Nov 20, 2008 Pam gets frustrated when she finds a big mess in the microwave. She writes an anonymous memo on the microwave telling everyone to keep it clean, which nobody seems to care about, save for Angela, who agrees with the message, and Ryan, who tries to manipulate Pam into cleaning the microwave before being reminded that doing so is a temp's job, which he still refuses. It’s lunchtime. So there's good news — and there's bad news: our desk is 10 steps from the kitchen break room. In the enclosed space of an office, the smells wafting from the kitchen microwave at lunchtime can be interesting (to say the least). For those of us with sensitive noses, there is nothing more horrifying than some of the smells that sneak out from that shared space.
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- Oscar Martinez : [In the kitchen, reading the note left by Pam yet unaware of who left it] 'To whoever made the microwave mess: the microwave is a shared kitchen appliance. By not cleaning it up you are basically telling whoever follows that their time is less valuable as they will have to scrub up your disgusting splatter. Sincerely, disappointed.'Andy Bernard : That is just obnoxious.Oscar Martinez : No kidding.Pam Beesly : Yeah. Wait, what? The mess or the note?Oscar Martinez : The note. It's so holier than thou.Angela Martin : Hmm... i liked it.Pam Beesly : Don't you think the person who left the mess is the obnoxious one?Andy Bernard : No... the note is *way* more obnoxious than the mess.Meredith Palmer : 'Sincerely, disappointed'. Get off your high horse, richie.Pam Beesly : Just because someone likes things clean doesn't mean they're rich.Meredith Palmer : Ah, they're rich.Pam Beesly : [At the conference room] Yeah, I wrote the note. I'm not ashamed of it, I'm not proud of it, it is what it is.Angela Martin : [At the conference room, different take] Everyone keeps asking me if I wrote the note on the microwave. It was rude and condescending, and a little snotty[sighs]Angela Martin : I wish I had written it.