In season 6 episode 14 of The Office, Dunder Mifflin is bought out by Sabre. The office must deal with all the changes that come with the buyout, including a new IT guy, site blockers, and aluminum water bottles. This page includes the full script and all the lines from the episode "Sabre".
Michael Scott:Oh, yeah. (clapping and chanting) I got a big box, yes I do. I got a big box how 'bout you? (points to Erin)
Erin Hannon:(clapping) I got a big box, yes I do. I got a big box how 'bout you? (points to Oscar)
Oscar Martinez:I think you don't know what you're saying.
Michael Scott:It's from "Sob-ray", our new owner, and it is to Sabre, us. I wonder what's inside. Scissor me. (Erin tosses Michael open scissors, Pam is appalled)
Michael Scott:Dunder Mifflin was recently bought by an electronics company named Sabre. (mispronounced "sob-ray") They stepped in at the 11th hour, and they saved our asses. Although David Wallace said that we were the one branch that was actually working right, so we probably could have saved our own asses. We didn't need them touching our asses.
Michael Scott:Oh! (rips open cardboard box) Wow. Awesome. (distributing items) For accounting, a brand new printer. And for the sales staff, a new fax machine. This cord has Creed written all over it. And whoever would like a brand new scanner can come visit it in my office. Thank you.
Dwight Schrute:Here we go. (scans stuffed animal) Oh! Wow.
Michael Scott:Cool. What next? (Dwight puts his face on scanner)
Erin Hannon:Guys, um, who's Gabe? This note says to put the box aside for Gabe Lewis, who's coming tomorrow?
Michael Scott:Okay, everybody, listen up. I have some bad news. Due to circumstances beyond my control -
Dwight Schrute:Impulsivity and inattention to detail.
Michael Scott:Hey, hey. I have opened a box, which should not have been opened...
Dwight Schrute:Terrible mistake.
Michael Scott:And distributed things which should not have been distributed.
Dwight Schrute:Undistributable.
Pam Beesly:Well, maybe we can put the box back together.
Dwight Schrute:Impossible. He opened it like an ape.
Oscar Martinez:I think we can do it.
Pam Beesly:(Pam and Oscar are trying to repack cardboard box) Yep, yep.
Oscar Martinez:Right? Mm. Did we try printer first? Shredder at an angle -
Pam Beesly:Yep.
Oscar Martinez:Fax, cable, then the scanner upside down?
Pam Beesly:Yes.
Creed Bratton:Have you tried making everything smaller?
Michael Scott:And - (Jim seals box with tape, rips covered with stickers) Wow. Really nice job. This group of people, when they put their minds together, they can do something great. And I think that you should all be proud of yourselves. (cell phone starts ringing from inside box)
Pam Beesly:Oh, Michael.
Michael Scott:Alright, relax. We can do it. We just did it. So we can do this again. Erin, scissor me please. (Erin tosses open scissors across Jim and Pam)
Pam Beesly:No, don't!
Michael Scott:(fumbles) Thank you. Oh! Got it. Ok.
Michael Scott:Alright, he's on his way up. Okay. Are we ready?
Pam Beesly:What do you want us to do?
Michael Scott:Why do I have to explain everything?
Pam Beesly:Because we're usually not on the same page.
Michael Scott:Okay. (starts round of applause)
Gabe Lewis:Oh. Okay. And to you. (begins applauding)
Michael Scott:Gabe seems tall. Hope we get along. Had a very good thing going with David Wallace. He was a good guy. He was somebody I could trust. Here he is. (holding up photo of him and Wallace) You can really see that he is ok taking a picture with me. Even though I was there for disciplinary reasons.
Dwight Schrute:Welcome. Scranton hot dog from Scranton?
Michael Scott:You know what, Dwight? Let's give him a minute to settle in, shall we? Ok?
Gabe Lewis:Um, hi, uh, my name is Gabe Lewis. I am coordinating director for merging regions.
Michael Scott:Hello, Gabe. I am Michael Scott, co-manager. This is my protege, Jim Halpert.
Jim Halpert:Co-manager, actually.
Michael Scott:In training.
Jim Halpert:Trained. Loving it. Good at it. So...
Gabe Lewis:We are very impressed with this branch and we are so excited about this merger.
Michael Scott:We're very excited too, aren't we guys? Right?
Dwight Schrute:So excited.
Michael Scott:We have a little song prepared for you.
Gabe Lewis:Um, actually, if you don't mind, I would love to put this on the Sabre website. (correctly pronounced "say-ber")
Michael Scott:Sabre. Say-ber. Sabre.
Dwight Schrute:Oh. Of course.
