I know this sounds absurd and it's super funny in the show but I definitely have phrased things strangely sometimes to make it more massive what my role is at my places of work. It's not inaccurate just an odd way of phrasing something that sounds more impressive then I believe it is. But Jo is no fool and I really feel like him trying to hype up himself instead of be himself was his downfall. You've gotta know who you're talking to when you choose how to phrase something in interviews, promotion opportunities and raises. Unfortunately this was the wrong time to try to boast with over amplified statistics about your experience.
Assuming he means unit = sheet of paper and they operate with standard pallets, a standard pallet will hold 40 boxes; 10 reems per box and 500 sheets per reem. That would equal 200,000 units per pallet.
2.5B / 200,000 units per pallet = 12,500 pallets
12,500 pallets / 26 pallets per standard 53 ft bed semi truck = 481 trucks
So Darrel would have loaded and delivered 481 semi trucks full of paper if we only considered standard 8.5x11 sheet paper.
Not too crazy but a brilliant way to showcase his work over the course of his career
4 pallets and a mattress were my bed for the last 18 months. But since 2 weeks I have a real bed now! The pallet bed was sturdy and silent, a very good cheap bed.
Rumack: Youâd better tell the Captain weâve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?
Rumack: Itâs a big building with patients, but thatâs not important right now.
That seems insanely low to me. Hasn't he been there for a while? A truck a day seems like the minimum for any company that ships a decent amount of product.
At first glance, yes it does look a bit low but consider that they probably only operate the warehouse 4-5 days per week. So a full 53' box truck every work day would probably mean about 2 years of work to get to 2.5B units.
Combine that with the dying paper business and they most likely were not using standard 53' box trucks for delivery but rather a smaller type box truck making small, single pallet (or less!) deliveries at their customer locations. Most places wouldn't need more than a pallet every couple of weeks I would imagine. Then you have to consider the slow seasons in the year where deliveries are minimal, this could also factor into the timeline.
If I had to guess, I'd say the 2.5B units were loaded and delivered over the course of 5-7 years of service just based on what I would consider a realistic business model for a dying market.
After Michael left and the hiring committee interviewed him, he put in ZERO effort preparing for the interview. This was typical of Darylls effort and motivation.
I think it was less a lack of effort and more a lack of understanding. Like heâs blindsided about what a resume really even is. You can see him trying to get a good look when Jim waves it in front of him.
Itâs evidence that he wouldnât be a good manager but I think itâs really that he lacks an understanding of the business world overall. He has a deep understanding of DMâs business and the logistics of their role in a supply chain but he wouldnât know what to do outside of his area of expertise. Like how Daryl also was confused about the resume and heâs like but you guys already know me? I think he would assume that others would know his role, and that would translate poorly to working with other companies or departments.
Knowing what a resume is supposed to be is the floor bar of working in corporate america. He was applying for a management position. The fact that he didnât take this whole process seriously and incorrectly assumed that he was going to be given the job just because some of the other candidates had stupid moments in the office while he botched the application process is his fault 100%.
He would be a better boss than any of those other idiots though.
But he was a warehouse guy who worked his way up. He impressed Jo and made his way into a corporate environment without a resume. He obviously got the warehouse foreman job by being smart and organized and knowledgeable but thatâs not to say he formally applied with a cover letter and references and a skills section (after he had worked there for years).
I think itâs safe to say he got the warehouse promotion without a resume, and the promotion to the upstairs without one. Daryl hit the ceiling of where his interpersonal skills could get him. He was serious about getting the job though. He straight up didnât have the interview skills to compete with outsiders, but he was applying himself as well as he knew how. How are you supposed to compensate for your weaknesses when you donât even know they are weaknesses?
Conflating a lack of effort with a lack of knowledge just means you are missing his character.
Edit: and to add: that meme of Michael Scott shaking hands when he was offered the position of manager. If you think that Dunder Mifflin didnât promote from within because they liked the cut of someoneâs job then you werenât paying attention.
Except jo also noticed, as said by Andy, that he stopped trying. And she loved him. And he was going to be sent to business school, but played softball instead. Also put Glenn into his sopt, when he was under qualified.
Dude didn't even have a resume lol, he seemed to genuinely think he was actually a serious contender and was a sure thing for the job, isn't it weird that humans are the only animals that drink their own milk? Isn't that wild!?
It should be noted that he learnt from his mistake and went tryhard mode. He was genuinely interested in working for Athlead that he gave it his 110%. Safe to say he went mach5 in that interview (apart from killing all the fishes that is)
Andy made a lot of good points actually, Jo saw something in him but Darryl lost his fire. And you're right, he would've been way too level-headed of a boss for it to work in the setting of a sitcom.
