I just got out of a meeting where the following happened:1. A woman in our office, who is a dead ringer for Sarah Palin, used the word "maverick." (That is what caused me to start giggling in the first place.)
2. Our Director of Music walked into the meeting and a few minutes in asked, "Why are you only talking about The Sound of Music?" To which someone replied, "Because this is a meeting about The Sound of Music."
3. Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana was referenced at least 20 times by 3 people over 60.
4. The meeting concluded with two grown men singing the part of a young boy in Les Mis.
If Michael Scott one day turned up at my office, I would not be shocked. I should start answering my phone with "Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam."
Other amazing moments in my 3 years at my job:
1. During our move from one office to another, someone actually said they wanted a chair in the bathroom to sit in and take their lunch break. Another woman said she would be willing to sit on her printer, just so she could have one at her desk.
2. Our receptionist often goes to the bathroom and violates several health regulations because she doesn't wash her hands and also often walks around the bathroom barefoot.
3. Our receptionist once scooped all the muck out of the kitchen sink drain, put it in a cup, and then left a note with it to tell us that there's no disposal in the sink:
4. There is a guy we call Gay Queerpont Finch (after the title character, J. Pierpont Finch, in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) because he played that role in community theatre and loves to throw tantrums all the time.
5. One of our VPs whistles in the bathroom.
6. A co-worker of mine snores at his desk in plain view. For hours at a time.
7. We recently discovered a UPS rate chart from 1993. It survived 3 office moves despite its utter irrelevance 16 years later. It now hangs proudly on my wall.
I would like to write a script for The Office because way too often, art imitates life EXACTLY.
