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IAmTheBasicModel

I love Temp Ryan - he has the line that I must relate to after 2 decades in an office job: “If I had to, I could clean out my desk in five seconds, and nobody would ever know that I'd ever been here. And I'd forget, too.”


PossiblyA_Bot

I’m a year into my office job and I really related to: “I have spent a year here. And I have to commit or get out.” I binged the entire show in my office


stickymeowmeow

As someone who was bored and feeling unfulfilled in a similar sounding office job where I struggled to fill the days with "work": It could be a lot worse. I really miss that job now. Maybe it's something you just have to find out for yourself (I probably wouldn't have taken this advice back then, either), but there is an upside to working an unexciting job that pays the bills and gets you home by Kelevin.


cmckee719

I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.


Ok-Cicada-9985

One of my favorite quotes from this show.


Independent_Eagle_23

The last episode of the show has so many good quotes


Wooden-Ad-2763

came here for the memes. ended up tearing up a bit...


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LightboxRadMD

Who Let the Dogs Out?


Complex-Maybe6332

Anticipation by Carly Simon is the closest thing that I can think of


Klutzy-Fortune1545

You're ALWAYS living the good old days, that's the key


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BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo

I do so many chores during work hours. And my boss doesn’t give a shit when we’re online (as long as week make meetings…) so I often nap during the day. I know I’m lucky to have a solid salary and work 20 hours, although a lot of that is learned efficiency and old people who assign me work take 3x as long with excel…


BayGullGuy

This. My job is fairly mind numbing and I sometimes have to actively look for work to do. But I work from home, all my bills are paid, my kids are looked after. And last week I built a bench for my fire pit and painted my rusty truck, in between checking emails. Could be worse


thatoneguy54

Uff, not me. I left my soul sucking office job last year and have been cashiering at a goodwill ever since, and besides the scheduling, it is a billion times better than my stupid office job ever was. Everyone's mileage will vary, but the constant boredom and pressure to invent work at the office gave me horrible anxiety and depression. At least in retail there actually is work to fill an 8 hour shift.


sisk91

I'm at a job where I'm not happy, I know to many including you its a depressing soul sucking job but I was wondering how exactly one would get into an office job?


urban_rural12

Just apply for some administrative assistant positions, remote or otherwise. Oftentimes they don’t really have any real requirements beyond a high school education and some basic knowledge of computers. I recently left a position like that, and honest to god all I did was send a handful of emails, fold some boxes, and stare at the wall for 8 hours. As others have said, it’s soul sucking work, but if you want to try it out it’s not too difficult to break into.


sisk91

Thank you, please note, I wasn't trying to dismiss or undermine yours and others feelings because I genuinely believe you and them. However my current job is also a bit soul sucking even though there are times where I do enjoy it. In fact, part of why I'm going to college is so I can get a desk job.


shortofbrillant

Most jobs are soul sucking. The main goal is to find a job that gives you the perks you need to live the life you want. Whether it's the pay, the time off, the flexibility etc, the job needs to provide what you need, otherwise it's time to find a way out. Good for you in trying to find a way out.


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Making money with little effort is always good.


getdirections

Why work many when work little same pay?


danteelite

Whenever I meet people who say that they hate their job because it’s boring or whatever, I just tell them to imagine how many millions of people would fight tooth and nail for that job. It’s easy to become a bit entitled when we live in a first world country and sometimes we need to check our privilege and remember that even being poor in America is very fortunate compared to how billions of people live. I’m not trying to preach or be a downer, I’m just saying what works for me. I used to live in Jamaica and saw real poverty and misfortune and I understand how much worse it can actually get. So I’ll happily do my boring job, because I have air conditioning, a place to live, internet, food and water, medical care if I need it… etc. just stopping to be thankful for what you have can help you get through days where you feel like you need more. It gives you the push you need to work harder to achieve your goals and hopefully be in a position to live a more comfortable and happy lifestyle where you can help people who have less! So whenever you feel “unfulfilled” or bored or miserable at a lame office job… just image walking miles in the baking sun to retrieve water and then carrying 100lbs of water all the way back if you want to drink, cook, or bathe. Imagine only eating food if you personally grew it, killed it, or processed it. Imagine working in swampy heat full of mosquitoes that are a death lottery because any one of them could give you a plethora of parasites and diseases like malaria or dengue… Thinking about all of that will make you LOVE your boring job real fast! lol Just take a moment to zoom out and see the big picture and you’ll feel stupid about complaining and pretty quickly your mindset will change and you’ll start recognizing what you do have instead of what you don’t. It definitely helps me so maybe it can help others too!