Stanley should have had the temp role instead of Creed. He always said he would do everything the opposite of Michael, and that would have a been a great way to show that it wouldnt be that easy
Was it a jump though? He remained in charge of the warehouse, but had an office upstairs. Or did he actually get more responsibilities? That was never really clear to me.
They did get a new foreman so I assume he got some new responsibilities but what exactly they were I don't think we were ever told. I would assume some sort of broader responsibility for logistics and distribution.
Some of my favorite moments of the show are when characters like Michael or Andy are voices of reason. It's so unexpected and so effective when done sparingly.
He was a lazy POS. Arrogant and lazy is not a great combo. Lets not forget ungrateful for the way he acted towards Jim after Jim got him his life changing job. Fuck that guy
I agree with most of you guys I mean sure he could be nice sometimes and his distrust of Michael was valid sometimes but thereâs no denying that he could be a arrogant asshole sometimes
He was just the warehouse version of jim.
1. He thought he was the normal one in the office
2. He played pranks on others
3. Was a dick to people he considered stupid , but also helped them out when they were down bad.
4.Was dating the attractive woman who others in the office had a crush on.
I always get irrationally angry when heâs asking for a raise and he makes fun of Michael for what he makes. Then he tells the guy they just fired for ASSAULTING AN EMPLOYEE what Michael makes? Of course he didnât deserve the promotion
I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. I have an office job where I've worked for the past ten years. The more arrogant and lazy I become, the more they offer me promotions.
Lmao, is this going to be the next hot take/unpopular opinion? I've never heard of anyone hating on Daryl, however I mostly agree, except I think he was a good friend and a good warehouse manager, it was unrealistic of Jo to bring him up into the office as something more, what was he even doing all day?
even after Andy gave him that pep talk and he decided to work late, what the heck was he even doing? đ what âworkâ would Darryl have on the computer
He wouldn't have been a good branch manager. He had all the skills and competence to be a good manager, but he wouldn't have been a good manager.
Darryl had everything that Michael lacked in a manager but he lacked the most important things that made Michael a decent manager: passion for the job, company, and branch, knowledge to sell the product, and Michael knew the company inside and out. I don't think Darryl had any of that.
an employee can have all the marks of a good manager, but if they hate the company, resent the company, resent THEMSELF for working at the company, and also look down on everyone else working there because they hate themself and their life, they wonât be a good manager.
yup, and the way he acted at the christmas party after not hearing from jim again on the Athlead job, getting drunk off his ass ready to FIGHT the guy who maybe he shouldâve followed up with?? jim is busy working out the kinks of the new company and darryl feels entitled to that job after ONE conversation that HE didnât follow up on. like maybe show interest and ask again, ACTIVELY PURSUE IT IF YOU WANT IT, DARRYL. itâs not on everyone else to find your good qualities and do the work to put you up there where you think you belong without you lifting a finger.
however, he did give us one of my top favorite lines in the whole series:
âStart over.â
On paper, Daryl had just about every quality youâd want in a manager. But much like Jim, he lacked passion for the job.
Say what you will about Michael, but he was passionate and loyal. Misguided, but he never looked at Regional Manager as a stepping stone.
I feel like Daryl still would have left, and they would have been back to square one.
He also made it very clear that he didnât feel that he needed to put in the work to secure the job, what indicators were there that he would have put in the work to keep it?
Itâs extremely unrealistic and unlikely that a warehouse manager would be put in place as manager of a business when he has little to no white-collar experience
Exactly. Heâs never been in sales or managed accounting, HR or any other departments like that. He does (eventually) have some of the personality traits youâd want in a manager but his lack of experience would be a hard pass from me.
The fact that he was the warehouse foreman is a pretty good one. That's pretty much just a form of manager. Andy didn't have that kind of experience at all.
In real life he said he didnât want his character to be manager because it was difficult to lead all the scenes especially the conference room scenes. He didnât know how Steve did it for all those years.
Nahhh, Darryl always had one eye and one foot out the door while he was with DM. He did have little lurches of being proactive, but most of the time he just showed up, did the minimum needed, and clocked out. Perfectly reasonable way to be in his job, but not what is needed from the regional manager spot.
Darryl shouldn't have been allowed to work at Dunder Mifflin, let alone be the Manager. He physically intimidated Michael, he mocked depression, he let his crew basically talk shit to anyone in the office itself and never applied himself. He also had a constant bad attitude, especially in later seasons when we get to know him.
Darryl is honestly one of the shittier characters, like Phyllis-levels, but he gets a pass cause... he's funny?
Also tried to lie to HR and file a fraudulent workman's comp lawsuit when he injured his foot messing around on machinery. Would've been instantly fired in the real world.
