A couple of weeks ago, a picture of John Krasinski on the cover of Men's Fitness showed up on my Facebook newsfeed -- not once, not twice, but at least 10 times. Maybe it was all in my head, but the picture sort of started this resurgence of love for Krasinski's most well-known role, Jim Halpert (from "The Office," for those of you that don't even Netflix). And it's weird, but it bothered me. Not because my girlfriend now thinks that a TV character is the most perfect partner, ever. Not because I dislike "The Office" (I love it, actually). But because I have always seen Jim as one of the worst characters in TV history. While I could deal with the fact that people related to him because he was the primary protagonist on the show, the newfound love and admiration for this guy is driving me too crazy to not speak up.

Let's just look at seasons one and two.

In the first seasons of "The Office," Jim isn't a total *******, but he's still laying the groundwork for what will become the most annoying, pretentious and unlikeable TV character that I've ever had to watch. It's also where he does the most obviously terrible thing during his time on the show -- stealing Pam away from Roy.

Now, a lot of people have tried to tell me that his hitting on Pam and breaking up a wedding is okay because Roy was a jerk. I'm sorry, I just don't see that at all. Roy is a good guy. Yeah, he picks on Michael Scott a little, but doesn't everyone? Not to mention the fact that he is nice to literally everyone else in "The Office." Every time he is seen interacting with the upstairs workers, he's pleasant and amiable. Jim? He's either pranking them, ignoring them, or being a condescending prick to them (except, of course, for Pam).

There's also the argument that Roy is a jerk solely to Pam -- I don't see how that's the case. There's all this animosity toward Roy as a boyfriend, but we never actually see him doing anything bad to Pam. Even more importantly, he's barely a secondary character, so we don't see him doing anything good to her either. For all we know, he's the most charming guy ever when he's at home and Pam is just an unsatisfied woman. When the show starts, they've been together for a long, long time -- tell me that you're going to continue courting your girlfriend in cute rom-com ways after ten or so years of being together. The criticisms to Roy are unfair.

So, back to Jim; he saw a girl he liked and couldn't respect her commitment to another guy (despite the fact that said guy trusted Jim and may have even considered him a friend at one point). And when he couldn't get what he wanted, he didn't stop. In the episode, "The Fight", he's playing around with Pam to the point where he lifts her off the ground to tickle her and makes a huge scene in front of everyone; that's not cute, it's creepy and unprofessional. Then, who can forget how he went through the trouble of complaining to HR about Pam planning her wedding on company time (yes, look it up, it's the episode called, "Conflict Resolution"). I'm sorry, but that's one of the pettier things anyone on the show, ranking up there with some of the stuff even Michael has done.

Other than that, he's just sort of a whiny, pouty guy when things don't go his way. Remember the Christmas episode where Michael turns Secret Santa into Yankee Swap? Jim actually convinces Pam to give up an iPod (which cost around $400 at the time) for his gift to her, which was a lame tea pot. Filled with such loving gifts as a picture of himself and a pencil --great, Jim. When the office goes on the booze cruise, he pouts the entire night after Roy sets a date for he and Pam's wedding, which would be fine if he weren't there with his girlfriend at the time (who he is super rude to despite her being really good to him). But the worst is when he and Pam spend the evening at the office watching Dwight shoot off fireworks while standing in the parking lot listening to his iPod and eating grilled cheese --he literally has the guts to call it a date the next day, and when Pam refutes this, he throws her with, "Well at least I didn't leave you at a high school hockey game" (referring to something Roy had done years ago). And then, he pouts. I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing the charm in this guy.

By the end of season two, he goes for broke and kisses Pam, breaks Roy's heart, and ruins a years-long relationship. I guess it makes for good TV, but in real life, I think a lot of us would really kind of hate this guy.