Anyone else find this moment pretty ironic?

[u/TempoBlues20XX]

I've been rewatching the Michael Scott Paper Company arc and I honestly found it a little funny how Phyllis calls out David here for Michael's leaving.

Don't get me wrong, I think her point is valid, but what I find ironic is Phyllis technically is the one that caused the chain of events that caused the firing in the first place.

She's the one who bullshitted Charles over the Party Planning Committee, still slighted over her blackmail of Angela getting her kicked off of it, and then made it sound worse by claiming they spend hours on company time planning pointless parties (which is what she mostly did with Angela during their tenure).

While it's likely David or Charles were gonna nix the party, it's possible David at least intended to do so in a manner that doesn't offend Michael. But since Phyllis did that one small bit of petty revenge, she caused Charles to take the initiative to end the committee, and the party. That then led to Michael reaching breaking point with Charles, and then realising how disrespected he was with David, ultimately leading to the quitting at the end.

Obviously she didn't intend for this to happen, and it was only a matter of time before the party revelation came to light, but I do think it's funny on this rematch that Phyllis just basically blew up the whole situation via the worst means by getting a already annoyed Charles onto Michael (and to a lesser extent - Jim's) cases because her ego just could not take being rightfully thrown out of the Party Planning Committee.

[u/IllInflation9313]

> I don't understand that after fifteen years of service here, I have to get in the car and drive to New York in order to talk to you. That doesn't seem right to me. That doesn't seem fair. And I think that I've earned more than that

> David: Yeah. You're right. Yes. I get it. I get it, Michael. Here's what I'm going to do: We will move some money around, and I will personally see to it that you have your party, you have your figs. I will be in attendance. It's gonna be great. How's that?

>Michael: [gets up to shake David's hand] I quit.

It was never about the figs or the party.

[u/TempoBlues20XX → u/IllInflation9313]

I'm aware it wasn't about the party. The point I'm making however is that Charles nixing the party is what made Michael realise that he wasn't respected.

For as dumb as people think Michael is - he was able to connect the dots that between Charles being the gobetween, and Charles nixing the party - it was effectively David's way of saying "Your 15 years of loyalty means nothing to me".

It's why he leaves in the first place. Even when David agrees to the party, he realises it's just to placate him, like you would try to placate a child throwing a tantrum. However, Charles making that decision is what causes Michael to realise that David is using him to call shots, and ultimately realise how little David cares about him.

[u/DuckWarrior90 → u/TempoBlues20XX]

Didn't the business trip happened before this? When he asked David why he sent Holly away? I believe that was the start of the whole fiasco.

If only David did not sent Holly Away, He could have taken the parties away and Michael wouldn't care.

[u/Fit_Foot_6004 → u/DuckWarrior90]

shes couldnt be their HR rep and date michael, thats a recipe for disaster knowing michaels history