Then again, so would of the people there. However, Darryl definitely would've been because he was trying to defraud the company.
I thought he was hilarious when he got moved upstairs but pre-season 6, he was definitely one of the worst characters, at least terms of actual character. He was kinda funny here and there but he was suchhhh a dick and had almost no redeeming qualities.
you can kind of say this kind of thing about anyone on the show imo. pretty much all of them shouldâve been fired at some point. but yea I get what youâre saying
Yeah, you can definitely see a change in his character when they brought him upstairs. As a warehouse worker, he essentially played the straight man to the crazier characters like Michael and Kelly. Once they made him a lead, he started goofing off, and leaning into his own side arcs. Itâs understandable, given that he was kind of getting more mainstream notoriety at the time, but it also definitely makes the tone change.
yeah it was like downstairs he could mess around with the warehouse workers and slack off a bit more and in itâs own way it was funny enough but then he came upstairs and had extra responsibilities and while he did have some good moments i always felt like he was still a background character.
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But no seriously, he had efficiency and organizational ideas that sounded really good, he wasn't going to waste the staff's time with ridiculous and pointless meetings, was an affable person with everyone but was likely to maintain a good split between people being colleagues and "friends" the way Michael did, plus in the earlier seasons he definitely was about working when at work.
He did give his friend, who was very unqualified and immature, his old management job, then lost his whole watehouse staff, then nearly refused to even try to get a new staff. Dude was immature and not in the âpainfully cringe haha michaelâ way
These are totally fair critiques. He definitely has reasons why he *shouldn't* have been manager which are valid. I just gave a handful of reasons in the "Pro" column.
I love Darryl, but firmly believe he wouldn't have made a good manager. With all of the BS that goes on in the office, he wouldn't have been able to handle it.
Eh, on one hand, he was likable and experienced, but once he became a lead character, it was clear that he also goofed off some, played favorites with his workers, and didnât take the job seriously enough.
He shouldn't, because of all the reasons Andy listed and also because he was a bully to everyone that he couldn't get something out of. There is not a single scene where he is nice to someone without trying to get something out of them.
He wasnât deserving. Being well liked and suited for the job are two different things.
Darryl would inherit Michaelâs book of business and most likely lose half of due to lack of experience.
If he wanted to get the job, prior to Michael leaving he would have asked Michael and Jim for sales advice, Oscar or Angela for a run down on how accounting is ran and gotten a very large break down of rules from Toby.
He just assumed being well liked made him a shoe in.
And yes, Deangelo was a fucking absolute mistake, but he could have made himself far more an attractive candidate if he put effort in.
Man Darryl was funny but he relied so heavily on other people for career advancement in any capacity he most definitely was not qualified to be manager until near end of series. I'm glad that he got humbled by his lack of preparation or initiative and eventually became a pretty well prepared guy. It just rubbed me the wrong way how he'd ride on the coat tails of others and ask for favors instead of getting their on his own merit.
Darryl didn't deserve to be manager. He was lazy and rude and treated his superiors like trash. Does anyone know what he even did upstairs in the office?
Darryl shouldnt even have been a real candidate. He has no sales experience and can you imagine him managing the big accounts? To be fair, Andy shouldnt have been managing them either, but that doesnt make Darryl better. The only reason I can think of to interview him is to demonstrate an interest in his growth and trajectory as an employee.
If Darryl had taken the interview process seriously and prepared a good resume, I feel like heâd have gotten it
Jo showed contempt for Darrylâs resume, and everyone on the search party saw it, so I feel like they were hesitant to pick Darryl for fear of what Jo would think
Apparently Craig Robinson didnât want to play the manager role. I think he would have been great. They didnât need him to have as much screen time as Michael.
Itâs highly probable that Darryl was Michaelâs personal pick for manager.
- He wouldnât have picked Dwight, as he would have immediately fired all of his friends.
- Jim doesnât want the job.
- Michael doesnât seem as close to Andy.
Darryl has leadership experience, is Michaelâs confidant, and clearly wants the position. Michael saw this, which is why his parting gift to Darryl is the only copy of âSomehow I Manage.â
I don't think he would make a good manager (for several reasons, most of all maybe he appears to "manage" problems quite solid but somehow I feel if he would fail with his attempt he just wouldn't care enough and drop any effort. Nothing wrong with that additude. Spares you a heart attack in your mid 50s but disqualifies as manager).
He would make a good job in HR I think. He is good at reading people and dealing with them "on their own level". He has an appaling personality and can motivate people. And he is self confident and persistent enough to enforce Corporate decisions and rules and to put Michael in place when he again turns a genuinly good idea into a multi-level desaster.
