No edit summary Tags: Visual edit apiedit |
No edit summary Tag: Source edit |
||
| (55 intermediate revisions by 29 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | [[File:DreamTeam.jpg|right|300px]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| − | :-[[Pam Beesly]] |
||
| + | {{Company_Information |
||
| − | ==Beginnings== |
||
| + | |title1 = Michael Scott Paper Company |
||
| − | After [[Michael]] quit [[Dunder Mifflin]] ([[New Boss]]) he pitched his idea of his own paper company to the office employees. |
||
| + | |image1 = Michael Scott Paper Company Logo.jpg |
||
| − | The only employee to accept his proposal was [[Pam Beesly|Pam]]. |
||
| + | |caption1 = Michael Scott Paper Company logo |
||
| − | Michael then went on to recruit [[Vikram]], his old friend from his former telemarketer job. Michael then went against [[Pam Beesly|Pam]]'s council, and recruited his old favorite: [[Ryan Howard]], from his "$60,000 a year" job at a bowling alley. |
||
| + | |type = Paper company |
||
| + | |parent_company = [[Dunder Mifflin Paper Company|Dunder Mifflin]] |
||
| + | |headquarters = [[Scranton|Scranton, PA]] |
||
| + | |founded = 2009 |
||
| + | |first_appearance = [[Two Weeks]] |
||
| + | |last_appearance = [[Broke]] |
||
| + | |seasons = [[Season 5|5]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| + | The '''Michael Scott Paper Company, Inc.''' is started by [[Michael Scott]] after he quits the [[Dunder Mifflin Paper Company]]. |
||
| − | ==The company== |
||
| − | [[File:TheMichaelScottPaperCompany.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Michael Scott Paper Company at the [[Scranton Business Park]]]] |
||
| − | The '''Michael Scott Paper Company''' is Michael Scott's attempt at starting his own paper company after quitting the [[Dunder Mifflin Paper Company]]. It was originally headquartered in Michael's condo, but the Kellum Court Condo Association (which regulates the condo complex) sent a letter reminding him that is a violation of the neighborhood agreement to operate a business from his condo. Michael attempted to get investments from his own grandmother's investment club but failed. Michael then bought a large closet (yet too small for an office) somewhere within the [[Scranton Business Park]] as [[Dunder Mifflin Scranton]] to be their office. It is directly below a restroom and a vent, allowing everybody in the office to hear the occupier of the restroom's toilet memoirs. The closet also has no heater. The close quarters spark tensions between the employees, so Michael decides to give each employee their own corner of the office. Michael gets two corners, his desk and his own corner, Ryan gets one, and Pam is stuck with the corner by the copy machine. He then tries to obtain clients and raise awareness of his new "company" through a pancake luncheon with paper-shaped pancakes. He later gets a call and succeeds in getting one client with Pam. Eventually, the company is able to challenge Dunder Mifflin, after drawing away its biggest clients and focusing on their lowest prices. In result, Dunder Mifflin is severely affected by Michael's sales. |
||
| + | ==Origin== |
||
| − | Because the company lacks a delivery man and truck, Michael, Pam and Ryan are forced to deliver the loads every morning. Their truck is actually a van belonging to a former Korean church (which Pam explains the sides are labeled: Hallelujah Church of Scranton, which the company was forced to choose over a bus that had an owl residing in it). Despite Michael labeling a small sign that symbolizes the van is the company's, the van occasionally receives visits from Korean Christians, whom Pam must chase away. |
||
| + | Following the arrival of [[Charles Miner]], the new Vice President of Northeast Sales for [[Dunder Mifflin Paper Company|Dunder Mifflin]], in [[Scranton]], [[Michael Scott|Michael]] clashes with Charles due to Charles' no-nonsense attitude and Michael abruptly quits in "[[New Boss]]". Michael pitches the idea of his own paper company to the office employees, but the only employee to accept his proposal is [[Pam Beesly|Pam]] ("[[Two Weeks]]"). The two establish the company, headquartering it in Michael's condo. ("[[Dream Team]]") |
||
| + | ==History== |
||
| − | Even though the company itself deals with Dunder Mifflin's biggest clients, work ethic in the company still often involves fooling around. According to Pam, Michael, Ryan and herself have become increasingly skilled in catching cheese balls with their mouths. |
||
