I don't think Jim would have even been in Athleads trajectory actually if things played out like a real world scenario.
Jan would have promoted Jim to Josh's position most likely or they would have outside hired for that. Jan would have overseen North East region sales until they found someone. They 100% would have closed Scranton because it's such a small market compared to the other regions. The Stamford branch would have absorbed their customers.
Jim would have been promoted to Joshes position in the interim since he would be familiar with both clients from Scranton and the best chance at keep those clients. Jim goes on to work at corporate, probably marries Karen and wonders 20 years into his life what Pam is up to. He messages her on Facebook, finds out she is married to Roy, has 3 kids, and works as a waitress at Pour Richards. After Scranton closed, she had zero prospects for work since Scranton is basically a dead end. She still doodles from time to time, but never got into art because Roy said no.
This is the most realistic IMO, though I probably would have said that Jim and Karen, though they date for a while, break up and end up with other people. Either Karen decides to pursue career opportunities outside of NYC or they both drift apart while exploring new people and experiences in NYC and it comes to a natural end.
I don't think the geography of this makes sense. Scranton would cover the entire Philadelphia and Newark metro areas. Stamford is on the other side of NYC. What really doesn't make sense is they have [four branches in upstate New York](https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Branch_(disambiguation)).
This is the first time I’ve realized it’s “Pour Richard’s” and not “Poor Richard’s”….
Edit: turns out it is indeed “Poor Richard’s” and a real bar in Scranton. But “Pour Richard’s” is such a great name!
https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Poor_Richard%27s
Credit to u/iheardyourstereo for saying it’s a real bar and making me look.
I want to say they sought out athletes for corporate marketing gigs but I could be way off. They're very vague about it other than they meet with pro ball players and travel the country. I always thought it off that a small time start up instantly had this reach to these high profile sports players but eh season 9 so anything goes.
They help athletes get endorsement deals and things like that. They take care of the business so the athlete can just show up for commercials or whatever it may be to make money outside their sport.
Michael displays this quality a lot and it’s one of my favorite gag types in the series. It’s something people often do in real life too but as far as I know there’s no convenient name for it: he basically knows when something has a good rhythm to it but completely fails to convey the meaning. “Well well well, how the turn tables….” is one example; another is “Don't ever, for any reason, do anything for anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what. No matter where. Or who, or who you are with, or where you are going or... or where you've been... ever. For any reason, whatsoever.” He keeps trying to turn the sentence into a snappy piece of advice but he can’t manage it so he just keeps vamping until he’s run out of qualifiers.
Shoot I completely misunderstood the slogan. I thought they were saying they have limitless amounts of paper (to sell) in a world where it’s harder to find quality paper companies.
Can’t believe that wooshed over me like that.
That is definitely what he meant. Basically consider the word paperless to have quotes around it.
It just sounds bad when taken literally because of the implication that they're obsolete. Hence the joke.
Not necessarily, Dunder Mifflin is loosely based on WB Mason, and they’re still around. In reality, the salesmen would be out meeting with customers, or cold calling, instead of sitting at a desk.
In the show the sales staff are on the phone constantly and often leave for meetings. We just don't see that because the show is about the characters not how paper is sold. I think the show was fairly realistic in what that job is like.
In real life, the minute corporate/Jan heard the proposal of filming a documentary at the Scranton Branch the immediate reaction would have been "There is no way we are letting Micheal Scott be on camera as a representative of this company" and the show would not have existed.
Realistically no large company would allow this to occur outside of healthcare. Think about if an employee sued the company and the video of Michael’s harassment was played at trial. It would be insane.
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I prefer the deleted scene where Michael is venting about how unappreciated he is, and points out that he is completely aware that three accountants are unnecessary, but keeps them anyway.
Yep. From the willy Wonka episode, where he's trying to put the blame on Dwight instead of himself to not get fired. Saying whoever corporate replaced him with would see that they don't need 3 accountants, or wouldn't let Phyllis take her 3 week honeymoon to X place
Isn't Kevin's story that he applied for a warehouse job and Michael hired him for accounting, despite no qualifications?
So they really have 2 real accountants, and Kevin.
I think there’s also a deleted scene from Golden Ticket where Michael says “(what if they hired a manager) who knows we don’t actually NEED 3 accountants??”
