Michael Scott, the head of the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, feels he is the life of the office while his employees feel otherwise. His assistant manager, sales representative Jim Halpert is dating the office receptionist, Pam Beesly, and plans to ask her to marry him. Dwight Schrute, the assistant to the regional manager, is an award-winning salesman and former Lackawanna County volunteer reserve deputy sheriff known for his authoritarian personality and science fiction fandom.

There is an ongoing rivalry between Jim and Dwight, whose differing personalities often cause them to be at odds with each other. Michael's boss, Dunder Mifflin's Vice President for Regional Sales, is Ryan Howard, who started out as a temporary worker in the Scranton office.

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