Office Recap: September 2008 Archives

Welcome back to another wonderful season of Office recaps that highlight the real life lessons we learn from the show.

Last night's season premiere was a full hour, but I'm going to try to keep this week's lessons brief.

I think the first take away point is company weight loss challenges, while being a good idea at heart, probably should have some guidelines. You'll want to make sure employees actually eat food (and not tape worms) so they don't pass out in the office. That could cause all kinds of liability issues.

Also, Holly showed us it's probably a bad plan to joke about sexual orientation and mental retardation in the office. It could just lead to all sorts of uncomfortable situations.

Lastly, if you ever have reason to grovel at the feet of former employees, don't blame your actions on your inability to fully process Sept. 11.

I'm sure there were a ton more lessons from the episode, so feel free to leave a few things you learned in the comments section!

If you didn't catch the story in this morning's paper about the professor at York College who teaches ethics classes based on examples from The Office, go check it out now.

And then for fun, take this quiz to find out which character from the show you are most like.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow afternoon for recaps and lessons learned from tonight's season premiere. You can catch up on last season here.

I'm super excited for The Office to come back tomorrow. Here's a quick preview trailer to get you as excited as me.

Don't forget to check back Friday for the return of "Everything I know about work I learned from Jim Halpert." You can check for last season's recaps here.