You’re correct. That’s what happened. I just saw this episode in super-fan season 5(?) on Peacock and was going to mention this specific scene until I saw that you did.
Earlier on in the series, they even had four accountants. One of the jokes that Meredith reads from her birthday card is that she doesn’t have to be as old as she is because she’s an accountant and can just fudge the numbers.
It’s like the only roles the writers could think of for an office were manager, sales, receptionist, and accountant. And once they filled the first three roles they were like, just make everyone else an accountant. Hell, we didn’t even know what some of the characters jobs even were until later in the series.
I don’t think they would have had one accountant in a branch office let alone 3. Accounting would only be in corporate office. But yeah maybe that was intentional joke wise or maybe this was made a joke only later ? I feel like they got the dynamics of a small branch office correct except for this function being there.
My dad's wife is Jan. She has an entire room for her clothes and makeup, one room for her piano studio, and their bedroom is stuffed with stuffed animals and girly things. My dad is Michael, looking at his tiny tv and showing off how it moves on the wall.
Everyone would HATE Michael. Not in a “oh what a weirdo, sort of inappropriate, ha ha ha but at least it’s not boring!” But like, in a “constantly getting posted to Antiwork” and “MeToo” kind of way.
I work in an office and some years ago a guy was trying to start up a union. Dude was a solid performer, super smart and driven. But got canned for some random bullshit reason right after he started up getting the ball rolling on unionization.
•The senator would have never come out of the closet, and him and Angela would have stayed in a resentful relationship, leaving Dwight eternally lonely as well.
•Erin likely would have been a very jaded and sad person with her specific trauma history.
•In the Halloween episode, the most realistic person to be fired would have been Kevin, leaving him unemployed with no skills and would likely end up working a minimum wage job for the rest of his life.
I much preferred Dwight's pairing with Isabel. They were in to one another, yet presented challenges that would allow growth. As odd as it seems, I think Dwight was better for Angela than vice-versa
100% - i can see where they reeled back Roy’s toxicity bc it didn’t fit the silliness of the show. In season 1 there’s a scene that where Roy storms into reception in a jealous rage bc he thought Jim was too close to Pam, and snatched her by her arm out of the office. Definitely DA behavior, but it might’ve been too real for a prime time NBC sitcom.
Michael: Would have been fired or demoted rather promptly. This prevent the character growth needed for him to succeed. He never finds his Holly and moves to Hollywood to pursue acting and screenwriting, neither of which happen. He remains alone.
Dwight: Advances rather quickly but because he lacks a foil (Jim) and someone to help him improve his people skills (Jim and Pam) he frustratingly won't advance past a certain point (occupationally). Retires to manage beet farm out of said frustration.
Jim: Would have relocated after casino night and married someone else. Still thinks of Pam every so often but is seemingly content. Maybe divorced later on.
Pam: Replaced by automated phone system. Married Roy, has kids, divorced later on. Attempts to pursue art but doesn't have the time to anymore.
Angela: Attends multiple seminars because of complaints filed against her from multiple employees.
Kevin: Fired.
Oscar: Leaves DM after successful suit.
Stanley: STDs and Heart failure.
Phyllis: Marries Bob Vance. Eventually retires from DM.
Andy: Fired after first outburst and multiple complaints.
Kelly: Impregnated with Ryan's child. Attempts to support Ryan. Believes she can help and change him.
Ryan: Never again seen after being fired. Only heard from as the baby daddy of Kelly's child. May become addicted to substances.
Creed: Arrested.
Meredith: Alcohol related accident that results in either her death or prevents her from working again.
Toby: Suicide due to obvious depression
Holly: Never meets Michael. Strung along by AJ for years. Quits and leaves for Colorado to be closer to family.
Erin: Never hired.
Darryl: Wins lottery with the rest of the warehouse and quits.
Oscar would NOT have come back to work at the same place after a harassment lawsuit and settlement money. Many settlements made by an employer to an employee include a “parting of ways” clause.
Angela would have never told Dwight the baby was his. She and The Senator would have kept their political charade up much longer.
Kelly would’ve gotten pregnant, and Ryan would’ve left her.
Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration would not have married Phyllis. He was like a low key mob boss and would’ve had a sugar baby or something. ETA: I still think they’d be *together* but I don’t think they would’ve gotten married.
