# The Office; "The Delivery" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365 "2010-03-05T01:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/81 "2010-03-11T03:20:27Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > I think that as a non-American, this was one of the Office episodes that I found it hard to relate to. Waiting until the very last minute to go to the hospital for insurance reasons doesn’t really compute in this part of the world - not to mention that Pam would have been on maternity leave for about a month or two already before the delivery. It seems like you do relate to it. You recognize it as being a criticism of our crappy health care system. > [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > Michael put diesel into a petrol car. Wouldn’t that make his car seize up well before he reached the hospital, or am I missing something? His car probably did seize up. They went to the hospital in Jim’s car. > [@FriarTed](#): > > “You can’t park here.” > > Michael hurls keys far away, “I’m parked now.” > > PRETTY COOL! It would have been cooler if the car had actually been towed as the sign right above the car indicated. Hospitals don’t screw around with ambulance entrances. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/82 "2010-03-11T15:09:25Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > It seems like you do relate to it. You recognize it as being a criticism of our crappy health care system. FTR, the federal [Newborn’s Act of 1996](http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq_consumer_newborns.html) makes it illegal to restrict hospital benefits for 48 hours after **birth** , not admission. So this joke is only 14 years out of date. There is some benefit to delivering in the middle of the night, since if the 48 hour clock runs out after normal discharge hours, they have to let you stay until the following morning - e.g. if you deliver at 3 AM on March 11, they can’t discharge you until 8 AM March 13. There’s also a benefit that some plans have that if you voluntarily discharge before the 48 hour clock is up, you get one home visit by a nurse or NP for free. Even if your discharge was at 47 hours 30 minutes after birth. > [@](#): > > It would have been cooler if the car had actually been towed as the sign right above the car indicated. Hospitals don’t screw around with ambulance entrances. When Jim came back with the car, he did say something about there being 5 tickets on it. Where he got keys after Michael had thrown them away wasn’t explained though. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/83 "2010-03-11T15:31:27Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Yep, I’m pretty sure they were at Scranton’s [CMC](http://www.cmchealthsys.org/). Horrible place, lazy incompetent staff (not to mention rude), don’t give a fuck about their patients (even the ones _with_ insurance). :mad: Except that the CMC no longer delivers babies. Haven’t for quite a while. They were at a different hospital. :dubious: Anyway, I’ve been trying to find Kevin’s line of encouragement for Pam. Something like “Do it for Ultrafeast!” Does that sound about right? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/84 "2010-03-11T15:52:28Z")
I think the nurse’s lanyard read [Moses Taylor Hospital](http://www.mth.org/), although I doubt that they filmed on-site. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/85 "2010-03-11T18:13:11Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > When Jim came back with the car, he did say something about there being 5 tickets on it. Where he got keys after Michael had thrown them away wasn’t explained though. I imagine Pam had a key, if they couldn’t find Jim’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365.md?page=4)