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How This TV Sitcom Character Predicted COVID Over 5 Years Ago

Rick Martinez
4 min readJul 10, 2020
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“All right. I’ve tried watching ‘The Office’ a few times and just can’t get into it. What am I missing here?” S.S.D., a real-life friend of mine and a recent post she made on Facebook

If you’re part of the 23 people who have not watched The Office or don’t find it amusing, I may have to un-friend you.

All right now don’t get your shorts in a wad I’m totally kidding. I can respect that someone doesn’t “get” or understand The Office, but we may need to have a Schrute-like intervention here soon.

But seriously.

The Office is arguably one of the most kick-ass TV sitcoms ever. Besides, the quirky comedy are the quirky characters, and of course, the show takes place…well…in an office.

Dunder Mifflin paper company, to be exact.

So lemme skip right to it. Let’s get to the point here.

Dwight Schrute.

I won’t go into what makes him one of my top 5 sitcom characters EVER, I’ll just share several Schrute’ isms that have made me a better human being. Even if you don’t know…

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Rick Martinez
Rick Martinez

Written by Rick Martinez

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