I stepped inside the gray building. Damn, it was ugly. I go to the elevator, and I wish myself good luck. It was so weird. I could be anywhere, but I end up in Scranton, PA. I mean, hello, I graduated from Harvard a year early
I'm at the door now. I wish myself good luck at my new job. I open the door, and I find a girl with medium-length brown hair casually typing on the keyboard.
"Hi." I say, "I'm Lili Harman-"
"You're the new receptionist. I'm Erin Hannon, the old receptionist. I'm supposed to give you the tour before I go to accounting." The girl said.
"Oh, okay, that's cool." I replied.
"Here's the first introduction to Dunder Mifflin." Erin said, "Our boss, Michael Scott, is quite a character."
As if we were in a play, a short man with slicked back hair comes out of the office. He has cameras following him, as well. Maybe that was why I had to sign release forms earlier.
"Well, hello, my name is Michael Scott! You must be our new receptionist. Well, normally, I'd show you around, but I have a meeting to go to, so I can't." The man said, then looking at the rest of the employees, "Jimbo's in charge!"
(Talking-head) "Well, I like this new receptionist. She's like…" Michael says, looking directly into the camera, "A Pam Beesley, 6.0"
"Who's Jimbo?" I asked.
"I'm Jimbo. Well, that's not my name, actually. It's Jim." The man had shaggy brown hair, sparkling eyes, and a kind smile. He was actually cute.
"I have to show Lili around the office." Erin said.
"Well, here's Jim, obviously." Erin said, "But this guy, is Dwight."
Dwight has glasses that are seriously outdated, and he's wearing a brown suit with a yellow shirt and tie. He also has a head shaped like a bobble head.
"Dwight K. Schrute, nice to meet a new employee." Dwight said.
"Hey, Dwight, aren't you looking for a girlfriend." Jim asked.
Dwight looked murderous.
"You are embarrassing me in front of the new employee." Dwight said furiously.
"I live to do that." Jim replied.
"Well, anyways, this is Pam." Erin said.
"Just so you're aware of the office relationships, Pam's my fiancée." Jim said.
"Congratulations! I hope you're happy together!" I gushed. Jim and Pam did look like a cute couple.
"Thanks!" Pam said.
"And here is Ryan." Erin said.
Ryan had dark brown hair, and sparkling blue eyes.
"Hey, how's it going?" Ryan asked.
"It's going well." I replied.
(Talking-Head) "The new receptionist is way hot." Ryan says, looking into the camera
"Well, this is Andy Bernard." Erin says, showing me to a man with brown hair and a creepy smile.
"Hey, new receptionist." Andy said.
"Hey." I reply.
"This is Stanley Hudson." Erin said. Stanley was a heavy set, middle-aged African-American man.
Stanley grunted.
"This is Phyllis Lapin Vance." Phyllis was a heavy middle-aged woman.
"Oh, and the Accountants are Angela Martin." Erin said. Angela was a blond petite woman who wore all gray and coldly nodded at me.
"Angela well, is a little tight." Erin said, smiling.
I hid a laugh and smiled back.
"This is Oscar Martinez." Oscar was a Hispanic man.
"This is Kevin Malone." Erin said. Kevin was a heavy person who was eating.
"Well, this is most of the office. You'll meet them all at lunch." Erin said, "The reception job is really easy. All you have to do is say, 'Hello, this is Dunder Mifflin, my name is Lili.'"
"Thanks for the tour, Erin!" I said.
"Anything is better than Michael's tour. You'll see him tomorrow." Erin said, going to her desk.
The reception job was easy. However, the job was also boring. I was counting the minutes to lunch with anticipation. I hadn't done this since 5th grade.
"Hello, Lili. Your time for decision making has come. Will you be a slacker like Jim, or will you be like me, in Schrute's Army of Salvation?" Dwight roared.
This person had to be insane.
"Let me think about it." I said.
Clearly, this was not the anticipation he'd been expecting as he said, "Well, is their anything on my face?"
I grabbed a sharpie and scribbled all over his face and said, "Now you do."
Dwight scowled,"You will regret this, Lili."
(Talking-head) "Lili is very disrespectful to her elders." Dwight says, furiously scrubbing his forehead.
"Great job, Lili!" Pam said.
"You should join us for lunch! C'mon everyone, celebration, extra thirty minutes of lunch." Jim said.
"Hooters?" Kevin asked.
"No, Kevin. What about Cooper's?" Jim asked.
"Money goes to the company credit card, I hope?" Stanley said.
"Uh…well," Jim stammers.
"I don't think it's a good idea." A tired man says.
"C'mon, Toby, show some spirit." An Indian girl says.
"Oh, fine. Let's just keep it quiet." Jim said.
"Great. Carpool at my car!" A redhead calls out.
Everyone went downstairs. Obviously, this did not every day.
"So, who's going to not be buckled up?" Ryan asked.
"Well, I'm bringing Pam, Kelly, and Erin." Jim said.
"The rest go with Meredith. Well, Stanley's taking his car, and so are Oscar and Kevin." Pam replied.
Meredith was in front, with Andy next to her. Me, Angela, Ryan, and Dwight in the back seat, Phyllis was in the back.
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Lunch was fun! Jim and Pam pulled endless pranks on Dwight, which everyone thought was funny, and the atmosphere was light. Then we all went back to Dunder Mifflin, and Michael gave us a boring lecture on business ethics. (Toby could have done it, but Michael's reaction to it was, "Ugh, Toby, you don't know anything.)
"Well, lucky you! Happy first day?" Jim asked.
"It was cool." I agreed.
"Well, we normally don't have days like these, but whatever." Pam said.
"Oh. Well, bye Pam! Bye Jim!" I said, going to my roommate's borrowed car.
Overall, Dunder Mifflin was okay.