Details Around The Office

While pulled over to fix the flat tire on Meredith's 1991-1996 Ford Aerostar XL, a nearly identical van can be seen passing the gang while Michael asks if someone could grab him the "lever".

In this episode (and others) we see a small magnet souvenir of a pair of sandals hanging from a playfully painted sun. In small black text along the bottom edge of the sun we can see "Sandals Jamaica". The souvenir was brought back by Michael after his trip to Sandals with Jan.

When the gang pulls into the Steamtown Mall in Meredith's 1991-1996 Ford Aerostar XL, the hubcap on the rear driver's side wheel is missing. This is the same wheel which gets a puncture in its tire later in the episode. The hubcap was already missing before the blowout, prepped for the upcoming roadside scene.

While managing the watermark crisis Michael tells the gang he's inviting Barbara Allen, one of Dunder Mifflin's oldest clients, to the office to deliver a personal apology. The client's name is a direct reference to  Barbara Allen,  a traditional Scottish ballad first mentioned in a diary entry by Samuel Pepys in 1666 which later traveled to America both orally and in print, where it became a popular folk song. Ethnomusicologists Steve Roud and Julia Bishop described it as "far and away the most widely collected song in the English language– equally popular in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and with hundreds of versions collected over the years in North America."

After Michael accuses Creed of causing the watermark disaster, he tells us that one per week he is meant to spend 4 hours conducting a quality spot check at the paper mill. He then says "[...] the one year  I blow it off, this happens."

After Angela's Nutcracker Christmas and Pam and Karen's Margharita-Karaoke Christmas parties are merged, Creed can be seen singing karaoke with the gang. The song he is performing was written by him and his band The Grass Roots, titled "Spinnin N Reelin".

While having lunch at Benihana's, Andy suggests to Michael that they should invite their waitresses to the office Christmas party. The waitress we see Jim, Dwight, Andy, and Michael interacting with is named Cindy, who Andy says Michael can "have". When we get back to the office, Cindy is not accompanying the gang but rather two other waitresses, also Asian. Neither of the waitresses were at the scene in Benihana's, however, the subtitles show dialogue for one of the waitresses as "Cindy".

While on the phone with Pam just after the work day ends, Jim asks her how many words per minute the average person types. Pam replies that she types 90 WPM, and guesses the average person types 70 WPM. Jim replies that he types 65 WPM, which Pam calls "respectable". The average person types between 38 and 40 WPM, what translates into between 190 and 200 characters per minute (CPM).

Behind Pam’s desk a cloth can be seen bearing the school colors and crest of Scranton University.

When Jim transfers to the Stamford Branch he sites a promotion and that "you can’t beat that view” as his reasons for leaving Scranton. Directly behind Jim (behind Karen’s desk) a poster can be seen with text reading “WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY”, accompanied by a picture of a window with a nice view.

During the first conference room meeting we see Jim having at the Stamford Branch, he can be seen sitting along the edge of the room, next to the door, and beside him sits a woman with an almost identical hair style and color as Pam.

On the monthly calendar behind Angela's desk we can see an event on the 19th that says “Sale Group Meeting Lunch”. The location is listed as “Jim’s Diner”.