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1	Jan orders Michael to choose the cheapest health care plan, and he delegates the task to Dwight, much to the employees' detriment. Michael promises the staff a surprise.
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3	Air Date: April 5, 2005
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7	* BenevolentBoss: In the opening, Michael tries to describe himself as one.
8	* BlatantLies: Michael claims at the end of the episode that he excels when backed into a corner, and that being under pressure is when he shines. This is explained in a talking head in between cuts of him completely freezing up and going silent when confronted by the office at the end of the day.
9	* CuttingCorners: Dunder Mifflin tries to save money by getting the cheapest health plan, which means most of the employees' expenses won't be covered.
10	* DownerEnding: In the end, the entire office staff is left disgruntled and upset by Michael failing to select a health care plan and shifting the duties to Dwight, leaving them without a health care plan. Michael also fails to appease them with the surprise he promised them (he pretty much had no plan). Dwight gets put in his place by Jan. [[FromBadToWorse Oh and Jan wants Michael to call her back over his assigning the duty to Dwight and not picking the plan himself.]]
11	* DrunkWithPower: Dwight is given the task of choosing the company's health plan, and quickly gets delusional about it. Jim notes that it's the smallest amount of power that has ever gotten to someone's head.
12	* FakeStatic: Michael tries to end his phone call with Pam by claiming that another call is coming in, forgetting that she's sitting at the phone bank and can see that his extension isn't ringing.
13	* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Know-it-all Dwight is unaware that the uterus and not the vagina is removed during a hysterectomy, and that anal fissures are real.
14	* TheNicknamer: Michael calls Pam "Pam-a-lam-a-ding dong," a name which will be repeated later by Andy.
15	* ShoutOut: Michael claims that watching ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' amounts to heavy training in {{Improv}}, and also fantasizes about doing improv with Creator/RobinWilliams.

Context Recap / TheOfficeUSS1E3HealthCare