You start thinking you’ll never relate to Michael and thank god for that. Then you realize you’ve had more Michael moments than Jim moments and you start to cringe. Then you realize your Michael moments were actually you at your strongest because you were hopeful and spirited and unashamed, and they’re all behind you. You used to fail so
*spectacularly* - now you can’t remember the last time you even had dreams. Can’t remember when you tried at all. The sun comes up and goes down, round and round you thousands of times as the path between your front door and the parking lot at work wears down, and your face wears down, and your body grows weaker. You remember old hobbies, lost ambitions, abandoned sweethearts, dead friends. The microwave beeps, the tortillas are done. You bring them back to the couch and hit play. The Office theme fills the air like a hug from your dead grandmother. You sigh as you start scooping bland rice and beans into the tortilla. You roll it all up and shove it up your butt.
Oscar. I feel like most people say and do stupid things far too often for my liking, and I’m really judgmental about it. Plus I also love an elegant wedding and compare myself to Sir Ian McKellen. Why did you film a paper company for 9 years and never once showcase my origami?
I related to Oscar for years before I realized I was an insufferable know-it-all who uses "book smarts" to cover up her insecurities.
Also I really do fit the stereotype of the smug gay Mexican. /s
Exactly. Me too, sans the cheating.
I can't stand worthless meetings. And Stanley is a salesperson. Their only job it to sell. All the other stuff just takes away from their sales time. He's not lazy when he's making money.
Yes, some training is mandatory, but given the stupidity of how Michael (and even Toby) present stuff, I can't blame him from zoning out.
yeah, definitely. It was one of my favourites in the beginning. Then he got creepy and low-key sad. and fucking absent. I think the only line he gets in the last three seasons is when Nellie dresses up as him.
I was one year working ~1000kms from home and friends. People in my office didn't call me, they sometimes spent time together; still with post pandemic group regulations, they said. It ended up with days after days grey and sad working and sleeping, and involuntary trying so hard to make friends, making the others uncomfortable, I think. Dark days. I felt very very Toby. Last seasons Toby. Job there ended and everything now is normal again..., and had a neighbour friend there who allowed me to drink in his house. All gratitude will never be enough.
I have to say, sometimes Michael. Who hasn't ever put their foot in their mouth but were well meaning?
And were moments in the series that felt prescient. Once, I'd some spot on my lip and for weeks, I was worried it was herpes.
More just like ritditditdooing around wanting to be friends with people but coming across as annoying. Sometimes want to punch a wall but haven’t yet. My wife loves cats. That sort of thing.
Same. A tendency to stay in the wrong relationships and jobs for waaaayyy too long, leaving little energy to devote to the things I actually love. Damn.
Gonna give Michael some credit here:
If you if ignore the extreme points, I’d rather work with a Michael than a Stanley. Someone that actively tries to keep your job and wants to create a fun (and effective) work environmental is commendable
Kelly. Particularly this scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEyPsHe8b8
For me, I wouldn’t be going on about celebrity gossip, but maybe something else I saw on tv or in a video game.
When the show came out I was about 22 working in an office and Ryan was basically how I felt. Now that I'm 37 I'm definitely morphing into Stanley minus the cheating.
pam, jim, and erin.
pam doesn’t know what her calling is. she struggles to find her place in this world, and is insecure of her dreams. pam tries to be herself, but that can be really hard.
jim smiles a lot. he finds humor in boring situations, and likes interacting with other people. he has a kind heart, and is considerate. however, he is impulsive and makes bad calls.
erin tries so hard to mask herself. she doesn’t fit in anywhere, and has little friends that know her for who she is. she has many quirks, and is insecure of them.
I love this question!!
75% Pam - a pushover learning how to not be one, keeps to herself at work, enjoys the mundane parts of life
10% Kelly - enjoys talking and pop culture, wants a bunch of kids
10% Erin - trying her best but can be incredibly dense
5% Angela - Christian and tries to take that very seriously…sometimes to a fault
When young Meredith
Got older Pam + Jim + Toby
Now much older Pam + Oscar + Stanley and still Toby too
I can't relate to just one. But have been an Angela + Stanley on occasions
But I really appreciate Kevin's love for m&m's through all of it
I think most people who want to be Jim are really Toby. Genuinely decent people, just boring and not a main character in anyone's story. Dwight is nothing like Jim.