Michael Scott:Yes, say-ber. Good. Take it away guys.
Andy Bernard:Ok. (playing guitar to the tune of Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA)
Andy & Erin:(singing) Hopped off the train in Scranton, PA, another cloudy gray afternoon. Jumped in the cab, here you are for the first time, look to the right see the "Electric City" sign. This is gonna be good day, for Dunder Mifflin and Sob-ray. Sab - (guitar stops)
Michael Scott:Saber.
Andy Bernard:Saber. (sings) Dunder Mifflin and Saber. So yeah, yeah, yay, yay.
Andy & Erin:Dunder Mifflin is a part of Sob-ray. So yeah, yeah, yay, yay. Dunder Mifflin is a part of Sabre. (music stops)
Andy Bernard:You sure it's saber?
Pam Beesly:Hey.
Jim Halpert:Thank you. Hey, we should be fine if we leave around 11:20.
Pam Beesly:Oh, you mapquested it. It's four blocks away.
Jim Halpert:Well, now we won't get lost. Or we could drive. And that takes one minute.
Pam Beesly:We found a great local daycare. It's rated really high by all the local parenting websites. But that means it's also really hard to get into.
Jim Halpert:Turns out, a lot of parents want the very best for their children. That's weird.
Pam Beesly:We're hoping our interview seals the deal.
Jim Halpert:But if not, there's always the army. The infantry.
Pam Beesly:Okay. Okay. Yeah.
Christian Slater:So you've just been bought by Sabre. You've probably got a lot of questions. Hi. I'm Christian Slater. What's it like to work for Sabre? Let's find out together. Working at Sabre means taking on the challenge of the road that rises to meet you. Sabre is respecting the past, but opening a window to the future. Have you ever tasted a rainbow? At Sabre, you will.
Jo Bennett:You'll find it easy to embrace the Sabre spirit. Welcome. We're very excited to go on this journey with you.
Jim Halpert:(Christian Slater impression) So you've been shown a nonsensical video. You're probably wondering, "What's going on?" Well, you're not alone.
Michael Scott:Wow. Really terrific.
Gabe Lewis:Most of our business comes from selling printers. So don't think of yourselves as paper salesmen anymore, but as printer salesmen who also sell paper.
Michael Scott:Perfect.
Michael Scott:No. Don't like that.
Gabe Lewis:At Sabre, we really encourage honest communication. You should always feel free to express your thoughts, your -
Meredith Palmer:Talk about vacation days!
Gabe Lewis:We have a policy here at Sabre where we are, uh, allowed to take two weeks.
Oscar Martinez:But I banked six weeks.
Angela Martin:I already booked a Great Lakes cruise.
Meredith Palmer:Hey, who the hell's going through our stuff?
Gabe Lewis:Actually, that's Nick. He's your new IT guy. Uh, he's setting up a site blocker. Mostly blocking the inappropriate sites. And then there are the time-wasting sites like Twitter, YouTube. We are blocking those as well.
Michael Scott:Mm, nope. Don't like that.
Gabe Lewis:Ok, did everyone get one? With these bottles, we eliminate the need for plastic water bottles, which are the scourge of the environment.
Michael Scott:We'll still get to use the little cups, though, right?
Gabe Lewis:Little cups? Like paper or plastic or... ?
Michael Scott:I don't know what they're made of.
Dwight Schrute:They're 2 ounce paper cups dipped in plastic. He goes through 20 a day.
Gabe Lewis:Ok, well, I bet you can fit 20 little cups of water in your aluminum bottle.
Michael Scott:You know what can't fit in a bottle, are the 20 little trips I take to the cooler, and the 20 little scans I do of everybody to make sure everything's running smoothly. And the 20 little conversations that I have with Stanley.
Stanley Hudson:That's ok.
Michael Scott:There is a small part of me that is actually very excited about this new company. But 70 percent of me is water, and the other part, the real part, the part that has feelings and emotions and thoughts and makes decisions and, if I can be crass, makes babies, that part thinks that all of these changes suck ba -
Michael Scott:(in line to fill up water bottle behind Kevin and Toby) Really? You don't have enough water in there? Your stomach?
Toby Flenderson:Oop.
Michael Scott:What?
Toby Flenderson:Looks like we kicked it. (indicates water jug is empty)
Michael Scott:I miss the old Dunder Mifflin. Too much change is not a good thing. Ask the climate.
Michael Scott:I don't want to appear ungrateful for everything Sabre's doing for us.
Gabe Lewis:Oh, I don't get that sense at all from you, so...
Michael Scott:Well, you should have a little. But it's great that you don't, because I am trying to embrace all of these changes, but I'm - I'll be honest, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around a couple of 'em.