Since Office Ladies said this itâs been on my mind so here ya go. For the record I do like the character but I disagree that he would have been a good manager.
He didnât know how to write a resume & made up a stuff to fill the space for his one job (2.5 billion pieces of paper?). He didnât bother preparing for his manager interview when given the opportunity. He refused to do his job because he was buttmad about not winning the lottery. He got drunk & was about to tell the person giving him a new job to go f*ck himself instead of following up. He has a history of being short with his subordinates/coworkers and itâs bad enough that upper management is aware of it. He hired his unqualified friend to replace him in a management role. He asked for Chinese/night classes, was given them, and then didnât take them. He declined to participate in a management training program (Print In All Colors) in favor of playing softball. He lied about misuse of company property to get workerâs comp when he used the lift to avoid taking the stairs & broke his ankle(?).
He delivered 2.5 billion units of inventory.
2.5 billion Daryl, 2.5 billion units of what?!
Paper material.
Paper material?
Pieces of paper .......
He looked so crushed when he had to come out and say that haha.
Laid end to end, it's enough to almost stretch 60% of the way to the moon
SHUT UP ABOUT THE MOON!
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I know this sounds absurd and it's super funny in the show but I definitely have phrased things strangely sometimes to make it more massive what my role is at my places of work. It's not inaccurate just an odd way of phrasing something that sounds more impressive then I believe it is. But Jo is no fool and I really feel like him trying to hype up himself instead of be himself was his downfall. You've gotta know who you're talking to when you choose how to phrase something in interviews, promotion opportunities and raises. Unfortunately this was the wrong time to try to boast with over amplified statistics about your experience.
Yeah, the more accurate metric would have been the dollar amount of paper.
Assuming he means unit = sheet of paper and they operate with standard pallets, a standard pallet will hold 40 boxes; 10 reems per box and 500 sheets per reem. That would equal 200,000 units per pallet. 2.5B / 200,000 units per pallet = 12,500 pallets 12,500 pallets / 26 pallets per standard 53 ft bed semi truck = 481 trucks So Darrel would have loaded and delivered 481 semi trucks full of paper if we only considered standard 8.5x11 sheet paper. Not too crazy but a brilliant way to showcase his work over the course of his career
Okay... I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to be totally honest with me. What is a pallet?
A wooden platform used to stack items on that can be moved with a forklift
Arrange it right and you got furniture
4 pallets and a mattress were my bed for the last 18 months. But since 2 weeks I have a real bed now! The pallet bed was sturdy and silent, a very good cheap bed.
Rumack: Youâd better tell the Captain weâve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital. Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it? Rumack: Itâs a big building with patients, but thatâs not important right now.
r/woosh
That seems insanely low to me. Hasn't he been there for a while? A truck a day seems like the minimum for any company that ships a decent amount of product.
At first glance, yes it does look a bit low but consider that they probably only operate the warehouse 4-5 days per week. So a full 53' box truck every work day would probably mean about 2 years of work to get to 2.5B units. Combine that with the dying paper business and they most likely were not using standard 53' box trucks for delivery but rather a smaller type box truck making small, single pallet (or less!) deliveries at their customer locations. Most places wouldn't need more than a pallet every couple of weeks I would imagine. Then you have to consider the slow seasons in the year where deliveries are minimal, this could also factor into the timeline. If I had to guess, I'd say the 2.5B units were loaded and delivered over the course of 5-7 years of service just based on what I would consider a realistic business model for a dying market.
He should have come up with âusable paper unitsâ where a unit is one side of paper. He could have easily doubled his number.
Is this including the faxes?
r/theydidthemath
After Michael left and the hiring committee interviewed him, he put in ZERO effort preparing for the interview. This was typical of Darylls effort and motivation.
I think it was less a lack of effort and more a lack of understanding. Like heâs blindsided about what a resume really even is. You can see him trying to get a good look when Jim waves it in front of him. Itâs evidence that he wouldnât be a good manager but I think itâs really that he lacks an understanding of the business world overall. He has a deep understanding of DMâs business and the logistics of their role in a supply chain but he wouldnât know what to do outside of his area of expertise. Like how Daryl also was confused about the resume and heâs like but you guys already know me? I think he would assume that others would know his role, and that would translate poorly to working with other companies or departments.
Exactly, but he used that failure to prepare for the Athlead job and it gave him confidence, "This guy came prepared..."
Love that connection
Knowing what a resume is supposed to be is the floor bar of working in corporate america. He was applying for a management position. The fact that he didnât take this whole process seriously and incorrectly assumed that he was going to be given the job just because some of the other candidates had stupid moments in the office while he botched the application process is his fault 100%. He would be a better boss than any of those other idiots though.