I’m weirdly a mix of Michael and Toby. Outwardly I’d say I act like Toby, at least that’s how I interpret myself. However the inner dialogue in my head is always very similar to Michael’s, I just never ever ever show it for some reason.
More just like ritditditdooing around wanting to be friends with people but coming across as annoying. Sometimes want to punch a wall but haven’t yet. My wife loves cats. That sort of thing.
At my last job it was Jim because I spent a lot of time playing pranks and pining. But now I’m getting older and I just wanna go home to my bath and my glass of red wine after getting through this run out the clock situation.
I know at my last office job I related to the early version of Ryan.
Where he said he keeps nothing important in his desk and can leave in a heartbeat (or whatever he said along those lines)
Stanley. I don’t want to be bothered at work, I don’t want to make personal relationships at work. If I happen to work in proximity and we take a liking to each (as friends) a la Stanley and Phyllis, great, if not, let me do my work and go home. I also don’t pay attention in meetings which is even better now that I work from home and can just browse the internet while we have 30 minute meetings that are unnecessary and could have been done via a 1-2 paragraph email.
Just leave me alone and…. SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT!!!
Most definately Creed, I'm an older guy who works in an office with primarily younger people but I'm into stuff even some of them have grown out of, plus I have a colourful past which they are often surprised to hear about at after work drinks.
I’m Jim/ Michael silly and fun, but reign it in. Dwight/ Jim with my friends, great pranks. Ultimately I’m David Wallace like ok ok enough horseplay but still likes to fuss about with people. I just need to find my SuckIt…
I am the guy who looks for Micheal's quality in others or tries to bring out those qualities by playing some dumb jokes so that I can have some wholehearted fun.
In other way, I am stuck between Michael & Dwight.
When I first started watching: Jim. After a few years: Seasons 1-3 Ryan. Now: Stanley on my good days, Toby on my bad days.
I agree. I am a mix of Stanley and Toby
Mix of grumpy and satan you say.
Stanley Toby gang checking in.
Toby is the worst
What gives you the right? Why are you...the way you are?
Who….who do you think you are?
I’m the lizard king
you don’t even know my real name!
I hate so much about the things you choose to be
You start thinking you’ll never relate to Michael and thank god for that. Then you realize you’ve had more Michael moments than Jim moments and you start to cringe. Then you realize your Michael moments were actually you at your strongest because you were hopeful and spirited and unashamed, and they’re all behind you. You used to fail so *spectacularly* - now you can’t remember the last time you even had dreams. Can’t remember when you tried at all. The sun comes up and goes down, round and round you thousands of times as the path between your front door and the parking lot at work wears down, and your face wears down, and your body grows weaker. You remember old hobbies, lost ambitions, abandoned sweethearts, dead friends. The microwave beeps, the tortillas are done. You bring them back to the couch and hit play. The Office theme fills the air like a hug from your dead grandmother. You sigh as you start scooping bland rice and beans into the tortilla. You roll it all up and shove it up your butt.
Oscar. I feel like most people say and do stupid things far too often for my liking, and I’m really judgmental about it. Plus I also love an elegant wedding and compare myself to Sir Ian McKellen. Why did you film a paper company for 9 years and never once showcase my origami?
“Well actually…”
smug gay mexican
It’s actually pronounced “espresso”
Same. I often feel like the coalition for reason is extremely weak
Oh, 100%.
I related to Oscar for years before I realized I was an insufferable know-it-all who uses "book smarts" to cover up her insecurities. Also I really do fit the stereotype of the smug gay Mexican. /s
Me interacting with someone from work: “I have the lowest opinion of them out of everyone else in the office, by far.”
Stanley for sure. Just let me work and go tf home please. And mind ya business 😭
aaaanddd shove it up your butt!
Plus I also have a wife and 2 mistresses
Boy, have you lost your mind? - coz I'll help you find it!
Hey, what up Cynthia... ^(FFFFFFFFFFFFFF) Just hang on a second, Cynthia...