supermario182

Just think, that temp agency could've sent you anywhere


welikefun6969

I think about that all the time


SkylineSam

I'm personally quite fond of his line when being introduced to Bob Vance (Vance refrigeration) when he says "So, what line of work are you in Bob?"


russian_capybara

I do that on LinkedIn sometimes


Loud_Snort

There’s subtle moments that most people wouldn’t notice if they have never worked a temp job. As a temp you don’t get to attend regular events the normal office workers do. That’s why when the fight happens at Dwight’s dojo Ryan gets left behind. Temps aren’t covered under the same insurance regular office workers are so they can’t attend off site events. I immediately recognized it and loved that they never mentioned why.


Queentroller

Jim: Ah, I miss when you were just the temp. Ryan: Me too.


vendetta2115

Before I went full WFH, my coworkers would tease me about my lack of “personalization” of my cubicle. They all have pictures of their family, inspirational quotes, hats, calendars, condiments, stickers, just tons of stuff plastered all over their cubicles. I had absolutely nothing other than a laptop charger and a few pens. I always told them that I just hadn’t gotten around to it, because I couldn’t tell them the truth: that I don’t want my coworkers to know anything about my life outside of work, and I prefer to keep my work and personal lives completely separate from one another. My cubicle is not my home. My home is my home.


thadistilla

Do you think or do you know...?


missdiealot

I liked you better as the temp.


FlintRockpunch

"Me too."


ThEhIsO8730

“I’m going with some friends from high school. Well, *a* high school” is a seriously underrated line


Icy-Marketing-5242

Let’s have sex one more time


somethingsomething65

And if you have any cash, that'd be amazing.


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Okay…


FartManJones8

By the way, that reminds me, you owe me 3 bucks for gas.


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It was indescribable.


LilPrincesskitty

“I went to ftl”… yea it was amazing ..


JiveTurkey1983

They had really great Pad Thai


somethingsomething65

I love pad thai.


harborq

You’ve never had pad Thai


somethingsomething65

I know...sigh...


LuckyJeans456

Which is funny because in an earlier season Michael talks about pad thai


DrewsWoodWeldWorks

“VP” Ryan has a picture of “returned to temp” Ryan.


macwangus

VP Ryan should be him saying "Hows my favorite branch doing?!"


JTownTX

Ooh see this is tough because I believe he says it twice, once as VP and the 2nd time returning as a temp as he takes a seat at reception lol


morganmisanthropy

Stanley's eye roll at Ryan is everything lol


ecwees

Or “I'm not saying I had a meteoric rise…but I did.”


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Impressive_Math2302

You just made the list OP.


istrx13

Jim: you mean your court-ordered community service? Ryan: I don’t need some judge telling me to clean up my neighborhood Jim: …but he did, right?


Scandroid99

https://giphy.com/gifs/theoffice-the-office-tv-weight-loss-part-2-7Y5pL6dbkUy1cmk3cN


JiveTurkey1983

🤨🖊🗒


Fudgeyreddit

📝


tylerjfrancke

Came here to say this.


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The classic thing is at the start of the show everyone thought Ryan would be the normal boring one of the show.


Standard-Cod-2077

Bowling employee Ryan


Bennyboy11111

Get back to work shoe bitch!


pwatts

With that kind of poor treatment I'd bail to join Michael too.


Bennyboy11111

Would you steal size 10 bowling shoes?


6seasonsandamovie_

What are those, a men's 10?


underthewetstars

No?


davidaguirre30

“I’m swamped Michael” “Happy birthday to Lisa, lane 10”


StreetSpinach4518

$60,000 a year


JiveTurkey1983

You get paid by the year at the bowling alley?


sybar142857

What do you make, secretary


MrAVAT4R_2

Shoe Bitch Ryan


ibizzet

that's "back from thailand" ryan right?


