Jim: Ooh, what's this?

Dwight: That is a demerit.

Jim: "Jim Halpert -- tardiness." Oh, I love it already.

Dwight: You gotta learn, Jim. You are second in command, but that does not put you above the law.

Jim: Oh, I understand. And I also have lots of questions, like, what does a demerit mean?

Dwight: Let's put it this way: you do not want to receive three of those.

Jim: Lay it on me.

Dwight: Three demerits and you will receive a citation.

Jim: Now that sounds serious.

Dwight: Oh it is serious. Five citations and you're looking at a violation. Four of those, and you'll receive a verbal warning. Keep it up, and you're looking at a written warning. Two of those, that'll land you in a world of hurt: in the form of a disciplinary review, written up by me and placed on the desk of my immediate superior.

Jim: Which would be me.

Dwight: ..... That is correct.

Jim: Okay, I want a copy on my desk by the end of the day or you will receive a full disadulation.

Dwight: What's a dis- ... what's that?

Jim: Oh, you don't wanna know.


-- NBC's "The Office," Season 3, Episode 22, "Women's Appreciation"