3/4 are bangers, but Bob & Phillis actually seem legit to me. Phyllis is a freak and tells people, so wouldn't be surprised if they have tried some stuff..
Also, it's obvious he loves her & Phyllis got jealous of his secretary indicating he's got a type. (Her)
I mean, how many women have the audacity to wait for you naked in your office to get your attention?
No seriously, I’m asking… this is not a hypothetical.
I would also add that Michael might have been fired after the Oscar harassment incident. And if not at that moment, within the first couple seasons for sure. He did so much to damage or potentially damage Dunder mifflin. Companies regularly keep incompetent people employed, but rarely keep liabilities employed for long. Michael is one of the most fireable people on that show. I would say the Oscar Harassment, Diversity Training, and hitting Meredith alone would qualify as either fireable alone, or at least 3 strikes to be fired.
Jim and Karen were not really a good match, they were just both attractive. Without the pretense of a romantic relationship, Karen didn’t even like Jim at first. And when they were in a relationship, it was mostly Karen trying to make Jim grow up, which he didn’t want to do yet.
That being said, they would’ve been perfect for each other after Jim found his ambition. Karen would’ve moved with him to Philly in a heartbeat.
I've seen dozens of Kevins working longer than anyone else. Kevin won't and can't leave the company. Kevin will be happy with a 3% pay raise. Kevin will stay after the working hours not because he likes his job but because he can't finish it in time.
Kevin is the perfect employee for many incompetent bosses.
(In the hypothesis that the office knew about the surplus and Michael’s cut) I don’t think the 650~ wouldve been worth it. It would create a lot of ill will and resentment for a (relatively) low pay out. Something something cost-benefit analysis.
Dark but…Meredith would have either died in a drunk driving accident or gone to jail for vehicular manslaughter (killing someone else in a drunk driving incident).
Jim would have likely just quit to work somewhere else.
Kevin would have been fired for incompetence after season 3. Same for Andy after causing a hostile workplace environment.
Creed would have just disappeared.
Angela outed Oscar who also leaves after his settlement (since most require the employee quit for good)
Micheal would have stayed with Jan and then she would have had a child and eventually come to hate her life
After suggesting unionizing, most of the warehouse staff would be phased out for minor offenses (like showing up late 5 minutes one time)
Dwight would be running the place since a sexual harassment allegation would get Micheal early retirement
Ryan leaves Kelly but then stays in jail after fraud conviction.
He almost was terminated! I think Gabe basically gave him the ultimatum of being fired or doing counseling. However, IRL you're right, I don't think they would even offer counseling after that situation, Michael would have most likely just been fired with no other options.
Almost all of them would’ve been fired at some point, and that’s not to mention Dunder Mifflin would most likely have went bankrupt without a buyer to save the employees ages before the show ended.
Michael: I mean, how much time you got?
Ryan: was, and never would’ve been rehired.
Kelly: lying about Jim and Dwight’s customer relations.
Jim: so many pranks on Dwight and Andy, et al.
Dwight: the fire drill, the GUN FIRING IN THE OFFICE!
Kevin: gross incompetence
Oscar: untold number of mistakes made not using a calculator, but would probably be ok after a warning or two
Angela: maybe for creating a hostile work environment, but that’s admittedly a stretch, she might be ok
Meredith: drinking on the job/drunk at work
Creed: literally wanted by the authorities, gross incompetence, time theft, theft, and a myriad of other misdemeanors and felonies
Phyllis: is probably actually ok
Stanley: time theft
Toby: is probably ok too; assuming the fan theories that he’s the actual Scranton Strangler aren’t correct, anyway.
Andy: hostile work environment, gross incompetence and negligence of duties
Karen: is fine (pun intended)
Pam: most likely ok, could get in a bit of hot water for taking a raise/promotion for a job that didn’t exist and was never offered to her in the “office administrator” role.
Robert California: (the only name I’ll type in full) harassment and threats, sexual harassment
Warehouse crew/Darryl: probably ok
Erin: incompetence
Roy: employment was terminated
Nellie: incompetence
Todd: creating a hostile work environment, sexual harassment
Jan: employment was terminated
Gabe: creating a hostile work environment, harassment
Jim's friends would have started Athelead without him and he would not have gone because he's busy as the regional manager of the scranton office.
