Can we talk about Pam from The Office for a minute?

Watching reruns (all the damn time ) reminded me of something. There are a lot of things that piss people off about Pam, and some rightfully so. But I want to talk about two things specifically...

- On Michael's last day (his real last day, when he was set to leave the day before everyone thought he was leaving), Pam supposedly went to price copiers (or something like that?).

But then, once Jim realized what Michael was doing, kept trying to get ahold of Pam on the phone, but couldn't. And at one point, we see her walk into a fricking movie (The King's Speech, I believe). What the hell is she thinking going to a fricking movie in the middle of a workday? How the hell would she possibly think that was a good idea or that it was something okay to do during work hours. I know people are sort of free to come and go from their office, but to go see a movie...especially under the guise of being out running errands or doing something for the office (like pricing copiers)????

That has ALWAYS bugged me. And on top of that, she had to know that her husband was trying to get in touch with her over the course of several hours, but she never called him back to see what the deal was..? That seems terrible IMO.

And then, once she gets to the airport, are we to assume that she bought a ticket? How else, in this post-9-11 country, would she have been able to get past security? And I believe she had her shoes off, so she definitely went through security to see him. Did she waste money on a fricking plane ticket?




- I'll be the first to admit that Jim handled the whole Philly job thing fairly poorly. I know there were reasons that he did it (due to Pam), but all in all he could've handled that a lot better than he did. I will also admit, though, that Jim was always the biggest supporter of Pam and her art pursuances. When she went to NYC, he was nothing but supportive (even if a little intimidated at times).

But one thing I noticed in watching the Job Fair episode (where Michael, Pam, Oscar, and Darryl go back to Pam's high school), when she is talking to the guy at the end in the art booth...he tells her that the best places to get educated in art and artistic programs are big-city-type places like New York or Philadelphia.

So in reality, wouldn't Jim's whole Philly thing actually be another boost toward her art "career" if she wanted it to be? We never see (onscreen at least) her tell JIm anything about Philly for art school, only NYC that I can remember. But why wouldn't she ever consider that once the whole Athlead thing took off and moving to Philly was actually a possibility? She sure as hell could've tried to make the most of it instead of, I don't know, running into the arms of another man (and literally going to his house unbeknownst to her husband).




Anyway, just a couple of things I've noticed during some recent rewatches. Also, as a thanks for your time, here is a video I found of about one second from every episode of The Office. It's pretty good/cool: Did I stutter?