the office
The Office is an American TV series that captured the hearts, minds and staplers of office workers, and normal people, around the world. Airing from 2005-2013, The Office's candid depiction of the mediocrity and weirdness that occurs in workplaces, especially offices, has left us all feeling a little better about our own 9 to 5 grind.
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Retiring employee accidentally discovers management's plans to lay off 50% of their workforce, decides to let coworkers know: ‘It was a good time to retire’
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Manager expects employee to take over late coworker’s $100k role, but claims there’s no budget to increase their salary, pushing employee to look for another job: ‘They're playing games’
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Regular customer demands retail worker stop smiling and drop her cheerful customer service act, she complies, leaving the customer to deal with the uncomfortable reality of her request: '[I] would stop even smiling as she'd approach the counter'
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Job candidate bluffs during interview with HR about having a better job offer to get them raise their offer, but begins to panic when asked for a copy of the offer to send to compensation team: 'The problem is, this other offer doesn't exist'
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Manager draws fire from HR for his "bias" for not rewarding single-mother employee with the same raises and bonuses as her better-performing coworker: '[Since he] is willing to put in extra hours (maybe 5-10 hrs per week), he gets more done'
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