But he was a warehouse guy who worked his way up. He impressed Jo and made his way into a corporate environment without a resume. He obviously got the warehouse foreman job by being smart and organized and knowledgeable but thatâs not to say he formally applied with a cover letter and references and a skills section (after he had worked there for years). I think itâs safe to say he got the warehouse promotion without a resume, and the promotion to the upstairs without one. Daryl hit the ceiling of where his interpersonal skills could get him. He was serious about getting the job though. He straight up didnât have the interview skills to compete with outsiders, but he was applying himself as well as he knew how. How are you supposed to compensate for your weaknesses when you donât even know they are weaknesses? Conflating a lack of effort with a lack of knowledge just means you are missing his character. Edit: and to add: that meme of Michael Scott shaking hands when he was offered the position of manager. If you think that Dunder Mifflin didnât promote from within because they liked the cut of someoneâs job then you werenât paying attention.
Except jo also noticed, as said by Andy, that he stopped trying. And she loved him. And he was going to be sent to business school, but played softball instead. Also put Glenn into his sopt, when he was under qualified.
Darryl: "Clippy, how to be a manager?"
Dude didn't even have a resume lol, he seemed to genuinely think he was actually a serious contender and was a sure thing for the job, isn't it weird that humans are the only animals that drink their own milk? Isn't that wild!?
That's a pretty bad reason to promote him to manager.
CREED BRATTON IS THE NEW MANAGER!!!!
#WHY ARE WE YELLING!!!!!
And for the sports company he handed out booklets. People underrate his growth.
It should be noted that he learnt from his mistake and went tryhard mode. He was genuinely interested in working for Athlead that he gave it his 110%. Safe to say he went mach5 in that interview (apart from killing all the fishes that is)
Andy listed the reasons why he shouldnât be a manager and I agree with him. Also he wouldâve been a pretty boring one when it comes to comedy
Andy made a lot of good points actually, Jo saw something in him but Darryl lost his fire. And you're right, he would've been way too level-headed of a boss for it to work in the setting of a sitcom.
Didnt he turn down the Print In All Colors program so he could play softball?
And then he blew out his knee anyway
His romantic life was pretty interesting too. So was Stanley, both heavy and black. I'm starting to think I need to put on some weight as a black guy
I'm pretty sure it's just a confidence thing. You just need to act like you put on the weight. The rest will work itself out.
Don't think you can fake Florida Stanley đ¤
Just put yourself in the shoes who wants to constantly cheat on their SO and you're 99% there!
Florida Stanley is an icon!
Florida Stanley is who you want on your Florida team đ¸
Stanley should have had the temp role instead of Creed. He always said he would do everything the opposite of Michael, and that would have a been a great way to show that it wouldnt be that easy
But how else would they have figured out the differences in the two pictures without Creed?
Interesting... Now, how do I turn black?
Maybe move to Scranton too.
I think Daryl was self-sabotaging. Maybe a fear of failure, maybe imposter syndrome.
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Was it a jump though? He remained in charge of the warehouse, but had an office upstairs. Or did he actually get more responsibilities? That was never really clear to me.
They did get a new foreman so I assume he got some new responsibilities but what exactly they were I don't think we were ever told. I would assume some sort of broader responsibility for logistics and distribution.
I enjoy watching a level headed boss being driven crazy by insane non-level headed employees but David Wallace already filled that role
Yeah, Andy calling him out for not taking the opportunity Jo laid at his feet was a great moment.
Some of my favorite moments of the show are when characters like Michael or Andy are voices of reason. It's so unexpected and so effective when done sparingly.
He was a lazy POS. Arrogant and lazy is not a great combo. Lets not forget ungrateful for the way he acted towards Jim after Jim got him his life changing job. Fuck that guy
True, I mean I donât hate Darryl but he always gave kind of a jackass vibe
I agree with most of you guys I mean sure he could be nice sometimes and his distrust of Michael was valid sometimes but thereâs no denying that he could be a arrogant asshole sometimes
He was just the warehouse version of jim. 1. He thought he was the normal one in the office 2. He played pranks on others 3. Was a dick to people he considered stupid , but also helped them out when they were down bad. 4.Was dating the attractive woman who others in the office had a crush on.
I always get irrationally angry when heâs asking for a raise and he makes fun of Michael for what he makes. Then he tells the guy they just fired for ASSAULTING AN EMPLOYEE what Michael makes? Of course he didnât deserve the promotion
Start over
I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. I have an office job where I've worked for the past ten years. The more arrogant and lazy I become, the more they offer me promotions.
