When he tries to patronize her with pros and cons, she tells him that the con is that the entire branch will be shut down, period. Jan tells him he has to handle it himself. Michael interrupts to explain about the union problem. While Jan attempts to discuss how sports analogies often leave women out, Kelly uses the opportunity to ask about "getting to second base" in the context of Jan's relationship with Michael. Michael is unable to tone down the union rhetoric. If they had a union, they could compete economically with the office. Michael may think they're all the same, but they're not. It quickly derails into a comparison between the office and warehouse workers.
Michael sits down the guys for a gripe session about women. Besides, Jan's clothes clearly indicate that she wants to be a whore. Angela doesn't think she's getting anything out of this.
Jan addresses how one should dress for the job one wants and not the job one has. Besides, it gives Pam someone to talk to so she can get it all out before she comes home. He believes it was a long time ago and that Jim and Pam are just friends. Kevin offers to back Jim up if it comes to blows. Secondly, Jim isn't keen on being around Roy who has probably heard the rumor about him liking Pam. His recklessness behind the controls causes several supply shelves to come crashing down. First of all, Darryl and his crew are not thrilled to have Michael there as he refuses to stay off the machinery.
Jan explains to the camera that her intent here is to find out if there are any women here who would make a good addition to Corporate.ĭownstairs, Michael starts to talk about how hard the warehouse staff works. Pam starts to defer, but Jan reminds her that there are always a million reasons not to do something. She'd have to spend a few weeks in New York, but really only a few weekends after that. After Phyllis compliments her work, Jan mentions a graphic design class offered by Corporate. But she has always wanted to do something with art. Pam admits she wants a house with a terrace on it and to be in a loving marriage with Roy. Jan starts to praise Kelly who doesn't want to be lugging kids around in mini-van. Meredith wants to be five years sober in five years. Phyllis believes she's good with computers until Angela criticizes her work. Meredith starts to say her name and that she's an alcoholic, but catches herself and says she's good at supplier relations. Jan continues by asking the women to state something they are good at. Dwight suggests the warehouse and Jan heartily approves. When Michael brings all the guys into a circle next to the conference room and makes a lot of noise, Jan tells them to go somewhere else. Dwight's more concerned that their menstrual cycles will align and wreak havoc on the plumbing. Michael resents having his conference room taken away from him so the women can talk about clothes (or him). Jan forces him out, then has to snap at him for lingering around the door. As she begins to talk about the disparity in the perception of assertive men versus assertive women, Michael jumps into the conference room to give his own rambling cliché-ridden take on the subject. Although she has assured the women that Michael isn't allowed, he won't be dissuaded. Jan arrives at the Scranton branch to hold a Women in the Workplace seminar for the female employees.