Why I Hate The Office....

I don't really hate The Office...I just don't watch it.

Recently, I took it upon myself to share with my vast readership(cough) what Tee Vee shows I am currently watching.

My friend and doubles tennis partner Avitable noticed that The Office was not on the list, and he wanted to know why. He even suggested that I write a post about it. I will do him one better, and I will write a post about it. Huh ?

The first thing that I'm sure people assume is that I don't watch The Office because I am a snob and I liked the Ricky Gervais version, and therefore will not watch the new one. Not true. I am a snob, and I ADORE the Ricky Gervais version of The Office, but that is not why I don't watch the American version.

I honestly don't have a concrete reason why I don't watch it. Other than I watched the first couple of episodes,and I honestly did not find them funny.

I think Steve Carell is a genius. I think he's very funny. I just did not find the show funny. And honestly, I find the guy who plays Dwight to be unpleasant to look at. He makes me uneasy. But even that is not enough reason to not watch.

I just didn't like it. And then, I must admit, I got tired of hearing about it. I felt like it was being shoved down my throat. And I don't mean by people I know or anything, but just the whole marketing campaign and everything. Perhaps it was just my perception, I don't know.

I just had a conversation with a co-worker(how trippy, I had a conversation about the Office, IN AN OFFICE !! YIKES !!!) about the show, and I think that something else that kind of put me off was the thought of an extended "will they ? won't they ?" dating thing with Pam and the other guy. That's the sort of thing that made me stop watching Friends. It is the very rare sitcom that can pull off that sort of thing.

Now, I just don't watch it because I don't watch it. I think. I watch so much damned Tee Vee, I don't know that I need to watch anything else.

That's my thinking on the subject so far. Does any of that make sense ?

So, I guess the question now, dear readers, is...Do YOU watch The Office ? Why or why not ? Comments, please.