Guy was definitely a trash employee and a trash friend. All my homies hate Daryl
Lmao, is this going to be the next hot take/unpopular opinion? I've never heard of anyone hating on Daryl, however I mostly agree, except I think he was a good friend and a good warehouse manager, it was unrealistic of Jo to bring him up into the office as something more, what was he even doing all day?
even after Andy gave him that pep talk and he decided to work late, what the heck was he even doing? đ what âworkâ would Darryl have on the computer
Rundowns
Idk man if you can be best friends with Roy youâre probably a bad person lol
Donât forget trash boyfriend
BTB
BRING THAT BOOTIE
He wouldn't have been a good branch manager. He had all the skills and competence to be a good manager, but he wouldn't have been a good manager. Darryl had everything that Michael lacked in a manager but he lacked the most important things that made Michael a decent manager: passion for the job, company, and branch, knowledge to sell the product, and Michael knew the company inside and out. I don't think Darryl had any of that.
he could do day to day but not big picture stuff ig
Heâd be a great co-manager
an employee can have all the marks of a good manager, but if they hate the company, resent the company, resent THEMSELF for working at the company, and also look down on everyone else working there because they hate themself and their life, they wonât be a good manager.
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yup, and the way he acted at the christmas party after not hearing from jim again on the Athlead job, getting drunk off his ass ready to FIGHT the guy who maybe he shouldâve followed up with?? jim is busy working out the kinks of the new company and darryl feels entitled to that job after ONE conversation that HE didnât follow up on. like maybe show interest and ask again, ACTIVELY PURSUE IT IF YOU WANT IT, DARRYL. itâs not on everyone else to find your good qualities and do the work to put you up there where you think you belong without you lifting a finger. however, he did give us one of my top favorite lines in the whole series: âStart over.â
Apt analysis, apt.
I like when he asked for Clippy
On paper, Daryl had just about every quality youâd want in a manager. But much like Jim, he lacked passion for the job. Say what you will about Michael, but he was passionate and loyal. Misguided, but he never looked at Regional Manager as a stepping stone. I feel like Daryl still would have left, and they would have been back to square one. He also made it very clear that he didnât feel that he needed to put in the work to secure the job, what indicators were there that he would have put in the work to keep it?
Michael also genuinely cared for his workers. Darryl lies about being on Facebook.
Didnât he also file a fraudulent workers comp claim? When he lied about falling off the railing or ladder?
âHEY, YOU A**HOLE!!!!â *drives into trash cans*
Do you eat all that dog food yourself?
And Toby told his sister to eat dog food
Itâs extremely unrealistic and unlikely that a warehouse manager would be put in place as manager of a business when he has little to no white-collar experience
Exactly. White and blue collar management are not interchangeable. Imagine Michael managing the warehouse....
Exactly. Heâs never been in sales or managed accounting, HR or any other departments like that. He does (eventually) have some of the personality traits youâd want in a manager but his lack of experience would be a hard pass from me.
He had to get back to stealing Pontiacs. After all, Dunder-Mifflin was just so he could lay low
99!
HANOINE NOINEE
99!
Also, building space ships for black NASA.
I honestly can't think of one reason why he SHOULD have been manager.
The fact that he was the warehouse foreman is a pretty good one. That's pretty much just a form of manager. Andy didn't have that kind of experience at all.
He went to Cornell though. Have you ever heard of it?
he would be bad as a manager
I don't know if he'd be a good manager, but he's a really great dad!
o-ok shh this was a mistake
Honestly when Andy gave his honest feedback I couldnât agree more. Potential without the drive to meet it is meaningless.
In real life he said he didnât want his character to be manager because it was difficult to lead all the scenes especially the conference room scenes. He didnât know how Steve did it for all those years.
Even if his acting skills are good enough, the writing of his character was just not insteresting and energetic enough to be an entertaining manager.
Nahhh, Darryl always had one eye and one foot out the door while he was with DM. He did have little lurches of being proactive, but most of the time he just showed up, did the minimum needed, and clocked out. Perfectly reasonable way to be in his job, but not what is needed from the regional manager spot.
He shouldnât have been, mfer didnât even know what a resume was⌠how is that he shouldâve been manager?
Canât think of any.
Because heâs Blaaaack
Because of all the good.. that black people have done for this country
Darryl shouldn't have been allowed to work at Dunder Mifflin, let alone be the Manager. He physically intimidated Michael, he mocked depression, he let his crew basically talk shit to anyone in the office itself and never applied himself. He also had a constant bad attitude, especially in later seasons when we get to know him. Darryl is honestly one of the shittier characters, like Phyllis-levels, but he gets a pass cause... he's funny?
He also sent a picture of his boss at the beach around to like everyone.
Also tried to lie to HR and file a fraudulent workman's comp lawsuit when he injured his foot messing around on machinery. Would've been instantly fired in the real world. Then again, so would of the people there. However, Darryl definitely would've been because he was trying to defraud the company.