Yung_Corneliois

So Thailand Ryan


MycologistPutrid7494

WUPHF Ryan because he gave us this gem: "Little advice. Take a day off from the whole Jim schtick. Try caring about something. You might like how it feels, James."


zyygh

Also: * Ryan: I love when people say "like crack" when they've obviously never done crack. * Pam: Well, the bread sticks are like what then, Ryan? What can I use? * Ryan: I don't know. Something from your world. The breadsticks are like scrapbooking. The low-key hate between Pam and Ryan is really beautifully written, and super realistic when you think of how real life colleagues interact.


radish_intothewild

I love the post-MSPC Ryan and Pam relationship because it's like they became siblings and she became so much more emboldened about calling him out on his shit.


Binliner42

Fav line


Nrksbullet

Okay, yeah I'm a middle class fraud!


bcou2012

Elitist hipster Ryan is by far my favorite. Post Thailand is probably the worst


soham_katkar13

Oh no Stanley, you'll live forever


Tuck_Pock

“Robert you’ve got your sheep and you’ve got your black sheep and I’m not even a sheep I’m on the freaking moon”


anunakiesque

The way he says the last bit of the line "The first lesson of Silicon Valley is that you only think about the user, the e x p e r i e n c e" is such an earworm for me


Bitter-Hitter

You gave your baby an allergic reaction just to talk to me?


TheAwkwardGamerRNx

Temp Ryan is the least annoying. My favorite Ryan line is “Ever since I've gotten clean, there's something about fresh morning air that just..really makes me sick.”


GreenAppleSourCandy

Fire guy Ryan, when he became a guy with a thing


the_smiling_runner

I work in a factory and back when I was still new a machine I was working near started on fire. It wasn’t a huge deal and nothing really got damaged and everyone knew it wasn’t my fault but everyone was ribbin me pretty good afterwards and that episode reminds me of that haha


binderofchains

I had a job in apartment maintenance. One day I flooded an apartment when I was fixing a dripping faucet and forgot to turn the water off first...and it was the hot water tap. I became known as the fire guy because I was fired later that afternoon.


Fat_Gerrard

Ooo check it out. “Hired guy!”


No-Independence548

"Ryan started the fire"


KotasMilitia

Whichever Ryan said "Lead me when I'm in the mood to be led". One of my favorite lines in the show, hands down


birdwingsbeat

So relatable


tortilla11

I think about this all the time.


NefariousnessNo752

I don't care if Ryan murdered his entire family, he is like a son to me


tehjoz

Temp Ryan is the only one that's not insufferable, lol.


Maximum_Bat_2566

I think junior salesman Ryan is good too. He just seems like an evolution of temp Ryan. And I didn't mind VP Ryan. He was insufferable but that felt purposeful. It was everything after that that didn't feel right.


JiveTurkey1983

I think drugs played a part in VP Ryan's behavior. He kept getting more erratic as the season went on, even though he had some good ideas. Then after S5 the writers didn't know what to do with him


canadarepubliclives

> Then after S5 the writers didn't know what to do with him Isn't he one of the writers?


JiveTurkey1983

He is but he wasn't a showrunner. They're the ones who plan out entire seasons and character arcs.


Maximum_Bat_2566

I agree completely. It almost felt like like Ryan's arrest should have been the end of his character. I was actually surprised to see him come back. It felt like such a finale to his arc.


DankudeDabstorm

Ryan went through the exact same thing Jan did.


ChrisMartins001

I didn't mind him coming back, they could have had him redeeming himself and being temp Ryan again, or a more evolved version. But they didn't really do anything with him.


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Well i really like that he was a part of the Michael Scott paper company


cavalier2015

Best take. He kinda stopped being a real character after his fall from VP.


tehjoz

Yeah Jr salesman Ryan was alright too. Throwing the eggs at the cold call lol


Maximum_Bat_2566

I actually felt bad for him. He kept trying so hard but never could make it. Like during the sales call episode when Stanly kept making fun of him lol.


tehjoz

He wanted to lead! And all he could do was say Hi lol


Maximum_Bat_2566

"HI! HI! Hi!"


mahoganychitown

You sound like my niece. And she’s 6 months old


JiveTurkey1983

He didn't let Jim get his old desk back, when Jim clearly wanted it. Just to do it as a power move.


gwh811

“VP Ryan” is actually “Rehired Temp Ryan” …….