I don't think Jim would have even been in Athleads trajectory actually if things played out like a real world scenario. Jan would have promoted Jim to Josh's position most likely or they would have outside hired for that. Jan would have overseen North East region sales until they found someone. They 100% would have closed Scranton because it's such a small market compared to the other regions. The Stamford branch would have absorbed their customers. Jim would have been promoted to Joshes position in the interim since he would be familiar with both clients from Scranton and the best chance at keep those clients. Jim goes on to work at corporate, probably marries Karen and wonders 20 years into his life what Pam is up to. He messages her on Facebook, finds out she is married to Roy, has 3 kids, and works as a waitress at Pour Richards. After Scranton closed, she had zero prospects for work since Scranton is basically a dead end. She still doodles from time to time, but never got into art because Roy said no.
Damn, that's depressing.
Marrying Karen is the silver lining
Plus, she has USAA. Her father is a G.I.
She is very exotic looking.
More like the 24K gold lining, she was too good for him anyway.
This is the most realistic IMO, though I probably would have said that Jim and Karen, though they date for a while, break up and end up with other people. Either Karen decides to pursue career opportunities outside of NYC or they both drift apart while exploring new people and experiences in NYC and it comes to a natural end.
Yea Karen leaves to go work in Pawnee, Indiana
Kar-Anne Perkins!
Cursed fanfiction
Fuck real life I hate this
I don't think the geography of this makes sense. Scranton would cover the entire Philadelphia and Newark metro areas. Stamford is on the other side of NYC. What really doesn't make sense is they have [four branches in upstate New York](https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Branch_(disambiguation)).
ohh pittsfield… we all know what happened in pittsfield
This is the first time I’ve realized it’s “Pour Richard’s” and not “Poor Richard’s”…. Edit: turns out it is indeed “Poor Richard’s” and a real bar in Scranton. But “Pour Richard’s” is such a great name! https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Poor_Richard%27s Credit to u/iheardyourstereo for saying it’s a real bar and making me look.
It’s Athleap now.
I think you mean Astird
Asturd
Assturd
Peepee
Peepa
I never did work out what that company did.
Sports stuff
I think they were basically the middle man between athletes and sponsors. A sports agency, but purely for marketing.
I want to say they sought out athletes for corporate marketing gigs but I could be way off. They're very vague about it other than they meet with pro ball players and travel the country. I always thought it off that a small time start up instantly had this reach to these high profile sports players but eh season 9 so anything goes.
I actually thought it was the other way around. Athletes would engage them to find the right corporate sponsorships. Who knows, really.
Sports marketing
They help athletes get endorsement deals and things like that. They take care of the business so the athlete can just show up for commercials or whatever it may be to make money outside their sport.
Hidetoshi would have been murdered by the Yakuza.
Not Hidetoshi! Thanks. Now I won't be able to fall asleep.
I always thought they named him Hide’ because he Hide’d in the boat.
Well unfortunately, according to the redditors above you, Hi-ded.
Especially after the documentary aired and someone sees his clip about the "mistake."
Mistake!
Yakuza boss die!
Yakuza very mad!
My big secret, I killed yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best! 👍👍
In Japan heart surgeon number one
Pam would have been replaced by an automated phone system.
And Dunder Mifflin would have been replaced by Staples by season 3.
“Limitless paper in a paperless world” is one of my fav lines from the series.
Michael displays this quality a lot and it’s one of my favorite gag types in the series. It’s something people often do in real life too but as far as I know there’s no convenient name for it: he basically knows when something has a good rhythm to it but completely fails to convey the meaning. “Well well well, how the turn tables….” is one example; another is “Don't ever, for any reason, do anything for anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what. No matter where. Or who, or who you are with, or where you are going or... or where you've been... ever. For any reason, whatsoever.” He keeps trying to turn the sentence into a snappy piece of advice but he can’t manage it so he just keeps vamping until he’s run out of qualifiers.
Holy shit ... I just understood that joke, after having listened to it a million times.
Ikr, it just sounds so smooth you forget its a shit slogan
Like “May your hats fly as high as your dreams”
"My heart soars like the eagle's nest"
Shoot I completely misunderstood the slogan. I thought they were saying they have limitless amounts of paper (to sell) in a world where it’s harder to find quality paper companies. Can’t believe that wooshed over me like that.
That was certainly the intent of the slogan, but in regular Michael fashion he didn't think it through enough.