Gabe Lewis:Which ones?
Michael Scott:All of them.
Gabe Lewis:Well, I wish that I could do something, but it's kind of policy, you know? Above my pay grade. You know?
Michael Scott:So maybe we should call. We should call someone. I could help. I'm good with bosses. Call one of the higher-ups?
Gabe Lewis:You know what? Let me see what I can do.
Jim Halpert:(after entering daycare) Ok, this is officially the cutest thing I've ever seen. Cubbies. I totally forgot about cubbies.
Pam Beesly:There's a finger-painting station and a curly slide. Am I too old to go here?
Jim Halpert:Oh. Adorable, right? (opens kiddie bathroom, sees man on toilet) I walked in on someone in the bathroom.
Pam Beesly:What?
Jim Halpert:I just walked in on someone in the bathroom.
Pam Beesly:Who? The -
Jim Halpert:I don't know. I don't know.
Pam Beesly:The guy we're meeting with?
Jim Halpert:I don't know, I don't know.
Andy Bernard:I am telling you, there are no strawberries in here.
Erin Hannon:Well, I saw them in there.
Andy Bernard:Well maybe they ran away, because the pizza was like, (imitating Italian accent) "Hey, get out of here, you stupid strawberries."
Erin Hannon:I think when Andy finally asks me out he's going to try to top what he did with the drum line. I can't wait to see what he comes up with.
Andy Bernard:The ball's totally in Erin's court. After the whole drum line thing.
Gabe Lewis:(on videochat) First let me say that I told them everything you wanted me to say, in just the way you wanted me to say it, so...
Jo Bennett:Gabe, honey, I love this. I love the sound of your voice. But I really need some new information now.
Gabe Lewis:Ok, um, I told the story of your uncle, and I have a feeling that you would have (Michael gesturing behind computer) really been proud of the way... Okay, um...
Jo Bennett:Wait a minute, who is it? Who's there? Is there somebody in the room with you? (Michael gesturing "no") I want to see who it is. Turn me around.
Gabe Lewis:I don't - it's just...
Jo Bennett:Turn me around. Now. (Michael starts to leave, Jo whistles) Hey, Buddy. Is it something I said?
Michael Scott:Hello. No. My name's Michael Scott. Hello.
Jo Bennett:Oh, hello, Mr. Scott. Pleased to meet you.
Michael Scott:Nice to meet you. We are very excited about the merger with Sabre. I think you have a great accent.
Jo Bennett:Aw, thank you. I've been working on it since I was a little girl. To, um, to what do I owe the pleasure of this videochat?
Michael Scott:Well, I am little concerned with all of these changes, to be quite frank. I think we have done things a certain way here at Dunder Mifflin for quite some time, and -
Jo Bennett:Pardon. Pardon me, Mr. Scott, but the last time I saw a company as mismanaged as Dunder Mifflin, it was my grandson's snowball company, so you'll excuse me if I prefer that you all adapt to the way that we do things.
Michael Scott:Ok. I feel very strongly that you can't just come in here and change everything that people have been doing forever. Is Christian Slater back there? Because... he knows. He'd know what to do.
Jo Bennett:So listen, why don't you tell Gabe if by the end of the day you can't handle the changes.
Michael Scott:I have already told him, but I will tell him again if you think that will help.
Jo Bennett:I would take until the end of the day if I were you. (Michael leaves conference room)
Michael Scott:(Throws aluminum bottle out of car window, breaks a windshield, speeds out of parking lot)
Jerry:Pam and Jim? Hey, I'm Jerry.
Pam Beesly:Hi Jerry.
Jim Halpert:Jerry.
Jerry:Good to see you. Come on in. My office is right back here. This is the play room.
Jim Halpert:This is great. Got to confess, we came a little early, so we got a quick look around, but, uh -
Jerry:Oh, so you saw it already?
Jim Halpert:No, no, no, no. Yes. We saw this, yes. No, it wasn't like a look around. We really just had a peek. Quick peek. Didn't focus on anything in particular.
Pam Beesly:It's lovely.
Jerry:(cell phone rings) Oh. Got to take this. Sorry.
Jim Halpert:Do it.
Jerry:Okay. Hi, this is Jerry.
Pam Beesly:Ok, you've got to pull it together.
Jim Halpert:We should just go. He's really uncomfortable.
Pam Beesly:He's uncomfortable because you're acting weird. So you have to stop acting weird.
Jim Halpert:What if we just bring it up? We just put it out in the open?
Pam Beesly:That's the weirdest possible solution to the problem.
Jerry:Sorry about that. Right this way.
