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Last night's episode focused pretty heavily on office relationships with a minor story line about what happens when an office is broken into.

Here's what we learned:
If you're going to have surprise meetings in the stairwell after hours, make sure to lock the door after you leave.

Don't let your fiance's ex cause you to question your relationship.

Letting out the air in someone's tires to get their attention doesn't work unless they are going to see the car within the next few minutes.

Feel free to add your own lessons in the comments.

So last night's episode of The Office taught us all about babies and baby showers.

Here are some quick take away points:

It's polite to hold showers at work, but it's really only necessary if an employee or their spouse is the one having the baby. No need to hold a shower for a employee's ex.

Super expensive strollers that promise various safety features probably hold up under normal circumstances. Being dragged behind a car however may cause damage.

I can't say for sure, but I'd be willing to bet money that practicing for a baby's delivery by birthing a watermelon (even one that is coated in butter to make it more realistic) probably won't prepare you for the actual event.

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of other good lessons, but those are the three that really struck me. Feel free to leave your lessons in the comments.

Well, I think it's safe to say you've been living under a rock this week if you missed all the news surrounding the bailout.

If for some reason you have, here's a quick rundown of what you missed.

People in general are not lovin' the bailout.

Congress is still yakking about the bailout.

WaMu joins the growing list of failing banks.

In more lighthearted news, "The Office" started last night and you can check out a cool story about a York College professor who teaches classes based off the show.

And don't forget to take a few minutes to listen to this week's podcast. The business staff chats about what you need to know to buy a car in our weak economy.

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.