# The Office - 5/2 - Livin the Dream - Starts at 8:30 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-2-livin-the-dream-starts-at-8-30/657359 "2013-05-02T21:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-2-livin-the-dream-starts-at-8-30/657359/41 "2013-05-08T16:00:54Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > No, this is wrong. She agreed to put in up to $10,000, but didn’t think Jim would actually put in that much. Then he did and she got pissed. Alright, I watched it again. While 10k was brought up, Pam agreed to put in up to $5k and even then, she knew the investment window was closed and Jim’s eventual offer was one of desperation and fear he’d be left out if he didn’t pay his way in w/ THEIR savings. Mind you, this is a job he arranged w/o her complete buy-in and the whole scenario makes Jim appear to have only considered his own desires and none of the family he’s part of. From her POV he’s arranging another job in another city and using a big chunk of their resources to do it w/o caring whether she’ll agree to any of it. (Similar to when he bought his parents’ house and decided where she’d live w/o asking if that’s what she wanted.) [Here’s your take on it when the episode aired last fall, for reference.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15648903&postcount=41) ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-2-livin-the-dream-starts-at-8-30/657359/42 "2013-05-09T16:53:28Z")
I didn’t care for this episode. I was so sick of Andy by the end that I just wanted him to go away. They stretched the episode out way too long. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-2-livin-the-dream-starts-at-8-30/657359/43 "2013-05-09T17:05:29Z")
Over at [officetally.com](http://officetally.com), The Un-Official fan site to The Office, this episode was rated #1 of this season: [http://www.officetally.com/archive/the-office-fan-ratings](http://www.officetally.com/archive/the-office-fan-ratings) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-2-livin-the-dream-starts-at-8-30/657359/44 "2013-05-09T19:53:50Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Miami State University, which she thought was in Miami but is actually in Ohio > [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > …after Kelly got engaged to Dr. Ravi and moved to Miami (Ohio), Ryan suddenly resigned and decided to pursue IT prospects in the “Silicon Prairie” of southwestern Ohio. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Kelly moved with her fiance who got a job at the University of Miami and since it’s warm there she was all to happy to throw away all her winter clothes and go with him (it’s in Ohio). Just to nitpick: [Miami University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_University) is a state university in Oxford, Ohio (founded in 1809). The [University of Miami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Miami) is a private university in Coral Gables, Florida (founded in 1925). > [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > I liked the quick exchange between Stanley and Phylis about Li’l Bow Wow; looks like Phylis has had this argument w/ him before. It was Li’l Romeo [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-5-2-livin-the-dream-starts-at-8-30/657359.md?page=2)