The Culture of The Office

The characters in The Office display a variety of unique practices for their particular group. These actions set them apart and make them a unique people group. For example, all the characters know each other very well, down to all their little quirks. One rather comical way this showed itself is when Jim and Pam are planning their wedding in season six. They are planning to have a quiet wedding with only close family members and friends, but when their coworkers automatically assume that they are all invited to the wedding and make plans to attend before ever being formally invited by the couple, Jim and Pam must make accomodations for them. Because they know the individual personality of each person they work with, they know without attempting it that if they did not invite their coworkers, said coworkers would hold it against them for the rest of their lives. The fact that everyone naturally assumed that they were invited to the wedding gives a glimpse into the way that they think, assuming many things which shouldn't be assumed. This plays out in interesting ways in many different other episodes.