# The Office 11/15 s4e08- The Deposition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640 "2007-11-16T03:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640/61 "2007-11-19T21:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] I think it’s just a goofy way of saying yes. I remember there was a call from Jan at one point where he used one of his irritating catch phrases to answer in the affirmative (I’m blanking on what it was), and Jan said, “Do you remember I said not to say ‘X’?” and Michael responded with “Yesh,” which of course is just as bad. [/QUOTE] X = “Yeppers” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640/62 "2007-11-21T18:51:44Z")
I for one was disappointed that we didn’t get to see Michael majorly screwing up, mispronouncing, or misusing a fancy legal term, a la “philanderer” instead of “philantrhopist.” ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640/63 "2007-11-22T02:30:57Z")
I’m a little late to this conversion, but wasn’t Jan merely fired for incompetence? I remember an episode saying that she went a little crazy after her divorce. She said she was in therapy. I thought low self-esteem issues were why she got a boob job and started dating Michael, but they had nothing to do with her termination. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640/64 "2007-11-23T14:22:27Z")
[QUOTE=Petey] I’m a little late to this conversion, but wasn’t Jan merely fired for incompetence? [/quote] Probably not “incompetence” as such, but probably nonfeasance and misfeasance (probably not malfeasance, though). Not knowing whether Jan had an employment contract, or if so what was in it, it’s hard to say whether they would have fired her officially for cause or not given any cause at all. Either way, Jan can try to prove that the cause/non-cause was not the real reason, but it was for some “wrongful” reason (specifically gender discrimination). > [@](#): > > I remember an episode saying that she went a little crazy after her divorce. She said she was in therapy. My impression was that she has been in therapy for a _long_ time. She isn’t in contact with the rest of her family (on advice of counsel). > [@](#): > > I thought low self-esteem issues were why she got a boob job and started dating Michael, but they had nothing to do with her termination. That’s what will be at issue in the litigation. The company will say it was because she performed poorly and Jan will say it was because of discrimination. Anyway, so far as I know, it’s not “wrongful” in a legal sense to fire someone for having low self esteem, or even for getting breast enhancements (unless it can be shown that this constitutes gender discrimination). ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640/65 "2007-11-23T15:03:39Z")
David (the big guy) said she was spending all her time shopping online and leaving for long periods of time then saying that she was visiting her sister in Arizona. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640/66 "2007-11-23T15:12:46Z")
Another odd thing – David is the nominally the chief financial officer, but he seems to have more general authority over things like hiring for Jan/Ryan’s position. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-11-15-s4e08-the-deposition/426640.md?page=3)