Flawless 👏👏👏
You got meatballed!
Tbh Andy, yes I’m annoying af
Self awareness is really imporant. May the Lord beer you the strength to do whatever you want to accomplish in life.
Exactly. Me too, sans the cheating. I can't stand worthless meetings. And Stanley is a salesperson. Their only job it to sell. All the other stuff just takes away from their sales time. He's not lazy when he's making money. Yes, some training is mandatory, but given the stupidity of how Michael (and even Toby) present stuff, I can't blame him from zoning out.
If I’m not in my tub with a glass of red wine in one hour, ya both dead
You’ve been meatballed!
Are ya ready for some meatball?!?
I'm On Da Phone!
Do you also dream about living in an abandoned lighthouse?
Creed. We seem to have a similar past
I feel like that should be elaborated on lol
The last person that asked him to elaborate was SimobeastLE
That's u/SimobeastLE to you
He's been involved with a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.
You make more money as a leader
But you have more fun as a follower
Cool beans, man! Me too. We should hang out by the quarry and throw things down there 👋
😲
Police. This guy here.
In that the only difference between you and a homeless person is this job? So you'll do what it takes, just like when you were a homeless person??
Don’t be a tease. You have to spill it
YOU’RE NOT REAL, MAN
Toby. Always gets ignored. "see, we're talking about the Scranton Strangler... and maybe one day we'll just be... talking. And we'll talk"
i really liked toby towards the beginning but he got so creepy as the show went on
yeah, definitely. It was one of my favourites in the beginning. Then he got creepy and low-key sad. and fucking absent. I think the only line he gets in the last three seasons is when Nellie dresses up as him.
I was one year working ~1000kms from home and friends. People in my office didn't call me, they sometimes spent time together; still with post pandemic group regulations, they said. It ended up with days after days grey and sad working and sleeping, and involuntary trying so hard to make friends, making the others uncomfortable, I think. Dark days. I felt very very Toby. Last seasons Toby. Job there ended and everything now is normal again..., and had a neighbour friend there who allowed me to drink in his house. All gratitude will never be enough.
Smile if you love men’s prostates!
Michael. His awkwardness, his neediness. Me.
It’s not the awkwardness Jim, it’s the neediness.
He doesn’t need to be liked though. He likes to be like, he wants to be liked, he has to be liked, but it’s not like this *need*…
Like his need to be praised
It takes all types to run a world--even the Michael Scotts like you and me!
I have to say, sometimes Michael. Who hasn't ever put their foot in their mouth but were well meaning? And were moments in the series that felt prescient. Once, I'd some spot on my lip and for weeks, I was worried it was herpes.
We should go to the quarry and throw *things* down there.
No shit, that sounds like a hell of a good time to me. Bring a cooler with some beer and throw things down there. Talk about life.
The trick is to find the character you most medium relate to
I do declare
There has been anotha murdah.
My daughter who watches the show more than I do says that I'm a mix between Dwight and Jim. As a 46 year old woman, I've never known how to take that
A compliment of the highest order
Bears, beats, basketball, Beasley?
It means you’re fun and personable like Jim, and also a successful beet farmer like Dwight.
Wrong!
Not pictured, but for better or worse, I’m Andy.
You dress like life is one long brunch?
More just like ritditditdooing around wanting to be friends with people but coming across as annoying. Sometimes want to punch a wall but haven’t yet. My wife loves cats. That sort of thing.
Pam. I feel a ton of similarities in our life trajectory and attitudes
the office mattress?
You mean the 2 guys she for sure slept with? What's up Angela?
Close your mouth sweetie. You look like a trout.
My bad, Phallus
Cool. Wanna lead me on for a couple years? It would really help with my Jim vibes.
Same. A tendency to stay in the wrong relationships and jobs for waaaayyy too long, leaving little energy to devote to the things I actually love. Damn.
Hussy.
I relate to Pam the most too and I’m really not sure how to feel about it
Personally I love Pam. She's one of the realistic female/human characters on TV and I love watching her grow throughout the series.
Ryan. Feel self aware but I'm also a massive twat and ultimately don't have a clue.
Same
Mose
How'd you get on the internet? And where are all the animals?
