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girl in a cardigan · 05-09-2008, 09:01 AM

I don't think you sound evil, Mel. And I totally get what you are saying.

I do disagree a little with the assumption that things always go Jim's way. Perhaps with clients, he doesn't have any trouble (that we've really seen) closing the deal, but I enjoyed watching him actually have to go after it. If it had been me and the client said right up front that he wasn't looking to switch and just wanted to play golf to get out of the office, I would have been super pissed that he was wasting my time and probably gone pretty bitter from there for the rest of the day. So yeah, probably why Jim's better suited to sales than me.

I also agree that I could have gone either way on him actually getting the client. But at the same time, with the recent events of Toby sexually harassing Pam in front of him and then getting put on probation by Ryan, failing at getting this sale that he believes will continue to secure his job and keep him on the path to planning for the future with Pam would probably just crush him. And I don't like to watch Emo!Jim, especially at the end of a season - too season 2 (in a bad way) to me.

I do want Jim to find some kind of direction, some career that he's actually interested in instead of one he just happens to be good at. But at the same time, I think I'm finally beginning to understand what John was saying about Jim in that Men's Health article. Jim's one of those guys who doesn't really care what he does for a living as long as he can come home to his family, hang out with his friends and just relax on the couch with a beer at the end of the day. He'd actually be just as happy to support Pam through graphic design school as he would coaching middle school basketball or teaching English or whatever it is that Jim's actually good at.

I think Michael was spot on last night in his last TH. Jim is a guy who can do anything he wants and he CHOOSES to sell paper. I think in the beginning, Jim just did the job because it was a job and he was in love with Pam ("if this were my career, I'd throw myself in front of a train."). But nowadays, watching him, I think he's come to terms with what he does for a living. He may not have a glamorous or sexy career, but he makes good money, can basically goof around at work all day (or at least until recently), spend time with the love of his life, the boss idolizes him to the point where Jim can basically manipulate Michael into doing anything he wants (though he usually doesn't use this power), etc.

I think at this point, I'm kinda rambling, but I think you get my point. Of course, the season finale could blow this whole theory out of the water, but for now, I think Jim is actually pretty content with who he is and what he has to do in order to get what he wants.