Michael Scott is a 40-something-year-old character, however he doesn't always act his age. While binge-watching "The Office," I realized that Michael often says things that teenagers say on a daily basis in all sorts of situations. Here are just a few of them.
1. When your friends don't invite you to be a part of their plans.
Yes, I'm an introvert, no that doesn't give you an excuse to not invite me to places or conversations.
2. When your family members send you away to be with your younger cousins so they can have "adult talk."
I may not act like an adult all of the time (not even most of the time) but I am legally an adult. Remember that.
3. When you have to apply to schools, or worse, to jobs.
I take it back, I'm not an adult in this situation. Let me go back to elementary school. I need more time to explore my imagination and make friends.
4. When you don't feel well and your parents are nagging you to do productive things.
Cleaning my room, unloading the groceries, or picking up my sister from basketball practice is not going to happen, okay Mom? Can't you see that I'm dying here!
5. When it's been a long, stressful week and your family is judging you on your food choices.
You told me to look for jobs, and I looked. I didn't like any of them, so of course I didn't apply. I did apply for one job: to treat myself with some ice cream. Don't judge me.
6. When your teacher or professor is ridiculously stubborn, and assigns too much work.
I didn't sign up for this kind of work. OK, maybe I did, but only to fulfill a gen ed. Why can't you make this easier for the both of us?
7. When you're trying to seem cool and smart in a conversation, but you don't know anything about the topic.
Like when you're trying to impress that cute boy in your class so you say, "How about that basketball game last night?" and he replies, "Basketball is a winter sport. It's May."
8. When you have to do homework, but you'd rather spend your time procrastinating.
Will my procrastination go away when I have to work one day? I doubt it.
9. When you daydream about your future and want people to praise you, but also be scared of you.
Then, as Hannah Montana once wisely said, I'll have the best of both worlds.
10. When your sibling is about to rat you out for doing something you shouldn't have done.
You better not say what I think you're going to say. Shhhh!