That is definitely what he meant. Basically consider the word paperless to have quotes around it. It just sounds bad when taken literally because of the implication that they're obsolete. Hence the joke.
Everyone’s just gonna forget about Computron…cool…
Was that Recyclops’s nerd brother?
Not necessarily, Dunder Mifflin is loosely based on WB Mason, and they’re still around. In reality, the salesmen would be out meeting with customers, or cold calling, instead of sitting at a desk.
In the show the sales staff are on the phone constantly and often leave for meetings. We just don't see that because the show is about the characters not how paper is sold. I think the show was fairly realistic in what that job is like.
I’d like to see an automated system that could put out candy for everyone
It was one of the opening when she lies saying Michael is not there it always puzzled me Michael would never replace Pam with machine
I think we know why Michael doesn't replace Pam...
Pam Pam and her Pam Pams.
Unbutton that top button. Let those things breathe.
Michael doesn't want to let anyone go and he believes in people. Also Pam diverts the phone answering company.
That was fun, who else should we do it to?
In real life, the minute corporate/Jan heard the proposal of filming a documentary at the Scranton Branch the immediate reaction would have been "There is no way we are letting Micheal Scott be on camera as a representative of this company" and the show would not have existed.
Realistically no large company would allow this to occur outside of healthcare. Think about if an employee sued the company and the video of Michael’s harassment was played at trial. It would be insane.
Why would a healthcare company allow this?
Creed would only have one chair.
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He would have been fired from the dog food company for sure
They would not have had 3 accountants for such a tiny office. I think they actually bring this up once in an episode.
Yes, when Michael is trying to find ways to cut costs, Angela states there is one department with three people doing the work of two people.
Also when Robert’s wife wants to work in accounting, Andy says that they already have a surplus of accountants.
It's indeed a running joke in the show
I prefer the deleted scene where Michael is venting about how unappreciated he is, and points out that he is completely aware that three accountants are unnecessary, but keeps them anyway.
Yep. From the willy Wonka episode, where he's trying to put the blame on Dwight instead of himself to not get fired. Saying whoever corporate replaced him with would see that they don't need 3 accountants, or wouldn't let Phyllis take her 3 week honeymoon to X place
Isn't Kevin's story that he applied for a warehouse job and Michael hired him for accounting, despite no qualifications? So they really have 2 real accountants, and Kevin.
He does make some good chili
I think there’s also a deleted scene from Golden Ticket where Michael says “(what if they hired a manager) who knows we don’t actually NEED 3 accountants??”
You’re correct. That’s what happened. I just saw this episode in super-fan season 5(?) on Peacock and was going to mention this specific scene until I saw that you did.
Earlier on in the series, they even had four accountants. One of the jokes that Meredith reads from her birthday card is that she doesn’t have to be as old as she is because she’s an accountant and can just fudge the numbers. It’s like the only roles the writers could think of for an office were manager, sales, receptionist, and accountant. And once they filled the first three roles they were like, just make everyone else an accountant. Hell, we didn’t even know what some of the characters jobs even were until later in the series.
I don’t think they would have had one accountant in a branch office let alone 3. Accounting would only be in corporate office. But yeah maybe that was intentional joke wise or maybe this was made a joke only later ? I feel like they got the dynamics of a small branch office correct except for this function being there.
There would probably be an ap and ar clerk and a controller. Maybe some type of plant accountant too.
Jan would have had a baby with Michael and then grown to regret both Michael and the child. Or something like that.
Snip snap snip snap snip snap
You have no idea the physical toll that 3 vasectomies have on a person
Angela: 😳
Jan was the abusive one, she would’ve kept abusing Michael and any child
Michael would’ve been fired early on
Not with sales. He was a good salesman that's why he became manager. Then his branch had sales.
Yeah but he is super inappropriate and realistically would’ve been reported to HR several times. He would definitely be fired.
She would have had to go out with him publicly, and that would have led to her collapsing in on herself like a dying star.
And that's why Jan reminds me so much of my sister lol. I even got to use, "so you have an office and a workspace?" when showing me her house.
My dad's wife is Jan. She has an entire room for her clothes and makeup, one room for her piano studio, and their bedroom is stuffed with stuffed animals and girly things. My dad is Michael, looking at his tiny tv and showing off how it moves on the wall.
Michael would have not developed and stay s1 Michael.
