‘Real Life Michael Scott’ Contest finalists

9. Lauren

My boss, Rick, is Michael Scott personified. On one of my first days at this job he told me, “My pants are like Burger King…home of the Whopper.” Besides his use of sexually explicit “humor,” he’s a total racist, but he seems completely unaware of that notion. On Martin Luther King Day, he repeatedly told me that he preferred to call the holiday, “James Earl Ray Day.” He presents himself as being incredibly important. He was a Michigan state police detective, and now he’s a forensic fire investigator, and he’s always telling me how he’s “known” all over the world. He literally said, “People know me.” He once said, “I’ve burned over 60 houses and 120 cars.” Also, whenever I ask him what he’s doing, his reply is always the same, “secret squirrel shit.” He just comes off so smug, but at the same time, I think he means well. I guess it’s hard to tell. Perhaps he’s just a mental manic in sheep’s clothing. He’s my real live Michael Scott.

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   31. Andrea  Thu. Aug. 28, 2008 | 7:48am

   Aw, thanks, everyone! This made my month.

   In all fairness to my boss, he’s not entirely like Michael. He’s actually incredibly competent at his job. And he’s a super nice guy that I consider a friend. He’s just…well. You read the stories.

   Once I get the DVDs, I’ll have a viewing party…anyone who lives near me is welcome to come!

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   30. Dunderhead12step  Sun. Aug. 24, 2008 | 1:45pm

   Is there going to be a Real Life Dwight Schrute contest? I nominate my husband!

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   29. Cahoots  Sun. Aug. 24, 2008 | 12:52am

   Congrats to Andrea, but I gotta admit (chiming in late, admittedly), that I think JB had it a lot worse.

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   28. Warren  Sat. Aug. 23, 2008 | 7:47am

   Congrats to everyone. It would be nice to see the final results…even if it’s on a percentage basis. Please?

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   27. Pu'u  Fri. Aug. 22, 2008 | 8:19pm

   Wow I was in the top 10!!

   I’ve been sick for the past week and didn’t even get to vote. Feels good to have an idiot boss after all…good job everyone!!

   And Andrea…you poor thing…your psychological damage is far worse than my physical abuse…well deserved!!

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   26. Diapers Schrute  Fri. Aug. 22, 2008 | 6:18pm

   Congrats Andrea! You deserve the DVD! Share please? :)

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   25. Midge McGee  Wed. Aug. 20, 2008 | 12:15pm

   Yay! I’m excited to make the cut. I agree that my boss being gross and dirty isn’t very Michael-esque, but I just couldn’t keep that to myself (=.

   Thanks for letting me share him with you! What a fun contest.

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   24. buyMEacoke,Jim!  Mon. Aug. 18, 2008 | 10:11pm

   While I would kill myself if I worked for Brandi’s boss, I have to hand my single vote to Andrea…it sounds like a script for an upcoming episode. Between the jaundice and the Baywatch reference, I don’t think we can get much more Michael Scott.

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   23. Jessica  Mon. Aug. 18, 2008 | 10:27am

   This is SUCH a hard pick!!! I really did not beleive that there were bosses out there like MIchael Scott, boy was I wrong!! Thank goodness I work with somewhat NORMAL people! Even tho my day would be a lot more interesting if I worked with someone like Michael Scott!!

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    22. Sarah  Mon. Aug. 18, 2008 | 6:47am

    I have to say…I laughed out loud (in my office) when I read “You look jaundiced”. Oh my my.

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    21. Joanna (CBM)  Sun. Aug. 17, 2008 | 2:09pm

    Andrea - you should be a consultant for the show. “You look jaundiced” wow. just wow.

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    20. Bozagaz  Sun. Aug. 17, 2008 | 12:28pm

    My favorite is Bozagaz’s - quite the story and what a writer!

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    19. JAMforever  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 8:42pm

    Woah! Andrea, that sounds like it actually came straight out of The Office!!

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    18. shan21  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 3:47pm

    Andrea all the way. Wow.

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    17. Cayce80  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 2:40pm

    I voted for Brandi. “Quotation marks don’t mean what you think they mean.” Heheh. Too funny.

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    16. Oodles of Noodles  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 1:55pm

    While I was hoping my tale of Michael Scott-like horrendousness would be a finalist (trust me, I could have used it…I’m still working for the guy), I’ve got to say these stories are great, and any one of them is a deserving winner. I voted for Angelo because I just had the clearest picture of Michael saying that to Oscar!!

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    15. tessieholic  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 1:40pm

    Andrea’s boss is so much like Michael Scott, he could be a tracing. Andrea gets my vote.

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    14. Kim  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 12:48pm

    Oh, JB! Poor thing. Sounds more like a Todd Packer!

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    13. hannah  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 12:30pm

    that was actually relatively easy…all i had to do was look at andrea’s a 2nd time. hers was utterly perfect!

    the others that i thought came close were #s 5, 9, and 10. (though the one with the dirty shirt could never happen to michael-he always comes to work looking as close to perfect as possible!)

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    12. jkrasislove  Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 | 11:07am

    I feel so bad for you all. Especially JB. It’s a tough call but I have to give it to Andrea. A replica of the Office.

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