putting syrup on and then cutting up his pancakes.
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
Umm, yeah. How'd that work out for him?
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Originally Posted by lordwow
As opposed to the girl playing Call of Duty?
First of all, it was a team building exercise in an office.
Second of all, playing computer games in the year 2006 does not make one a dork or geek considering the amount of non-nerds who are addicted to World of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Counter-strike.
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Originally Posted by monkyskunk
Just wondering if anyone has bought The Office 16 Month 2007 Wall Calendar from the NBC website and if it's any good? I was going to order it, but as of now it's backordered.
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I think what may have been making people feel uncomfortable, but made the episode for me, was that Michael and Dwight were being pushed into behaving the way that, realistically, two characters in their positions should have been acting all the time.
And I agree with the poster who indicated that the "Call of Duty" stuff at Stamford was indicative of just how screwed up the whole company really is. Josh is clearly not better than Michael at his job, he just does it differently and, when in a room with Michael and the others, seems a better boss than they. But, when it comes down to it, he can screw around and suck up to his employees just as much as any of the others. Jan, herself, despite the confident, strict airs she puts on, is clearly not a good boss. She will have stern talking-tos with her employees, but she clearly should have made some personnel changes long ago and hasn't. I see a number of supervisors of this type at my own workplace. She talks a good game, but she has the power to make the necessary changes and, for one reason or another, just won't do it. In many ways, that makes her even worse than Michael.
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And I agree with the poster who indicated that the "Call of Duty" stuff at Stamford was indicative of just how screwed up the whole company really is. Josh is clearly not better than Michael at his job, he just does it differently and, when in a room with Michael and the others, seems a better boss than they. But, when it comes down to it, he can screw around and suck up to his employees just as much as any of the others. Jan, herself, despite the confident, strict airs she puts on, is clearly not a good boss. She will have stern talking-tos with her employees, but she clearly should have made some personnel changes long ago and hasn't. I see a number of supervisors of this type at my own workplace. She talks a good game, but she has the power to make the necessary changes and, for one reason or another, just won't do it. In many ways, that makes her even worse than Michael.
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Originally Posted by monkyskunk
Just wondering if anyone has bought The Office 16 Month 2007 Wall Calendar from the NBC website and if it's any good? I was going to order it, but as of now it's backordered.
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Originally Posted by JasonF
Getting job-related tips from Dwight would be a lot like getting dating tips from Mark Foley.
Originally Posted by cdollaz
Umm, yeah. How'd that work out for him?
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Originally Posted by Super X
Oh, and I just had a chance to watch the deleted scenes:
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I liked the scene with Michael recapping a Grey's Anatomy episode to Pam. I don't even watch the show, but the McDreamy bit gave it away. As for Jan, yeah that was a little bizarre how she seemed to have no issue with the Call of Duty tournament in the office. Did anyone catch Karen's nickname in the game? "Karen the JimKiller".
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The deleted scene of Creed
was absolutely hilarious! I don't see how that great scene didn't make final cut of the show! (Just hope they revisit that subject again in a future episode.)
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Rashida Jones is also the girl who played Karen Scarfoli from Freaks and Geeks. She was Kim Kelly's friend who picked on Sam in that one episode and wrote GEEK on his locker.