Jim Halpert:All right.
Michael Scott:I have come here today to talk to Mr. David Wallace about this whole thing going on with Sabre. (rings doorbell) He will know exactly what to do. He is not a big fan of me dropping by announced. But then again, who is? (loud drumming as door opens) Hey. Hi, sorry.
David Wallace:Michael.
Michael Scott:I hope you're not busy doing something.
David Wallace:No, you kidding? Come on in. Come on.
Michael Scott:You sure?
David Wallace:You look great.
Michael Scott:You look great too.
David Wallace:You hungry? I'm just having lunch.
Michael Scott:Oh, yeah, that sounds good.
David Wallace:Fantastic. Teddy, look who just stopped in.
Teddy Wallace:Huh? Hey. (continues drumming)
Michael Scott:Hey. Wow.
David Wallace:Keep it up, son.
Michael Scott:Really loud.
Michael Scott:Wow. Oh, yummy. (David spreads marshmallow fluff on bread) You have got the life, my friend.
David Wallace:Yeah.
Michael Scott:Can I just stay here and never go back?
David Wallace:Things not going so well there?
Michael Scott:Oh, man. How much time do you have?
David Wallace:I have a doctor's appointment next Thursday.
Michael Scott:Yeah.
Mrs. Wallace:Hey, honey. How's your day going? Did you do anything cool?
David Wallace:Uh, no, sweetie. I just sort of hung out.
Mrs. Wallace:Oh, 'cause I saw you had shoes on, so I didn't know if you did anything.
David Wallace:No. Just hanging out, honey. You remember Michael.
Michael Scott:Hi. Sorry, I was just in the neighborhood, thought I'd come by, see...
Mrs. Wallace:No problem at all. This is great. So what are you guys up to?
Michael Scott:I don't know.
David Wallace:Uh, but maybe, uh - actually, you know, I think maybe we'll go outside. May -maybe we'll go outside. (drumming intensifies) Outside.
Jim Halpert:There was one thing we were curious about, uh, your flexibility on things like Easter or Memorial Day, because we might want to change our days around a little bit.
Jerry:That seems a bit premature, don't you think? I don't even know if I have a space for you yet, and you're already lining up your holiday plans.
Jim Halpert:Oh, no, sorry. Just, um, we're kind of planners. But we're also flexible too, so you know what? Maybe we can just discuss it when the time comes.
Jerry:Yeah, if the time comes, we can discuss it.
Pam Beesly:Is this because Jim walked in on you going to the bathroom?
Jim Halpert:What?
Jerry:Seriously? You told her?
Jim Halpert:Did it? It might have come up while we were waiting for you.
Jerry:And you - you thought that might have something to do with how the meeting is going?
Jim Halpert:No.
Pam Beesly:Maybe, because it doesn't seem to be going super well.
Jerry:Well, you didn't consider the fact that it might not be going super well just because it might not be going super well?
Pam Beesly:Nope. 'Cause we're really nice people but you don't seem to like us.
Jerry:I'm being perfectly pleasant. Did you ever consider that you might not be as charming as you think you are?
Jim Halpert:Oh, this coming from the guy who still uses a children's toilet? Why didn't you just lock the door, man?
Jerry:It doesn't lock for the children's safety.
Jim Halpert:Anybody could have walked in.
Jerry:It was story time.
Michael Scott:Sabre is changing everything. (Michael and David sitting in hot tub) Site blockers. They don't let us use cups. So I started thinking, who could handle this? Who would know what to do? David Wallace would know what to do. What should I do, David Wallace?
David Wallace:I don't know. I mean, what can you do?
Michael Scott:Exactly. What are you thinking?
David Wallace:I, I - It's a tough one.
Michael Scott:It is a tough one.
David Wallace:I don't have any ideas for you there.
Michael Scott:Yeah. But one would be good.
David Wallace:Hey, oh, okay. Wait.
Michael Scott:Okay.
David Wallace:I want to tell you about a business idea I have.
Michael Scott:Okay.
David Wallace:Ok? You know how kids leave their toys everywhere? Okay. So this is a vacuum. It's like a shop-vac type of thing. (imitates vacuum) Teaches kids how to pick up their own toys. Right? Baseball gloves, hacky sacks, drumsticks. (sucking noise) Picks it up!
Michael Scott:So the kid's making the noise to pick it up.
David Wallace:No. No, no, no. That's the -that's the vacuum noise.
Michael Scott:Oh, okay.
David Wallace:You-you don't like it.
Michael Scott:No, I think it is-
David Wallace:No, it's ok. Another guy from Dunder Mifflin, Arnie from Research, he's gonna draw up the prototype. And, uh... It's like shop-vac. (sucking noise) Did I say that?
