People are always saying that Michael and Dwight and some of the other characters are too “big” to be believable. Office fans are quick to reply that they know people in real life like Michael and Dwight. I’m here to share my experiences with real people who bear resemblance to Dunderheads.
Michael Scott, meet Michael Olavarri
Olavarri is my drama teacher at my high school. I’m going to start this off by saying I mega-loathe him. (He also likes to Google himself, so, Mr. O, if you’re out there, Hi. I’ll be out of your class by the time this is published.)
Like Michael, Olavarri has no social skills. He stands way too close to people when he talks to them. He touches people he barely knows in conversation. He is afraid of his own students. (This isn’t unreasonable considering the neighborhood me and the kids at my school come from.) He is afraid that they don’t like him (They don’t.) and that they will be mean to him (They are.).
Olavarri is incredibly racist. He considers his class room a social experiment to better the black kids (the majority) that go to our school. He is also incredibly sexist. He assigns his female TA paper work, while his male TA works in the scene shop.
It is embarrassing to be around Olavarri. The man has no idea what an idiot he looks like. It’s painful to watch him unwittingly humiliate himself.
Olavarri also gets mancrushes on his students. It’s a little weird.
Olavarri is also lonely.
Olavarri, in his misguided way, is kind and loyal.
Dwight Schrute, meet Jeremy
I’ve known Jeremy since seventh grade. We’ve had at least one class a year together since. He is one of the most annoying and intelligent people in the world.
Like Dwight, Jeremy doesn’t have many friends. This doesn’t seem to faze Jeremy.
Jeremy studies Japanese on his own and considers himself more intelligent than most of the human race.
Jeremy is incredibly intense.
Jeremy has a prosthetic foot. This is in no one pertinent, but is an interesting piece of trivia.
Creed Bratton, meet my mom
My mom ran away from home at sixteen to marry a schizophrenic and to be a hippie. She traveled around the US for a few years. She was arrested in Texas. She gave an alias to avoid being sent home—Marta Young.
One of the endearing stories she told me as a child was that a friend who drowned while on PCP. He’d taken a dip after snorting some Angel Dust, and he was unable to tell the floor of the pool from the surface.
My mom extolled the value of dogs as companions when hitchhiking. “I went from Illinois to Florida with our dog. Nothing bad happened.”
Angela Martin, meet Yanna
Yanna is one of my dear friends. She is one of those incredibly religious Russians. She’s at some church function every night of the week.
Yanna is dead-set against homosexuality yet her best friend is gay. Much like Angela and Oscar.
Yanna is well-disciplined and intelligent. Yanna is especially good at math. She even took AP Calculus her junior year.
Yanna criticizes boy crazy classmates while discreetly flirting with several young gentlemen.
These are just a few examples of the Dunderheads I “know” in real life.
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