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Test the Store

‘Test the Store’

Season 8, Episode 17 -  Aired March 1, 2012

In Florida, the special project team works on the grand opening of the inaugural Sabre test store as Dwight awaits news on whether he's got the vice president job. Back in Scranton, Toby leads a self-defense class after Andy and Pam are attacked by a gang.

Quote from Dwight K. Schrute

Dwight K. Schrute: Cathy, I would like to introduce you to Fatty Gruesome. He is a freelancer for Wired magazine.
Patty: Patty Grossman. I'm a woman.
Dwight K. Schrute: But you still work for Wired, right?
Patty: Yes.
Dwight K. Schrute: Good! Okay. Flirt away.

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Quote from Kevin

Kevin: Oh, Andy, guess what happened to me this morning?
Andy: Don't care. Tell me later.
Kevin: Listen, it's important. You've gotta hear this.
Andy: What do you got?
Kelly: Oh, my god!
Phyllis: Do you have a black eye?
Andy: Yes, I do. Phyllis.
Kevin: I woke up at 4 am by accident in time for the paper to be delivered. Guess what?
Andy: What?
Kevin: It's not a kid on a bike. It's a man in a car.

Quote from Andy

Andy: Here's what happened. Pam and I were arriving for the day. And there was a gang in the parking lot on bikes, on, on motorcycles. And they were just hassling Pam...
Pam: That's true.
Andy: They had, uh... weapons.
Pam: Weapons.
Andy: I just stepped in to talk some sense into them.
Pam: But these were not the kind of people who use their words.
Andy: Punches were going, and I ducked a few, landed a couple, and I was fighting them off. It was totally, like, like, senseless crime.
Pam: Thank goodness he was there.
Oscar: Good job, Andy.
Kevin: Yeah!
Andy: I didn't do anything any of you wouldn't have done.

Quote from Andy

Oscar: How can we feel safe knowing that there are gangs here? We should call the police right now!
Andy: No.
Angela: Yes.
Andy: No, no, no, no, no. We don't need to call the police. They'll just ask everybody questions, get up in everyone's business, right, Pam?
Pam: Police are a hassle. We settled this on the street.
Andy: And my eye will heal. But if the police come, then we will forever stain our neighborhood as a troubled area.
Angela: Why would you care what the police think of our neighborhood?
Andy: Because I have neighborhood Pride. 1-8-5-0-5.
Pam: 1-8-5-0-5.
Darryl: Guys, guys. That's so vague. You gotta do the zip plus four. 1-8-5-0-5 dash 7-4-2-7.

Quote from Jim

Jim: [on the phone] Yeah, no, it seems to be going great. Andy got beat up by a fifth grade girl?
Blogger: Look at that guy. He's got his Sabre phone on, and he's not even using it.
Blogger 2: This is a perfect photo for my Daily Fail blog.

Quote from Dwight K. Schrute

Nellie: Dwight, what is a fail? That sounds bad.
Dwight K. Schrute: Oh, no, no, no. It's good. It's really- On the Internet, it's a really- That's a really good, good, thing.

Quote from Toby

Toby: Self-defense is not some fun boxing match, okay? This is about escaping with your life. So... strike, scream, and run. All right? Let's try it.
Creed: [karate chops Meredith's head, screams, then runs out]
Meredith: Ow.
Toby: That may have been my fault.
Meredith: What the hell, Toby?

Quote from Toby

Toby: Okay, look, in a real crisis situation, you're not gonna have to time to think, okay? So just remember, I-A-A-T-G. "It's all about the groin."
Andy: What if you're being attacked by a... smallish man who happens to not have a groin?
Toby: I don't think that's very common.
Andy: What if you're being attacked by a 4'11" man who is penis-less?
Oscar: Why are you fixated on this hypothetical trans-gendered attacker?
Andy: Why don't we start with the basics? Show us how to defend ourselves against a baby, and then like, a fifth grade girl, and then, you know, if we have time, on up to a scary man.
Toby: Well, the most common scenario is a larger man attacking a smaller female.
Andy: So in that scenario, what if the victim sucker-punches the attacker in the face? What can the attacker then do to better protect himself?
Toby: It's interesting that you're drawn to the point of view of the attacker. You would like "The Turn of the Table". Okay, the latest Chad Flenderman novel... [everyone groans] written from the point of view of his nemesis, Dr. Lucifer Wu.

Quote from Ryan

Ryan: [nervously] Sabre. It's time to come home.
Jim: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think... It seemed like you were a little nervous.
Ryan: Yeah, no [bleep], Sherlock! Can somebody please tell me something encouraging about this presentation before I go out there in front of a million people and do it?

Quote from Ryan

Dwight K. Schrute: Okay. I know, I know, champ. Calm down, just listen.
Ryan: You know what?
Dwight K. Schrute: You just need to realize that so much rides on this. You have no idea.
Jim: Dwight.
Dwight K. Schrute: I'm trying to make him feel important.
Ryan: God. I wish Kelly were here. She always knew what to say.
Dwight K. Schrute: Um... [imitating Kelly] Oh, Ryan, you're so smart. You're smarter than Mark Zuckerberg and those Google guys all combined. Hee hee hee.
Ryan: You're so ignorant. You barely know what you're talking about. That is so ridiculous. You really need to read a couple books.
Dwight K. Schrute: What's a book? [giggles]
Ryan: Oh my God. You're so embarrassing.

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