07 February 2023 , 13:07
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A woman pranked her Tinder date into thinking she worked at Dunder Mifflin from hit TV show The Office, but he did not get it and asked if there were any vacancies.
As a joke, the woman decided to add to her profile that she worked at Dunder Mifflin as she is a big fan of the comedy series starring Steve Carell.
However, when she started to speak to one guy she noticed that he was not understanding the reference and began to ask her if she knew of any vacancies at the company, which left the woman in hysterics.
The guy did not get the reference to the American version of The Office (NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)Taking to Reddit, the woman, who remained anonymous, explained: "I had just opened an account on Tinder and as I was a student and a huge fan of the office series I had added 'Receptionist at Dunder Mifflin' as my occupation.
"A guy had matched with me and started to genuinely enquire about any vacancies available at the office."
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At first, the woman was so surprised with what the guy was saying that she just went along with it as she thought he must know it is a joke.
Dunder Mifflin is the made-up paper company from the hit TV show which spanned nine series.
She said: "I was just playing along until I realised I spoiled four seasons of the show for him. I don't think he still realised he was being pranked.
"Not my fault the man didn't watch one of the most popular shows in the history of television."
She asked the forum if she was being unreasonable with the man and if she should have behaved any differently.
In response, some were very supportive of her move and said it was odd of him to be asking about vacancies anyway.
One person wrote: "A guy matched with you and then started asking you about job vacancies? That was never going anywhere to start with. So you lied a little, but if he didn't even get the references then no harm no foul."
While another stated: "This is hilarious. You’re on tinder, not Indeed."
However, not everyone was supportive of her as some said she took it too far as one person wrote: "That was not a prank, it was just plain lying. You put a silly little jokey reference on your profile and, when someone took it at face value, instead of explaining the mistake, you just led that person on."