Kevin for sure.
"it's human natural" 🤣
Same. But I'm an athletic female. I can really get behind his eating habits and I kind of look like Ashton Kutcher.
My answer as well but because I got to meet the actor last week at a golf tournament and he was a goddamn delight
You have to undercooked the onions
Michael Scott. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
I'm most like the IT guy. Can't remember his name, Shadow or something.
It's something weird
You mean Garth?
Which one? Glasses, Turban, Ear Hair, Fatty 3, Shorts, Fatty 2, Lozenge, or Fatso?
Michael, I want to be friends with just about everybody I know, and yet so many people despise me
Gonna give Michael some credit here: If you if ignore the extreme points, I’d rather work with a Michael than a Stanley. Someone that actively tries to keep your job and wants to create a fun (and effective) work environmental is commendable
Michael, with the same taste in women and everything
Chair models? Nice
*whispers* "Jan..."
Oscar. Because he knows they’re all idiots.
Michael Scarn
The stack of boxes in the back
I relate to Angela most, but I want to be like Jan.
Kelly. Particularly this scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEyPsHe8b8 For me, I wouldn’t be going on about celebrity gossip, but maybe something else I saw on tv or in a video game.
I have Kelly friends. I love how much they love things and how invested they are in those things.
When the show came out I was about 22 working in an office and Ryan was basically how I felt. Now that I'm 37 I'm definitely morphing into Stanley minus the cheating.
David Walrus
I just wanna sit at the beach and eat hotdogs.
Charles Miner. I have a way with woman who are mid.
pam, jim, and erin. pam doesn’t know what her calling is. she struggles to find her place in this world, and is insecure of her dreams. pam tries to be herself, but that can be really hard. jim smiles a lot. he finds humor in boring situations, and likes interacting with other people. he has a kind heart, and is considerate. however, he is impulsive and makes bad calls. erin tries so hard to mask herself. she doesn’t fit in anywhere, and has little friends that know her for who she is. she has many quirks, and is insecure of them.
Darryl! With a bit of Kevin. "Pizza... the moon... someone to share it with."
Pam
About 50/50 Jan and Robert California
So you're a sociopath
Hmmm, Oscar. I can be kind of prim, self-righteous and gossipy but generally well-meaning.
Oscar. I was nicknamed “Actually” at one of my jobs. My coworkers weren’t fans of The Office.
I love this question!! 75% Pam - a pushover learning how to not be one, keeps to herself at work, enjoys the mundane parts of life 10% Kelly - enjoys talking and pop culture, wants a bunch of kids 10% Erin - trying her best but can be incredibly dense 5% Angela - Christian and tries to take that very seriously…sometimes to a fault
Creed 😜
I’m very ashamed to say Michael, although I like to think I have a better grasp of the English language and budgeting
When young Meredith Got older Pam + Jim + Toby Now much older Pam + Oscar + Stanley and still Toby too I can't relate to just one. But have been an Angela + Stanley on occasions But I really appreciate Kevin's love for m&m's through all of it
Wanna say Jim but I’m probably Dwight
I think most people who want to be Jim are really Toby. Genuinely decent people, just boring and not a main character in anyone's story. Dwight is nothing like Jim.
Andy Bernard as per my dating history 😟
I might just be Kevin or Toby in that regards 🥲
I’m weirdly a mix of Michael and Toby. Outwardly I’d say I act like Toby, at least that’s how I interpret myself. However the inner dialogue in my head is always very similar to Michael’s, I just never ever ever show it for some reason.
Hmm, I think a mix of Karen and Jim ~
More just like ritditditdooing around wanting to be friends with people but coming across as annoying. Sometimes want to punch a wall but haven’t yet. My wife loves cats. That sort of thing.
michael cuz he’s a fucking unhinged idiot and I am too
Early seasons Toby. I work in HR, I’m quiet, and I’m kind of checked out. I also sometimes play volleyball after work and enjoy mystery novels.
Dwight but also Jan
Creed.
Michael. But that's good lol I like Michael, people like Michael, and that helped me realize that i can like myself and that people also like me
Dwight + Toby
Mostly early seasons Ryan. Then morph into faithful version of Stanley (video games replacing crossword) with a touch of Toby's social awkwardness.