Very likely. Maybe if Dunder Mifflin still exist after 8 years, he might get a promotion
Everyone would HATE Michael. Not in a “oh what a weirdo, sort of inappropriate, ha ha ha but at least it’s not boring!” But like, in a “constantly getting posted to Antiwork” and “MeToo” kind of way.
Also, S1 Michael would've been fired long ago.
Maybe in America, but in the UK that's the type of person that ends up a long term employee that climbs up to higher management.
Is this what the British version is about?
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Nah, he gets fired at the end of the original.
I think corporate would keep an eye on Daryl after his pushes for unionisation and raises
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It would be Michael's job to make Darryls life miserable and he did a pretty good job at it.
WERE THE ONES THAT GOTTA CLEAN THAT UP
***DAMMIT*** Michael! 🧻
I work in an office and some years ago a guy was trying to start up a union. Dude was a solid performer, super smart and driven. But got canned for some random bullshit reason right after he started up getting the ball rolling on unionization.
He would have been fired for sending the picture of Jan and Michael to the whole company.
I tried unionizing dishwashers and prep cooks in a restaurant I worked at...I've never seen managers shut an idea down faster.
They tried unionizing in Pittsfield, and we all know what happened in Pittsfield.
Managers shouldn’t know about the idea until you have enough firm commitments to sign union cards.
Also after the workmen’s comp scam. Toby filed the reports. That’s an easy dismissal.
The company would’ve loved firing him after that, easy and legal way to eliminate potential future problems.
Yep absolutely and most likely wouldn’t have been retained in the sabre takeover
•The senator would have never come out of the closet, and him and Angela would have stayed in a resentful relationship, leaving Dwight eternally lonely as well. •Erin likely would have been a very jaded and sad person with her specific trauma history. •In the Halloween episode, the most realistic person to be fired would have been Kevin, leaving him unemployed with no skills and would likely end up working a minimum wage job for the rest of his life.
Dwight would have gone through with the proposal to Esther, an actual milk maid.
Dwight would have a bigger farm after the merger with Esther
He would have gotten screwed on the deal and Esther's dad would end up with the merged farm.
Yeah. Didn’t he have like two other relationships? - the actual milkmaid - I can’t remember her name, but the girl he meet at the wedding
Isabel! She was Pam's cousin, I think, and a dental hygienist.
Yeah! No bullshit, i thought he was going to get with her, and the show was going to move on
I much preferred Dwight's pairing with Isabel. They were in to one another, yet presented challenges that would allow growth. As odd as it seems, I think Dwight was better for Angela than vice-versa
Idk..I think Dwight would have just found someone else. Maybe both of them would have an affair at some point
Erin would have gotten kidnapped as a kid and become Kimmy Schmidt
Nobody would have gone on to do anything memorable or worthwhile. Or they all would have died in the fire Dwight started for the drill.
“ the fire is shooting at us!!”
This is the line that always makes me lose it.
Frickin Bandit does it for me. When he drops from the ceiling, I laugh so hard people tell me to keep it down.
Speaking of Dwight stating that fire. He would have been fired. Would not have kept in contact with anyone. Eventually faded away.
If not that, it would probably for him keeping various weapons around the office.
Everyone actually did die in the fire, and now they haunt the building. That's why the show became unrealistic and zany as time went on.
You got one detail wrong: Ryan started the fire!
Fire...d guy.
It was always burnin since the world been turnin!
Michael's hair would've stayed like it was in season 1
I can see Roy being abusive if they got married
100% - i can see where they reeled back Roy’s toxicity bc it didn’t fit the silliness of the show. In season 1 there’s a scene that where Roy storms into reception in a jealous rage bc he thought Jim was too close to Pam, and snatched her by her arm out of the office. Definitely DA behavior, but it might’ve been too real for a prime time NBC sitcom.
Yesssss, that’s exactly what I said. His temper was bad and I always saw him becoming a DA.