Michael Scott:Yep.
David Wallace:It'll be ok.
Andy Bernard:Hey, any fun weekend plans?
Erin Hannon:No, you?
Andy Bernard:Uh, no, actually. So nothing? No movies, or parties, or anything you might want to invite someone to?
Erin Hannon:Nothing. It's wide open.
Andy Bernard:Okay.
Andy Bernard:That's as hard as I can hint.
David Wallace:Hey, you know, if you want, I'm sure I can get Arnie on board if you wanted to join us for suck it. Work together again.
Michael Scott:The what?
David Wallace:Suck it. That's what it's called.
Michael Scott:Oh, okay.
David Wallace:Huh? Catchy. Kids'll love it.
Michael Scott:Like it.
Michael Scott:There are very few things that would make me not want to team up with David Wallace. And Suck It is one of 'em.
Michael Scott:See you later. (hugs Wallace)
David Wallace:Oh, Michael.
Michael Scott:Bye now.
David Wallace:Thank you for coming.
Michael Scott:Thanks for having me.
Michael Scott:Well, that's not the David Wallace that I remember. (reverses out of driveway, Wallace follows him) That is some sort of weird creature that lives in David Wallace's house. Oh, my god. Alright. Just get me out of here.
Michael Scott:Hello. (comes in carrying 4 gallons of orange juice and his water bottle) Is anybody home? Oh, thank you, Erin. Now if everyone would please ready their canteens, so I can fill them with the sweet, sweet nectar of Gabe's homeland, and then propose a toast. Here we go.
Michael Scott:You know when people say getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to them? I feel sorry for those people. That's the best thing? Really? Ugh.
Michael Scott:Well, I'm not really one for making speeches.
Everyone:Yes. Yes, you are. You make a lot.
Michael Scott:But I feel pretty good right now. I really do. A lot better than I did earlier. Let me tell you.
Angela Martin:That's your toast?
Michael Scott:No. This is my toast. I think this whole thing with Sabre is going to work out. I have a very good feeling about it.
Phyllis Vance:Michael, this isn't a toast. You're just thinking out loud.
Michael Scott:Here's my toast. Orange juice is in here. And, like Saber, it is from Florida, and it is good.
Kevin Malone:Just 'cause you have liquid that doesn't make it a toast.
Michael Scott:Here's the toast. I'm gonna do it now. Raise your container to us and to Sabre.
Everyone:To us and to Sabre.
Michael Scott:Mm. Wow. That is metallicy. Ugh. That's like drinking a battery. Ah, really gets you in the fillings, doesn't it? Okay, anyway, welcome.
David Wallace:(singing) Well, it's a mess, what a mess. What you gonna do? You're going to take out your Suck It and you suck it. Suck it. Yeah, take out your Suck It and you suck it.
Teddy:Suck it!
David Wallace:Yeah!
Teddy:Suck it!
David Wallace:Yeah!
Teddy:Suck it!
David Wallace:Yeah! Take out the Suck It and we'll...
Teddy:Suck it!
David Wallace:Yeah!
Teddy:Suck it!
David Wallace:Yeah!
Both:Take out my Suck It and we'll suck it.
David Wallace:Yeah! Teddy!
Teddy:Yeah. (high-five each other)
The Office: Sabre (Season 6, Episode 14) - A Summary
In "The Office" episode 14, season 6, "Sabre" is such a great episode (like every episode of "The Office"), remember you can click the camera button next to any quote to generate an image of the quote to share on social media. Dunder Mifflin is bought by Sabre, a printer company. The office gets new products. Michael Scott opens a box early. It was for Gabe Lewis, Sabre's "coordinating director". He arrives, and everyone sings a welcome song. They sing to the tune of "Party in the USA". They mispronounce "Sabre" as "Sob-ray". Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly try to get their baby into a daycare. Jim had walked in on the owner in the bathroom. This makes the meeting awkward.
Sabre brings many changes to the office. They block websites. They replace water bottles with metal ones. Michael hates the changes. He video calls Jo Bennett, Sabre's CEO. She tells him to deal with it. He drives to former CFO David Wallace's house for advice. David is unemployed and acts strangely. He pitches a toy vacuum idea called "Suck It". Michael leaves, feeling lost.
Back at the office, Michael makes a toast with orange juice. He says he now feels good about Sabre. The juice tastes like metal in the bottles. The episode ends with David and his son singing about "Suck It". This episode is full of classic moments. The awkward daycare meeting is a fan favorite. So is David Wallace's strange behavior. Michael's struggle with change is also very funny.