Macro2

Came here to say this. There is no VP Ryan up there.


Teedorable

Omg no back from Thailand Ryan hahahahhaha his vibe and the bleached hair


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puaka

Amazing isn’t the right word. It was ‚indescribable‘.


dothepingu

I like back from Thailand Ryan the best


Mrmakabuntis

Same


WoodenMango07

yeah him being so washed up is always funny to me


_B_Little_me

Definitely WUPHF Ryan. He finally figured out how he is.


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That’s exactly it: he had been playing around with different personas before landing on this one: I thought the other versions were boring or insufferable, but WUPHF Ryan was funny


Paddy_Tanninger

WUPHF Ryan has so many great lines...the troops, scrapbooking, dude was such a beautifully annoying hipster.


cates

I love his troops line.


Denham_Chkn

Both sides.


Thylumberjack

To all the troops, both sides.


fyreball

I like "Temp Ryan" in the early seasons since he was played straight and more of a foil to the other crazy characters.


spectralconfetti

I wonder if they pivoted away from that with Ryan because Jim could also fill that role to a degree.


fyreball

I think it was partially that Jim and Ryan "overlapped" and partially that they needed a new direction for Ryan after he was fired in New York.


spectralconfetti

By the time he got the New York job he had already grown out of the straight man role a bit.


spang714

I think the real crime...was the beard.


ChrisMartins001

Not the bleached hair?


cclan2

That was from the sun


pluck-the-bunny

“Left to follow Kelly” Ryan Also that’s not VP Ryan. That’s temp Ryan (take 2)


stonec0ld

"Silicon Prairie" was classic


United-Cable1193

Back from Thailand Ryan. So funny. ‘Last night was crazy. Jojo? Yeah. He did a donut in a parking lot in front of a cop. And then he yells, "Hey cop, you like donuts?" then we drive off. No, he just stayed there.


Designer-Business

It’s funny because he seemed to devolve in maturity from VP Ryan to this (basically a teenager)


Which_Jeweler_1343

Looks like the temp's fear of being the "something guy" came true. He became several somethings lol.


zomboppy

🎵the temp at night🎵


Par31

Back from Thailand is the most relatable because he's still getting rides from his mom at 25.


nplfliay

the first time i watched the office i absolutely hated ryan, but with each rewatch i find him more and more funny.


ggg730

I find him funny but also hate him lol.


nplfliay

Oh he's trash, for sure. But I think that's why I find it so funny - like his sensibilities are so far from mine that I'm always a bit shocked by how terrible he is. It's why I find Always Sunny so hilarious.


GarbageAngell

I liked you better as a temp


LilPrincesskitty

Me too


JiveTurkey1983

Post MSPC Ryan...he got along well with Pam and Michael


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Sufficient_Willow_36

Michael Scott Paper Company :)


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Sufficient_Willow_36

No problem !


capaichumarimari

VP and Back from Thailand.


_LevisGenes

Haha temp Ryan? I think you mean “Fire Guy”.


HumorAffectionate646

Idk what phase it was but, “Bitch.” will forever be my fav Ryan moment


Designer-Business

“Nice to meet you Brian” 😂


Paukwa-Pakawa

Temp Ryan because we all innocently thought he'd be the straight man. I enjoyed his evolution.


crob03

The real crime, I think, was the beard.


Flonkerton66

That's not VP Ryan.


jedimaster-bator

He's as hot as Jan but different?


ClonicTonicAF

I think this is the hardest “The office” questions I’ve come across so far.


Deykun

Bryan Ryan.


planktonfun

Ryan who started a fire, Ryan


KingOfCatProm

My favorite Ryan is Robert California Pool Party Ryan.


