Did I Stutter?

"Did I Stutter?" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of The Office. It was written by Brent Forrester and Justin Spitzer and directed by Randall Einhorn. It first aired May 1, 2008.

Synopsis

When Stanley snaps at Michael during a meeting, Michael tries to give Stanley an attitude adjustment. Dwight decides to buy Andy’s car. Meanwhile, Pam deals with an unexpected inconvenience after spending the night at Jim’s

Dwight's organizational chart

Dwight's organizational chart is quite detailed.^[1] NBC made the chart avaiable online after the episode aired. Download the PDF here.
- Ryan's title is Vice President, North East Region and Director of New Media.
- Jim Halpert is Assistant Regional Manager.
- Dwight K. Schrute is Original Assistant Regional Manager, positioned slightly above Jim.
- Angela is Senior Accountant, and her box has a pink "female" symbol (♀).
- Accountant Tom Peels has been crossed off. (He killed himself, as noted in the episode Performance Review.)
- Accountant Kevin Malone has a four-leaf clover.
- Accountant Oscar Martinez has two "male" symbols (♂♂), alluding to his homosexuality.
- Toby Flenderson has a blue Star of David with a question mark.
- The Quality Control department consists of Quality Assurance Rep "Creed Bratton", in quotation marks.
- The Customer Service department consists of Customer Service Rep Kelly Kapoor, and her box has a pink "female" symbol.
- The Supplier Relations department consists of Supplier Relations Meredith Palmer, with a pink "female" symbol. Additionally, the symbol indicating her menstrual cycle has been crossed off, referring to her hysterectomy, first mentioned in Health Care.
- Reporting to Meredith is Devon White, whose box has been crossed off. (Devon was fired in Halloween.)
- The Reception department consists of Receptionist Pam Beesly, with a pink "female" symbol.
- The Sales department is headed by Regional Director in Charge of Sales Andy Bernard. His box contains a silhouette of a person wearing a mortarboard, referring to Andy's habit of reminding everyone that he went to Cornell.
- Reporting to Andy are Sales Rep Phyllis Lapin and Sales Rep Stanley Hudson. Phyllis's box contains a pink "female" symbol, as well as a symbol which, according to the legend, indicates that she is post-menopausal. Stanley's box contains a "Black Power" fist.
- Heading the Warehouse is Warehouse Foreman Darryl Philbin, whose box contains a "Black Power" fist.
- Reporting to Darryl are Jerry DiCanio, Madge Madsen, and Lonnie Collins. Madge's box is adorned with a pink "female" symbol, and Lonnie's contains a "Black Power" fist. There is an unexplained dotted line from Lonnie to Michael.
- The Party Planning Committee consists of Angela, Pam, Phyllis, Meredith, and Kelly, although the line to Kelly is not as strong as the other lines.
- The chart is labelled "Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch ORG. CHART By Dwight K. Schrute*" with the footnote "*Do Not Duplicate or Transmit. Intellectual Property of Dwight K. Schrute for 1,000 years."
- Karen and the other former Stamford employees do not appear on the chart. Neither does Roy.

Dwight's "Emergency Powers" chart[1] makes the following changes:
- Next to his name is the symbol for radioactive materials.
- Andy's name is crossed out.
- The Warehouse staff is under a "lockdown".
- Dwight's family members are listed as members of the hierarchy as follows:
  - Mose reports directly to Dwight.
  - Vater (German for "father") reports to Mose, and Mutter ("mother") reports to Vater.
  - Two people noted as "Shirely" and "Heindl" also report to Mose.

Trivia

After the episode aired, Andy's Nissan Xterra was placed for sale on eBay.^[2] According to the auction listing, the car actually belongs to a hairstylist for the show. Included with the car are a script of this episode and other paraphernalia.

Goofs

Kevin says that all his ex-girlfriends wore glasses. However, his former fiancée Stacy did not wear glasses, at least not in public.

Cast

Main Cast

Supporting Cast

Recurring Cast

Guest Cast

=References

↑ Publicity still for episode Did I Stutter?
↑ Buy Andy's car!, Office Tally

[OrgChart-1] Publicity still for episode Did I Stutter?

[2] Buy Andy's car!, Office Tally

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