| + | [[File:DreamTeam.jpg|right|300px]]After learning that a commercial office is against the policies of the condo association, Michael and Pam assemble a list of tasks to tackle. They start by going after employees to add to the company, first picking up [[Vikram]] from the telemarking company where Michael briefly worked, then, despite Pam's protest, [[Ryan Howard]], who is working at a bowling alley. Michael then takes his team to meet with a potential investor, revealed to be Michael's nana, who lives in a retirement home. Nana and her 'investment club' decide not to invest in Michael's company. Following this, Vikram decides to leave the company. Upon returning to the condo, Michael begins a search for a new office. However, with no money to pay for an office, Michael is forced to set up the company's office in the only place he can for free: the first floor closet of the [[Scranton Business Park]], directly underneath the Dunder Mifflin office. ("[[Dream Team]]") |
||
| + | The three employees begin work in their office the next day, but struggle to become accustomed to their new office space; they can hear toilets flush from the office above them, due to the pipes running through the room, and, as their office is a closet, they have no heating. Pam and Ryan bicker over who will make copies until they are separated into corners by Michael, but Pam is assigned to the corner where the copier is located, giving her no space. Ryan shows no interest in his work, watching internet videos and openly insulting Michael and Pam in his phone calls. All this leads to Pam asking Charles for her job back, but she finds the position has been filled. Michael hosts a pancake luncheon, where only one non-Dunder Mifflin employee shows up. Pam and Ryan nearly give up, but the man from the luncheon calls and Pam is able to successfully close a sale ("[[Michael Scott Paper Company]]"). |
||
| − | ==Current/former employees== |
||
| + | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| + | [[File:TheMichaelScottPaperCompany.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Michael Scott Paper Company at the [[Scranton Business Park]]]] While the situation in the company office begins to improve, with the three getting along and becoming skilled in the art of throwing cheese balls into each other's mouths, the company is still tasked with finding clients. This leads Michael to hold secret meetings with [[Dwight Schrute|Dwight]], who provides information to Michael so he can undercut Dunder Mifflin. However, Charles begins showing Dwight more respect than Michael ever did, which leads to Dwight bringing Charles to one of his secret meetings with Michael. Michael, angry at Dwight, begins attempts to steal Dwight's clients. Dwight offers the company a truce, arranging a lunch meeting. However, Dwight does not show, breaking into the office, stealing the contents on Michael's desk and leaving a fish in the air vent. Dwight reveals his treachery to Michael, who decides to steal Dwight's biggest client. Dwight interrupts the meeting but falls victim to Michael's unconventional color coding system, which causes him to make a crass remark which loses him the client ("[[Heavy Competition]]"). The company begins to pick enough clients (including ten from Dunder Mifflin Scranton salesmen) to cause the company to buy a used van to make early morning deliveries. This routine takes a toll on the company's employees, who decide to look into a delivery person. They call an accountant, who tells them that due to their low prices and fixed-cost model, they cannot afford a delivery person and will be bankrupt in less than a month. Dwight learns of this from a past client but is prevented by Charles from revealing the information. [[David Wallace]], in an attempt to stop the losses from occurring, decides to buy out the Michael Scott Paper Company. Michael declines David's offers of $12,000 and later $60,000, instead negotiating for jobs and benefits for Michael (as manager), Pam and Ryan (as salespeople). David reluctantly agrees. ("[[Broke]]") |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==Employees== |
||
| + | *[[Michael Scott]] (Founder, Owner, Manager) |
||
*[[Pam Beesly]] (Sales) |
*[[Pam Beesly]] (Sales) |
||
*[[Ryan Howard]] (Sales, Accounting) |
*[[Ryan Howard]] (Sales, Accounting) |
||
*[[Vikram]] (Quit) |
*[[Vikram]] (Quit) |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| − | The reason the company was not at all successful was due to selling paper at too low a price, limiting their ability to grow. Alarmed, Michael attempted to raise his prices higher, by asking if the clients can "pay more" for their orders. However [[Dunder Mifflin Scranton|Dunder Mifflin]] did not know this, until one of the clients contacted Dwight. To regain business, Dunder Mifflin attempted to buy out the company. Michael, Pam and Ryan declined the large sum of money offered and chose to have their old jobs again, believing that to be safer. Even though [[Michael Scott|Michael]] had his old job back, he still owned the room that was formerly their office. He converted it into a disco and coffee shop, dubbing it "Disco Cafe " |
||