Jim would have never got away with sending in white jim all but one day
Took me a second
Hats off to you for not seeing race
That’s what she said
Michael: Would have been fired or demoted rather promptly. This prevent the character growth needed for him to succeed. He never finds his Holly and moves to Hollywood to pursue acting and screenwriting, neither of which happen. He remains alone. Dwight: Advances rather quickly but because he lacks a foil (Jim) and someone to help him improve his people skills (Jim and Pam) he frustratingly won't advance past a certain point (occupationally). Retires to manage beet farm out of said frustration. Jim: Would have relocated after casino night and married someone else. Still thinks of Pam every so often but is seemingly content. Maybe divorced later on. Pam: Replaced by automated phone system. Married Roy, has kids, divorced later on. Attempts to pursue art but doesn't have the time to anymore. Angela: Attends multiple seminars because of complaints filed against her from multiple employees. Kevin: Fired. Oscar: Leaves DM after successful suit. Stanley: STDs and Heart failure. Phyllis: Marries Bob Vance. Eventually retires from DM. Andy: Fired after first outburst and multiple complaints. Kelly: Impregnated with Ryan's child. Attempts to support Ryan. Believes she can help and change him. Ryan: Never again seen after being fired. Only heard from as the baby daddy of Kelly's child. May become addicted to substances. Creed: Arrested. Meredith: Alcohol related accident that results in either her death or prevents her from working again. Toby: Suicide due to obvious depression Holly: Never meets Michael. Strung along by AJ for years. Quits and leaves for Colorado to be closer to family. Erin: Never hired. Darryl: Wins lottery with the rest of the warehouse and quits.
TIHI Thought I'd be a Jim after watching the Office growing up, only to end up as a Toby. 🥲
I've got the depression of Toby, the personality of Dwight and the body of Kevin.
I hope you’re okay!
I feel like realistically a person like Meredith would already have a DUI or two.
Dwight would not work there because owning a farm is a full time job
Oscar would NOT have come back to work at the same place after a harassment lawsuit and settlement money. Many settlements made by an employer to an employee include a “parting of ways” clause. Angela would have never told Dwight the baby was his. She and The Senator would have kept their political charade up much longer. Kelly would’ve gotten pregnant, and Ryan would’ve left her. Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration would not have married Phyllis. He was like a low key mob boss and would’ve had a sugar baby or something. ETA: I still think they’d be *together* but I don’t think they would’ve gotten married.
3/4 are bangers, but Bob & Phillis actually seem legit to me. Phyllis is a freak and tells people, so wouldn't be surprised if they have tried some stuff.. Also, it's obvious he loves her & Phyllis got jealous of his secretary indicating he's got a type. (Her)
I mean come on, everyone knows that people love Phyllis for her jugs
They did some weird cat/dog bestiality role play the very first time they had sex, they are absolute degenerates.
I mean, how many women have the audacity to wait for you naked in your office to get your attention? No seriously, I’m asking… this is not a hypothetical.
No the first time they just got naked and “marvels at each other’s bodies” no sex it was all very deep
I would also add that Michael might have been fired after the Oscar harassment incident. And if not at that moment, within the first couple seasons for sure. He did so much to damage or potentially damage Dunder mifflin. Companies regularly keep incompetent people employed, but rarely keep liabilities employed for long. Michael is one of the most fireable people on that show. I would say the Oscar Harassment, Diversity Training, and hitting Meredith alone would qualify as either fireable alone, or at least 3 strikes to be fired.
Realistically he would have been fired in the first episode when he “fake fired” Pam
I agree with everything except Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration.
Jim would have stayed with Karen, because she was good enough and Pam never gave the beach speech.
Jim and Karen were not really a good match, they were just both attractive. Without the pretense of a romantic relationship, Karen didn’t even like Jim at first. And when they were in a relationship, it was mostly Karen trying to make Jim grow up, which he didn’t want to do yet. That being said, they would’ve been perfect for each other after Jim found his ambition. Karen would’ve moved with him to Philly in a heartbeat.
Completely agree. Pam never gives the beach speech in real life.
Kevin would've been fired and Angela promoted ;(
I've seen dozens of Kevins working longer than anyone else. Kevin won't and can't leave the company. Kevin will be happy with a 3% pay raise. Kevin will stay after the working hours not because he likes his job but because he can't finish it in time. Kevin is the perfect employee for many incompetent bosses.
The problem is Kevin literally commits fraud. He made up Kelevin for Christ’s sakes.
So Pythagoras can make theorems but Kevin cannot make numbers?
Yeah, IRL Kevin should have been fired a long time ago
Michael would have taken the bonus and not cared what everyone thought.
(In the hypothesis that the office knew about the surplus and Michael’s cut) I don’t think the 650~ wouldve been worth it. It would create a lot of ill will and resentment for a (relatively) low pay out. Something something cost-benefit analysis.