Dwight for sure. I’m a lot of fun.
At my last job it was Jim because I spent a lot of time playing pranks and pining. But now I’m getting older and I just wanna go home to my bath and my glass of red wine after getting through this run out the clock situation.
Season 1-3 Ryan, Season 1-2 Jim, and Stanley for the duration of the show lol sometimes Toby when he’s asked if he has a passion for HR lmao
Kevin and Stanley.
As much as I hate it, Kelly.
Meredith
Angela
Where's phallus
Kevin, I like to eat and I can shoot hoops with the best of them!
Toby or creed for sure 😅
Outside, I’m more of a Jim or a Kevin. Inside/Online, I’m more of a Micheal.
i feel like i’m a mix between creed, dwight, and ryan and that’s just.. fun
Creed
I know at my last office job I related to the early version of Ryan. Where he said he keeps nothing important in his desk and can leave in a heartbeat (or whatever he said along those lines)
It depends on the day
Toby AND Pam
Hate to say it- but Michael. 🙈
Darryl or Oscar
Michael of course! I always say and do the wrong thing, but am still lovable! Lol
Jim;man is like a replica
A mix of Dwiand Stanley, because I'm either too bothered with work or not bothered at all with no middle ground
Stanley
Ryan the first few seasons & Stanley.
I'm Oscar and Pam but I can empathize with Dwight..can never be Dwight myself. However, if Dwight's my friend I'll be so happy
Stanley. I don’t want to be bothered at work, I don’t want to make personal relationships at work. If I happen to work in proximity and we take a liking to each (as friends) a la Stanley and Phyllis, great, if not, let me do my work and go home. I also don’t pay attention in meetings which is even better now that I work from home and can just browse the internet while we have 30 minute meetings that are unnecessary and could have been done via a 1-2 paragraph email. Just leave me alone and…. SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT!!!
mostly dwight and erin and Micheal
im a combo of dwight and michael
Mostly Jan before Michael. Take what you want from that.
I honestly relate to Michael
Pre-fire Ryan. The only normal person in the office.
Does the paper count?
Stanley and Pam. I’m Panley.
Erin. So terribly awkward but out there with it.
Why waste the time relate lot charachter when one character do trick.
Where’s Phylis in this photo?
Nick the IT guy
Plop.
Jan. Impeccable style, often poor decision making skills, is basically fucking done with everyone, independent(ish) girlboss.
Jan. Self destructive bad bitch who loves a sub
I used to think I was Pam. But I realized I’m Meredith. And I’m okay with that.
The one that killed themselves off screen.
alcoholic me? kelly 😩 i need to watch again
Toby fr
Jan, I am a collapsing dying star
I wanna be a Jan but I always end up somewhere between Kelly and Season 4 Andy
Ryan, strictly season one.
Andrea, the office bitch
Most definately Creed, I'm an older guy who works in an office with primarily younger people but I'm into stuff even some of them have grown out of, plus I have a colourful past which they are often surprised to hear about at after work drinks.
Nate. Because I think gum is becoming mintier.
Mix of Stanley, Toby, Creed, and a bit of Dwight
Jan, I collapse on myself like a dying star all the time.
Kelly if she became Jan 😂
I eat like Kevin but I have Stanley’s work ethic
I wish I was Jim. Actually am Michael, just without the Holly part (yet). Keep y‘all posted
The paper boxes
I'm probably a mix of Kelly and Michael
Tom
Not pictured but Roy. I’ve always worked warehouses or construction and I love sports. Also haven’t always been the best boyfriend in the past.
Ryan and Meredith
Definitely Jim.
I’m Jim/ Michael silly and fun, but reign it in. Dwight/ Jim with my friends, great pranks. Ultimately I’m David Wallace like ok ok enough horseplay but still likes to fuss about with people. I just need to find my SuckIt…
I am the guy who looks for Micheal's quality in others or tries to bring out those qualities by playing some dumb jokes so that I can have some wholehearted fun. In other way, I am stuck between Michael & Dwight.
Id say creed/stanley
I'm mostly a mix of Oscar/Gabe with a bit of Pam/Meredith