| ⚫ | Furthermore, [[Dwight Schrute]] was not an employee, but he was an important inside informant on Dunder Mifflin and gives Michael important information about the company, from its clients to its prices, in his support for Michael. However, he later defects to his new boss [[Charles Miner]], after being applauded for an outstanding job, and becomes the main antagonist of the company, by sabotaging and attempting to draw away clients. |
||
| ⚫ | Despite Michael's return, the employees responsible for sales |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==Aftermath== |
||
| + | Following the negotiation, the company folded, but Michael, Pam and Ryan carried over their clients. Michael still leases the room that was formerly their office, which he later converted into a disco and coffee shop, dubbing it "Cafe Disco." |
||
| + | |||
| ⚫ | Despite Michael's return, the employees responsible for sales are furious, except for Jim, about Michael's decision to place Ryan and Pam into sales positions when all of Pam and Ryan's clients were stolen from them ("[[Casual Friday]]"). Eventually, Michael and the sales staff are able to come to an agreement and have Pam hired in Sales with Ryan put into his old position as a temp. |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==Behind the scenes== |
||
| + | * Michael's goldfish changes in every episode. The joke is that Michael couldn't keep the fish alive and had to keep replacing it. Every week, the fish would be given to a crew member who wanted it, and the show would get a new fish for the next episode.{{OfficeLadiesCitation099|27:24}} |
||
| + | * The "Diversity" motivational poster was created by prop master [[Phil Shea]] using the arms and hands of members of the hair and make-up department.{{OfficeLadiesCitation100|36:34}} |
||
| + | |||
| + | == External links == |
||
| + | |||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413034637/http://www.michaelscottpapercompany.com/index.shtml Michael Scott Paper Company] |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==References== |
||
| + | <references/> |
||
| + | |||
[[Category:Locations]] |
[[Category:Locations]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Companies]] |
||
Latest revision as of 15:48, 12 December 2021
- For the episode, see Michael Scott Paper Company.
- "You know, Apple Computers started in a garage, and we are starting in a condo. So we already have a leg up on Apple."
- Pam Beesly
The Michael Scott Paper Company, Inc. is started by Michael Scott after he quits the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Origin
Following the arrival of Charles Miner, the new Vice President of Northeast Sales for Dunder Mifflin, in Scranton, Michael clashes with Charles due to Charles' no-nonsense attitude and Michael abruptly quits in "New Boss". Michael pitches the idea of his own paper company to the office employees, but the only employee to accept his proposal is Pam ("Two Weeks"). The two establish the company, headquartering it in Michael's condo. ("Dream Team")
History
After learning that a commercial office is against the policies of the condo association, Michael and Pam assemble a list of tasks to tackle. They start by going after employees to add to the company, first picking up Vikram from the telemarking company where Michael briefly worked, then, despite Pam's protest, Ryan Howard, who is working at a bowling alley. Michael then takes his team to meet with a potential investor, revealed to be Michael's nana, who lives in a retirement home. Nana and her 'investment club' decide not to invest in Michael's company. Following this, Vikram decides to leave the company. Upon returning to the condo, Michael begins a search for a new office. However, with no money to pay for an office, Michael is forced to set up the company's office in the only place he can for free: the first floor closet of the Scranton Business Park, directly underneath the Dunder Mifflin office. ("Dream Team")
The three employees begin work in their office the next day, but struggle to become accustomed to their new office space; they can hear toilets flush from the office above them, due to the pipes running through the room, and, as their office is a closet, they have no heating. Pam and Ryan bicker over who will make copies until they are separated into corners by Michael, but Pam is assigned to the corner where the copier is located, giving her no space. Ryan shows no interest in his work, watching internet videos and openly insulting Michael and Pam in his phone calls. All this leads to Pam asking Charles for her job back, but she finds the position has been filled. Michael hosts a pancake luncheon, where only one non-Dunder Mifflin employee shows up. Pam and Ryan nearly give up, but the man from the luncheon calls and Pam is able to successfully close a sale ("Michael Scott Paper Company").
