Worst Case Scenario

I finally dipped my cup into the Koolaid, watching the first episode of BBC's "The Office." I think the best part about the show is that the characters never work. I love that part, 'cause work sucks.

I felt like turning the player off for the first 20 minutes because it seemed like a complete worst case scenario story, which I despise, because I always empathize with the characters. When the boss tries to pull "a prank" on his secretary, telling her she's fired, in front of the new guy, all for stealing post-it notes, it was like "Meet the Parents" all over again. Here the secretary is crying, the boss almost doesn't want to tell her it was a prank because of how horrible it went, and the new guy gets to bask in the awkwardness of it.

But after that I got used to it. I came to accept that people can be utterly blind and still continue living, happily.