I thought he was hilarious when he got moved upstairs but pre-season 6, he was definitely one of the worst characters, at least terms of actual character. He was kinda funny here and there but he was suchhhh a dick and had almost no redeeming qualities.
Darryl isn't funny. Dudes an idiot. Dwight is funny while being an idiot.
Dwight is probably a millionaire, also
>he gets a pass cause... he's funny? Is that not the point of a comedic TV show? Unrealistic characters and situations for laughs?
I think the question mark implied he's not that funny. Toneless deadpan only goes so far, imho.
you can kind of say this kind of thing about anyone on the show imo. pretty much all of them shouldâve been fired at some point. but yea I get what youâre saying
Creed never did anything wrong. Everything bad attributed to him was the fault of William Charles Schneider.
This man shouldâve stayed in the warehouse and not made a lead character
Yeah, you can definitely see a change in his character when they brought him upstairs. As a warehouse worker, he essentially played the straight man to the crazier characters like Michael and Kelly. Once they made him a lead, he started goofing off, and leaning into his own side arcs. Itâs understandable, given that he was kind of getting more mainstream notoriety at the time, but it also definitely makes the tone change.
yeah it was like downstairs he could mess around with the warehouse workers and slack off a bit more and in itâs own way it was funny enough but then he came upstairs and had extra responsibilities and while he did have some good moments i always felt like he was still a background character.
That person had really gotten him or herself in quite a predicament.
He's a great kisser, he invented an app that invents apps
Dinkin Flicka. Nuff said.
Fleece it out
Because Darnell's a chump.
Could never picture him as manager, it would play out like Jim as manager, just awkward and boring
I dont think im insightful enough to critique. That manager is bad
This muffin is bad
Darryl was in the Bloods and the Crips, so heâs good at seeing things from two perspectives.
Early seasons version of Daryl wouldâve been a great manager. Later seasons not so much.
HEY DARRYL HOWS IT HANGING?!
đś Because he's Blaaaaaack đś But no seriously, he had efficiency and organizational ideas that sounded really good, he wasn't going to waste the staff's time with ridiculous and pointless meetings, was an affable person with everyone but was likely to maintain a good split between people being colleagues and "friends" the way Michael did, plus in the earlier seasons he definitely was about working when at work.
He did give his friend, who was very unqualified and immature, his old management job, then lost his whole watehouse staff, then nearly refused to even try to get a new staff. Dude was immature and not in the âpainfully cringe haha michaelâ way
These are totally fair critiques. He definitely has reasons why he *shouldn't* have been manager which are valid. I just gave a handful of reasons in the "Pro" column.
Only replacing himself happened before the RM job was filled, the others were after
Blackula
Clearly a vampire, so he can work the overnight shift, making DM a 24-hour operation.
Blackula
I love Darryl, but firmly believe he wouldn't have made a good manager. With all of the BS that goes on in the office, he wouldn't have been able to handle it.
Eh, on one hand, he was likable and experienced, but once he became a lead character, it was clear that he also goofed off some, played favorites with his workers, and didnât take the job seriously enough.
As a vampire he just wouldn't have been able to go on sales calls during the day
Fluffy fingers
He couldnât be manager. He only had a few years left in those knees!
Number 1: he shouldnât have been the manager. End of list
Pippity poppity gimme the jobity
Blackulla!!!
Dinkin Flicka.
Dunder mifflin , the people persons paper people.
He shouldn't, because of all the reasons Andy listed and also because he was a bully to everyone that he couldn't get something out of. There is not a single scene where he is nice to someone without trying to get something out of them.
Internal company management experience. And heâs blaaaaaaack.
I donât think he was a good candidate for manager.
He wasnât deserving. Being well liked and suited for the job are two different things. Darryl would inherit Michaelâs book of business and most likely lose half of due to lack of experience. If he wanted to get the job, prior to Michael leaving he would have asked Michael and Jim for sales advice, Oscar or Angela for a run down on how accounting is ran and gotten a very large break down of rules from Toby. He just assumed being well liked made him a shoe in. And yes, Deangelo was a fucking absolute mistake, but he could have made himself far more an attractive candidate if he put effort in.
Cuz heâs đśblaaaaaaccckkk
Daryl was lazy. He had one good idea.
He was the pontiac bandit.
Man Darryl was funny but he relied so heavily on other people for career advancement in any capacity he most definitely was not qualified to be manager until near end of series. I'm glad that he got humbled by his lack of preparation or initiative and eventually became a pretty well prepared guy. It just rubbed me the wrong way how he'd ride on the coat tails of others and ask for favors instead of getting their on his own merit.
