Experiencing The Office While In Your Office

We know that The Office is just a show. Can't possibly be real, right? Or as my wife says, "no one is actually that [fill in the blank]." Well, The Office Fanatic would argue (and does argue) that many of the traits of The Office characters exist in every office, and many even in my office. So today's The Office question of the day is:

Which The Office Character is Most Likely To Exist in The Real World?

I think the favorite answer is likely to be Michael. I mean, who doesn't like to pick on their boss. But The Office Fanatic's vote is Dwight, and to me that is best summarized by the "Weekend Warrior" personality. Every office has the "Weekend Warrior"Dwight equivalent. That's the infamous "Softball Guy" courtesy of Jim Rome. He's the (usually, but not always) guy who spent the weekend trying to dominate the younger generation on the court or field. He's not afraid to talk trash even though the body to back it up has passed away years ago. He's also (unfortunately) the first one to volunteer to be skins in the battle.

So tell The Office Fanatic what you think? Is there a Michael in your office, or a Pam, or a Kevin?

The Office Fanatic

We Missed The Office For This!?

What the heck?! That was the best that the VP's could do to justify preempting The Office!? Man, no real fireworks, no "There you go again" one-liners, no Kevin "clash of the titans" voice over. Anyway, that brings us to today's The Office Question of the Day:

Clash of the Titans: Who would win a wrestling match between Michael and Stanley?

"In this corner, you have Michael and he's really really mad. And in the other corner, you have Stanley and he's also really really mad" to quote Kevin. So who would win this battle? We've seen Michael square off with Dwight in the judo/karate ring (and Michael surprisingly won the match). And we've seen Stanley's athletic prowess on displace in the "Run for the Rabid" 5K and the basketball game against the dock workers. My pick is...

Michael. His surprising quickness in the match against Dwight really impressed me, and though I expect Stanley to be more aggressive (as he'd be more anger) than Michael in a battle, I fear that Stanley would simply run out of steam sooner than Michael. Consequently, I'm leaning towards Michael.

But what are your thoughts? Tell me why you think I'm an idiot, and why Stanley would carry the day.

Until next time,
The Office Fanatic

T-minus 1 day until the next The Office (Year 5; Episode 2)

The Office "Sneak Peak" clip that we got yesterday clearly shows the growing relationship between Michael and Holly. What, another love triangle, in this case Michael, Holly and Jan!? We've already got another love triangle with Angela, Dwight and Andy. The Office seems to be caught up in these love triangles, which brings us to today's The Office question of the day:

What will be the next "love triangle" on The Office?

I think this one is pretty obvious: Pam, Jim and a soon-to-return Toby. Toby!? Yep, that's right. Toby. I believe that we've not seen the last of Toby and the ending scene in last week's episode certainly foreshadowed the return of Toby. And that will set the stage for the third "love triangle" on The Office.

But to be fun, what other "love triangles" might emerge? Kelly, Darryl and Ryan? Meredith, Creed and the Sea Monster? Or what about an overlapping "love triangle" with Holly, Michael and Kevin?

So what do you think?

The Office Fanatic