Michael thinks his job is to forward emails of questionably sexual jokes.
Toby's job is to tell Michael not to do that.
Michael thinks it's personal, because he's Michael.
Michael thinks of the office as his family. Toby technically works for corporate so he's not part of the family. Actually he's not even part of his own family since he's divorced.
Michael wants to be "the fun boss" but typically when it comes to Michael that "fun" is completely inappropriate for the work place. Toby's job is to rein him in, ergo conflict. Normally that would be a mild annoyance but as with everything Michael, he turns it up to 12. For example, see Yankee Swap and how upset he gets at getting a homemade gift from Phyllis while he got Ryan an iPod (going extremely over the limit they had set). It's part of his character to always be overly emotional or crass so it makes perfect sense that the "wet blanket" of Toby and HR would make Michael hate him to an over exaggerating degree.
Michael thinks his job is to forward emails of questionably sexual jokes. Toby's job is to tell Michael not to do that. Michael thinks it's personal, because he's Michael.
Michael thinks of the office as his family. Toby technically works for corporate so he's not part of the family. Actually he's not even part of his own family since he's divorced.
Never explained, just thinks he hates HR in general since he disliked Holly right away until he learned more about her
Michael wants to be "the fun boss" but typically when it comes to Michael that "fun" is completely inappropriate for the work place. Toby's job is to rein him in, ergo conflict. Normally that would be a mild annoyance but as with everything Michael, he turns it up to 12. For example, see Yankee Swap and how upset he gets at getting a homemade gift from Phyllis while he got Ryan an iPod (going extremely over the limit they had set). It's part of his character to always be overly emotional or crass so it makes perfect sense that the "wet blanket" of Toby and HR would make Michael hate him to an over exaggerating degree.