Most likely a majority of people in the United States at this point have seen at least one episode or part of an episode of the popular NBC television show, The Office that is how popular the show has become in recent years. Some of the shows catchphrases have even filtered into the mainstream lingo, with lots of young people all over the country using boss Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, famous phrase “that is what she said”. The show has had episodes revolving around all kinds of topics, many of which ring true to people in the world of business for real. One such episode that may hit home to business employees; is the two part episode where the members of the office have to compete against other branches to lose weight, which of course includes standing on weighing scales certainly not a gram scale.

There are many other plotlines on the weight loss episode and one of them includes Jim, the office jokester who is constantly playing pranks on his rival Dwight, being upset that his girlfriend and company receptionist Pam is off in New York. In a previous episode, Pam had decided to go to New York City to go to art school, which was an interest that the character had held and not explored in previous seasons when she was with her old fiancé, Roy. Read the rest of this entry »