Michael Scott Paper Company at the Scranton Business Park
While the situation in the company office begins to improve, with the three getting along and becoming skilled in the art of throwing cheese balls into each other's mouths, the company is still tasked with finding clients. This leads Michael to hold secret meetings with Dwight, who provides information to Michael so he can undercut Dunder Mifflin. However, Charles begins showing Dwight more respect than Michael ever did, which leads to Dwight bringing Charles to one of his secret meetings with Michael. Michael, angry at Dwight, begins attempts to steal Dwight's clients. Dwight offers the company a truce, arranging a lunch meeting. However, Dwight does not show, breaking into the office, stealing the contents on Michael's desk and leaving a fish in the air vent. Dwight reveals his treachery to Michael, who decides to steal Dwight's biggest client. Dwight interrupts the meeting but falls victim to Michael's unconventional color coding system, which causes him to make a crass remark which loses him the client ("Heavy Competition"). The company begins to pick enough clients (including ten from Dunder Mifflin Scranton salesmen) to cause the company to buy a used van to make early morning deliveries. This routine takes a toll on the company's employees, who decide to look into a delivery person. They call an accountant, who tells them that due to their low prices and fixed-cost model, they cannot afford a delivery person and will be bankrupt in less than a month. Dwight learns of this from a past client but is prevented by Charles from revealing the information. David Wallace, in an attempt to stop the losses from occurring, decides to buy out the Michael Scott Paper Company. Michael declines David's offers of $12,000 and later $60,000, instead negotiating for jobs and benefits for Michael (as manager), Pam and Ryan (as salespeople). David reluctantly agrees. ("Broke")
Employees
- Michael Scott (Founder, Owner, Manager)
- Pam Beesly (Sales)
- Ryan Howard (Sales, Accounting)
- Vikram (Quit)
Furthermore, Dwight Schrute was not an employee, but he was an important inside informant on Dunder Mifflin and gives Michael important information about the company, from its clients to its prices, in his support for Michael. However, he later defects to his new boss Charles Miner, after being applauded for an outstanding job, and becomes the main antagonist of the company, by sabotaging and attempting to draw away clients.
Aftermath
Following the negotiation, the company folded, but Michael, Pam and Ryan carried over their clients. Michael still leases the room that was formerly their office, which he later converted into a disco and coffee shop, dubbing it "Cafe Disco."
Despite Michael's return, the employees responsible for sales are furious, except for Jim, about Michael's decision to place Ryan and Pam into sales positions when all of Pam and Ryan's clients were stolen from them ("Casual Friday"). Eventually, Michael and the sales staff are able to come to an agreement and have Pam hired in Sales with Ryan put into his old position as a temp.
Behind the scenes
- Michael's goldfish changes in every episode. The joke is that Michael couldn't keep the fish alive and had to keep replacing it. Every week, the fish would be given to a crew member who wanted it, and the show would get a new fish for the next episode.[1]:27:24
- The "Diversity" motivational poster was created by prop master Phil Shea using the arms and hands of members of the hair and make-up department.[2]:36:34
External links
References
- ↑ Kinsey, Angela and Jenna Fischer. Episode 99: Michael Scott Paper Company. "Office Ladies" podcast, November 10, 2021.
- ↑ Kinsey, Angela and Jenna Fischer. Episode 100: Heavy Competition. "Office Ladies" podcast, November 17, 2021.