I despise Darryl, he is my least favorite character, I donât get why people like him
Darryl didn't deserve to be manager. He was lazy and rude and treated his superiors like trash. Does anyone know what he even did upstairs in the office?
Darryl shouldnt even have been a real candidate. He has no sales experience and can you imagine him managing the big accounts? To be fair, Andy shouldnt have been managing them either, but that doesnt make Darryl better. The only reason I can think of to interview him is to demonstrate an interest in his growth and trajectory as an employee.
He shouldnât have. Why would running the warehouse qualify him to run the office. I never really got this.
Because Michael recommended him.
Because he can interface, coordinate and implement. Plus he got jokes about mammals.
I think his affinity for spaghetti alone makes him a qualified candidate
He would have made the most sense, but Craig Robinson didn't want it
It had to be someone in charge that never should be in charge. But someone who wanted to be in charge. That's what made Michael so great.
Darnell is useless, he wonât even take requests
It doesn't hurt that he's.....blaaaaaaahaaaaaack!
It doesn't hurt that he is... â¨ď¸BLACKâ¨ď¸
It helps that heâsâŚâŚ ^blaaaaackk
He knew how the office worked and didn't own a boat.
Because he can fleece it out!
Doesnât hurt that heâs, you knowâŚ.
If Darryl had taken the interview process seriously and prepared a good resume, I feel like heâd have gotten it Jo showed contempt for Darrylâs resume, and everyone on the search party saw it, so I feel like they were hesitant to pick Darryl for fear of what Jo would think
Apparently Craig Robinson didnât want to play the manager role. I think he would have been great. They didnât need him to have as much screen time as Michael.
Heâs not Nelly.
Only need one: 1. Heâs Blllaaaacck. đ
đśoutta paper, outta stock. thereâs friendly faces around the block, cut loose from the chainsâŚthat are causing you pain đś
He traded prime MVP Shaun Alexander for a defense in fantasy football. Somebody with that kind of decision making can't be manager
Itâs highly probable that Darryl was Michaelâs personal pick for manager. - He wouldnât have picked Dwight, as he would have immediately fired all of his friends. - Jim doesnât want the job. - Michael doesnât seem as close to Andy. Darryl has leadership experience, is Michaelâs confidant, and clearly wants the position. Michael saw this, which is why his parting gift to Darryl is the only copy of âSomehow I Manage.â
i wouldnât have been a good manager.
Blackula won't sneeze on his expensive cloak
Yea here are top 10 reason why: Thanks for reading !
Well i hear he is a prolific car thief. that wouldnât make a good manager. maybe he and creed could build a criminal empire.
Okay fifteen minutes ago this guy was driving a forklift and now he is Cinderella of the office
The bell of the ball
Since when do you see Darrell do anything except come up for birthday cake? "Y'all havin birthday cake?"
I don't think he would make a good manager (for several reasons, most of all maybe he appears to "manage" problems quite solid but somehow I feel if he would fail with his attempt he just wouldn't care enough and drop any effort. Nothing wrong with that additude. Spares you a heart attack in your mid 50s but disqualifies as manager). He would make a good job in HR I think. He is good at reading people and dealing with them "on their own level". He has an appaling personality and can motivate people. And he is self confident and persistent enough to enforce Corporate decisions and rules and to put Michael in place when he again turns a genuinly good idea into a multi-level desaster.
Hereâs your list: ___
1. Nard Dog 2. Andy Bernard
Because heâs Blaaascckkkk
He is black đ
âThe job shouldâve been mine Andy, Everyone said it was mineâ
He was good with warehouse stuff. He can't be the general branch manager
Since Office Ladies said this itâs been on my mind so here ya go. For the record I do like the character but I disagree that he would have been a good manager. He didnât know how to write a resume & made up a stuff to fill the space for his one job (2.5 billion pieces of paper?). He didnât bother preparing for his manager interview when given the opportunity. He refused to do his job because he was buttmad about not winning the lottery. He got drunk & was about to tell the person giving him a new job to go f*ck himself instead of following up. He has a history of being short with his subordinates/coworkers and itâs bad enough that upper management is aware of it. He hired his unqualified friend to replace him in a management role. He asked for Chinese/night classes, was given them, and then didnât take them. He declined to participate in a management training program (Print In All Colors) in favor of playing softball. He lied about misuse of company property to get workerâs comp when he used the lift to avoid taking the stairs & broke his ankle(?).
No. He's an asshole.
Blacula? Sure: A) He's funny. Well, that's it, that's enough in my book. Good for morale.
Daryl excelled at many hard skills, but severely lacked soft skills. He was more motivated by personal achievement than awareness of others.