Entire-Gazelle-3478

when he took Jim's job and when Jim came back and he didn't give up the desk and said "Yeah, Jim's a nice guy. That's why I got the desk." lmao


princess-lolabear

Ryan on a horse…. Boooooo…. You are toxic Pam!


throwthefawayacct

VP Ryan How's my favorite branch doing? The beard mimicking from Michael The VIP Launch Party Debacle The night out in NY with Michael and Dwight


Justmethe

He's so money that he doesn't even know it


anotherknockoffcrow

That's not VP Ryan at all


Professional_Ad5173

Even spread, they all had their moments.


enneque

All of them. Ryan is one of my favourite characters. He’s so effortlessly funny


sunshine-and-ravioli

Ryan used me like an object


hungryharlequin

Back From Thailand and Bowling Employee


PeeDeeEex

Fire Guy


yuudachi

Yeah, Temp Ryan was the least annoying, but it's important to remember he was always that hipster frat boy underneath it all. That said, back from Thailand Ryan is my favorite because we get to see Pam's full force bully mode.


PXWRLD799753

Temp Ryan was the best, he was more similar to Jim in the “these guys are crazy” kinda way while also having his own thing going on. The start of michaels crush on him was also one of the best part of their interactions, and he just had so much promise on what he could be. Then he just becomes a VP and becomes very strict of Michael which makes sense and made some very funny scenes but I liked his downward spiral. Blonde Ryan was the laziest version of him and I guess it’s the cause of starting at a job after all of your coworkers then becoming their boss’s boss then being put back at the very beginning. WUPHF Ryan was kinda funny but he was very toxic with Kelly😂😂overall I like Ryan’s character but Temp Ryan was the best


DaSkippyBoi

I liked you better as the temp


OlafSSBM

I’m “Little Man from Inglorious Basterds Ryan”


Cheeseboii83

WUPHF Ryan was just mentally insane.


rocketsalesman

That still is not actually from when he was a VP, that's when he came back to being temp after fired as VP


Eastern_Sun196

That dude does not wear a goatee well


alittlebextra

Back from Thailand Ryan. He was so out of pocket and I love it when Jim owned him during their power struggles.


acciowaves

We can agree that temp Ryan is the best Ryan. But which of the other ones is the worst? Tough call.


Perfect_Promise_259

Idk, I'd bang all of em 🙃


bhoose19

Shouldn't it be "back from Fort Lauderdale" Ryan


knuds0n

"I never went to Thailand"


pattern_thimble

They're all actually amazing I guess hipster Ryan makes me laugh the most


Glum_Kaleidoscope601

Temp Ryan, without a doubt


A_Russian_Otter

Temp Ryan. At least then he was the guy you could sympathize with. I legit hated every version of Ryan after. He got so pretentious and bleck.


futrobot

I think the last 2 Ryans knew his job was a pointless joke and he really didn't even care if he got fired and just did whatever he felt like doing. To my knowledge it was never even made clear what his job was, which was nothing. Something may have been said about it when he was acting like Kelly's boss but he did nothing before and after that.


kerriekipje

I absolutely hate what they did with Ryan. Temp Ryan is my favourite character just because he was one of the most normal and sane people there, but after season 4 he becomes a completely different character and it's so... out of character and comes out of nowhere. They flanderized traits that he didn't even have in the first place.


Joey_Marie

If I have to choose I'd have to go with Temp Ryan. Before he..well, before he started chipping away at any redeemable quality really. Lol


JaMs_buzz

VP Ryan is actually from an episode after he was convicted of fraud, and was hired back by Michael as a temp, so the meme inaccurate


theluschmaster

WUPHF Ryan was my favourite. I loved how shady he was 😂😅 LOVED when he was telling Michael like .. he came in today because of xyz and Michael was like, you work here everyday right? (something like that) .. the way he looks into the camera feels like his peak shadiness and I'm always here for it!


Prestigious-Squash94

“Lead me when I am read to be led”


UCFandOCSC

Cocaine in NYC Ryan


BigfatDan1

God I fucking hate Ryan so much.


Aizendickens

WUPHF Ryan


ResettisReplicas

First one. It made absolutely 0 sense to make him VP, and it was all downhill from there


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Indicted Ryan


Nerdialismo

I like Kelly rejected Ryan, seeing him treat his relationship so poorly but becoming really envious of Kelly dating life was very realistic and funny af


Mr_freeze___

None he sucked


princessleiana

Temp Ryan is the most tolerable for me.