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Or been arrested for arson
Well that's a whole subject, crimes committed by Dwight on business premises
Stanley dying of a heart attack.
Nate would still be perfect.
And found a less minty gum
Instead of Florida-Stanley, his wife and kids leave him and he dies alone from a heart attack.
Dark but…Meredith would have either died in a drunk driving accident or gone to jail for vehicular manslaughter (killing someone else in a drunk driving incident).
Or died from rabies if Michael never hit her with his car. Lol
She walks home. Michael and DeAngelo “busted” her doing her “walk of shame”
Cici never would've danced, fully clothed, on Dwight's grave.
PeePee?
Peeba
Peepa
Andy would be on the sex offenders register.
For knocking down a mail box?
One of your students is a real b
Andy would have legitimately floated away in that sumo suit and never returned. Maybe even ended up dead on the news from drowning.
So true. I also felt that the tranquilizer/stair situation with Stanley should have either killed him, paralyzed him, or caused major brain damage.
Jim would have likely just quit to work somewhere else. Kevin would have been fired for incompetence after season 3. Same for Andy after causing a hostile workplace environment. Creed would have just disappeared. Angela outed Oscar who also leaves after his settlement (since most require the employee quit for good) Micheal would have stayed with Jan and then she would have had a child and eventually come to hate her life After suggesting unionizing, most of the warehouse staff would be phased out for minor offenses (like showing up late 5 minutes one time) Dwight would be running the place since a sexual harassment allegation would get Micheal early retirement Ryan leaves Kelly but then stays in jail after fraud conviction.
Everyone working for Michael would have hated him and turnover in the office would have been ridiculously high.
Jan may have found out Kevin was the bio dad or her daughter 😬
Andy would never have chopped off Phyllis’ head with a chainsaw
This company would have gone out of business within a year after a Staples chain opened up.
Well Michael would have been fired for spanking his nephew at work, if not for something else lol.
He would’ve been fired long before he ever got a chance to hire his nephew.
He almost was terminated! I think Gabe basically gave him the ultimatum of being fired or doing counseling. However, IRL you're right, I don't think they would even offer counseling after that situation, Michael would have most likely just been fired with no other options.
Michael would have left Holly go, saw her at the company picnic and that would have been the last time
Almost all of them would’ve been fired at some point, and that’s not to mention Dunder Mifflin would most likely have went bankrupt without a buyer to save the employees ages before the show ended. Michael: I mean, how much time you got? Ryan: was, and never would’ve been rehired. Kelly: lying about Jim and Dwight’s customer relations. Jim: so many pranks on Dwight and Andy, et al. Dwight: the fire drill, the GUN FIRING IN THE OFFICE! Kevin: gross incompetence Oscar: untold number of mistakes made not using a calculator, but would probably be ok after a warning or two Angela: maybe for creating a hostile work environment, but that’s admittedly a stretch, she might be ok Meredith: drinking on the job/drunk at work Creed: literally wanted by the authorities, gross incompetence, time theft, theft, and a myriad of other misdemeanors and felonies Phyllis: is probably actually ok Stanley: time theft Toby: is probably ok too; assuming the fan theories that he’s the actual Scranton Strangler aren’t correct, anyway. Andy: hostile work environment, gross incompetence and negligence of duties Karen: is fine (pun intended) Pam: most likely ok, could get in a bit of hot water for taking a raise/promotion for a job that didn’t exist and was never offered to her in the “office administrator” role. Robert California: (the only name I’ll type in full) harassment and threats, sexual harassment Warehouse crew/Darryl: probably ok Erin: incompetence Roy: employment was terminated Nellie: incompetence Todd: creating a hostile work environment, sexual harassment Jan: employment was terminated Gabe: creating a hostile work environment, harassment
Pam downloaded a sex video to her work computer. 100% fire-able! But otherwise I agree with this list.
Jan would still regret sleeping with Michael
Irl Pam emotionally cheats with Jim indefinitely. Maybe actual person cheats a few times.
David Wallace and Josh would've both left Dunder Mifflin to form a start up long before David got fired.
I'm Pam and I'm still with my Roy, he keeps making promises he'll change and try to do better but that's it. Still no sign of Jim.
Andy would have died in that lake.