It was a little jarring when both Michael and Jim arrived at the same moment to the office and both twenty-five minutes late to work. What also surprised the Dunder-Mifflin was that Jim was not dressed in just a button up and some slacks but no he was dressed just as Michael was in a suit and tie with his hair slicked back in a more professional way.
Pam smiled over at Jim as he smiled back at her, giving her a thumbs up. She wasn't sure for he had not told anybody about what had happened even though it had happened early this morning, unannounced, when David Wallace had driven down to Scranton for a breakfast meeting. He had only just dropped them off.
"I have an announcement," Michael began, his voice booming so everyone in the office could hear what he was saying, "Jim and I had just spoken to David Wallace over some waffles at the iHop. He had said that Dunder-Mifflin would be more well managed, as more of a person who saves me from all the trouble."
Michael had laughed and Jim had given him an odd look before he cleared his throat and continued, "I would like to inform you guys that Jim Halpert has been promoted and Jim accepted to the position of co-manager alongside me."
Immediately, Dwight rose to his feet, "Are you serious about this Michael? You don't really think David Wallace was being serious about it?"
"Dwight, he came with the paperwork for Jim to sign on the spot, if he had accepted it," Michael stepped towards Jim who immediately slipped back a little, "Jim is co-manager and there is absolutely nothing he could do."
He pushed his way past Michael and into his office, grabbing at his phone and dialing out Wallace's number hastily written on Michael's desk calender. It rang, and Michael continued to try to wrestle the receiver out of the desperate co-workers hands, but he answered before Michael could do anything.
"Michael?" Wallace starts, puzzled, "Is there something wr-"
"David, this is Dwight Schrute. I am here to make a formal complaint about the current new co-manager, Jim Halpert, and wish to have him fired immediately."
"On what grounds, Dwight?" He says with a sigh, which Dwight takes negatively, "There is nothing wrong. We promoted him because we thought it was the right thing to do."
He slammed the receiver down back into the cradle and pushed his way back out of Michael's office. He moves to where Jim is getting situated in his new office and immediately confronts him as he sits down in his seat.
"How?" Dwight immediately spits out, "How did you get the co-manager job?"
Jim looked up, innocently, "Maybe I was more qualified for the job?"
"OUt of all the people in this office Jim, I believe that next to Ryan you are one of the most complete shit sales person in the entire history of Dunder-Mifflin," Dwight says, as Jim's face remained unfaltered, "I've been running alongside Michael for almost 2/3rds of the years he has worked here and they have the balls to put Jim fucking Halpert in the 2nd command."
Jim stood up but Dwight's intimidating face made him immediately drop back down into the seat. "I accepted it because I thought I deserved it, since they offered it to me, and I signed the paperwork that I will start my job as soon as I do."
The sound that came out of Dwight not only startled Jim but made the other workers in the office turn their head towards Jim's office. And at the moment Dwight decided to turn on his heels and make his way to the front doors.
Michael had left his office to try and confront Dwight to convince him from leaving but Dwight did not listen but instead pushed Michael out of his way. Pam raised her phone to call security but Michael immediately ushered her to put it back down.
"He's just overreacting, he'll be back," Jim said as he headed towards the break room, needing a much needed cup of water to cool himself down, "He'll be back."