People are blaming Toby from ‘The Office’ for this dreadful winter storm

Don’t blame Wednesday’s Winter Storm Toby on an unspecified weather god or climate change (just kidding  – definitely blame climate change). Instead, place the blame where it belongs: with Dunder Mifflin Human Resources rep Toby Flenderson.

Because The Office fandom is somehow as strong as ever, the #WinterStormToby hashtag is littered with tweets accusing Michael Scott’s humble foil Toby for the inclement weather currently plaguing the northeast. 

Like much of what Toby was blamed for through the full series run, the storm is obviously not a fictional, mild-mannered HR rep’s fault. (And it’s worth remembering that the storm’s name is not even official — it was made up by the Weather Channel.) Read more…

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