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"Corporate" forces the female Dunder-Mifflin employees to attend a "women in the workplace" seminar, conducted by Jan in the conference room. Jan later confides to the camera that the real purpose of the seminar is for the company to be able to root out any promising employees for future advancement. Miffed by being excluded, Michael assembles all the men in the warehouse for a "men in the workplace" seminar include the office staff work the jobs of the warehouse. Ryan comes up with an idea of speeding up the efficiency to which Stanley immediately replies "This is a run out the clock situation.". Michael's seminar inevitably disrupts the warehouse's shipping schedule when Michael (who acknowledges it) stops their work flow. While Jim is nervous about the rumor that has been floating around that he likes Pam, Kevin goes to Jim to show his support if a fight breaks out. But things are smoothed over when Roy approaches Jim under the belief that Jim used to like Pam, which Jim is relieved (as is Kevin). Darryl and his equally irritated crew are forced to participate in Michael's shananigans, which culminates in Michael trying to drive one of their delivery machines.

Michael's recklessness behind the controls causes the supply shelves to come crashing down, just as he attempts some more haphazard attempts (and jeopardizing the employees' safety) that turns the warehouse into a complete mess and only infuriating Darryl and his men. Michael's plans to hold his own seminar backfires when a conversation about the opposite sex leads to another about the differences in the compensation between the employees of the warehouse and of the office. Trying to think he can relate to them, Michael's seminar only backfires further when the warehouse workers decide to form a union. Michael later tells Jan of their plans, which only angers her to order Michael to quash their idea, but things only get a little more tense when the women's seminar turns into "girl talk", with Jan and Michael's fling becoming the topical discussion (highlighted by Kelly). Jan proceeds to visit the warehouse and asks Michael if he dealt with the problem, before she delivers a stiffening blow to Darryl and his men about failed attempts from another warehouse division at Pittsfield, another Dunder-Mifflin branch that was shut down because of an attempt to unionize. This in turn, caused warehouse employees to lose their life savings in legal fees and the jobs of everyone at the branch in the process. Michael later buys pizzas for the men as a way to balance everything out, before apologizing for Jan's quick dressing down of the crew.

An excited Jan urges Pam to take a corporate training program in graphic design in New York when Pam reveals that she wants to be a graphic designer, but Roy quashes the idea. Jim rebukes Pam for listening to Roy when he is clearly wrong and acting selfish, which creates some tension between them. As the day comes to a close, the warehouse is in complete disarray (furthered by Michael trying to create snow by spilling out the foam popcorn in front of a fan), Michael and the office employees depart, just as Darryl shouts: "Hey Michael, this ain't over!" as he stands in the middle of a complete mess. Michael shuts the door without responding.

• Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer originally had the idea for this episode. They took it to executive producer Greg Daniels who then gave the project to B.J. Novak to write. Fischer was once a secretary and Kinsey an operator, so they both had to attend similar meetings and seminars.
• Pam's monologue about reading a Choose Your Own Adventure book was based on a real story of Fischer's as a kid.
• Jan's threat to have the warehouse closed if the employees unionize is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act.
• The blow up doll in the warehouse is the same one from the episode Sexual Harassment. The super imposed face of Michael is also a reference to the 2nd episode of the UK Office, where David Brent is offended that someone superimposed his face on a pornographic image.

Michael: What’s more important than quality? Equality.

Dwight: It’s a terrible idea.
Jim: What is?
Dwight: Them, in there all together. They stay in there too long, they’re going to get on the same cycle. Wreak havoc on our plumbing.

Michael: Toby, come on over. You’re a guy … too … sort of.

Michael: Why can’t boys play with dolls? Why does society force us to use urinals, when sitting down is far more comfortable?

Michael: Managing the warehouse is a very important part of my job. And I haven’t been there in months.

Dwight: Remember on Lost? When they met The Others?

Michael: Darryl is actually the foreman here, and not Roy, which is cool…there’s Roy, riding the big rig … um so Roy is actually going to be marrying Pam sometime this summer, and she’s our receptionist, sort of a Brangelina thing.
Roy: Why?
Michael: Brangelina is the Brad Pitt and Angelina …
Roy: I don’t understand.
Michael: Roy … Roy and Pam, it’s a Ram. It’s a Ram thing.

Kevin: I bet Roy heard about you liking Pam. I bet he’ll try to beat you up.
Jim: Thanks for the heads up, Kev.
Kevin: I got your back if he does. But try to stay out of it.

Michael: You may look around, and see two groups here. White collar, blue collar. But I don’t see it that way. You know why not? Because I am collar-blind.

Meredith: Hi, I’m Meredith and I’m an al … good at supplier relations.

Pam: I don’t know how I fit in with these women.

Roy: Glad she has a friend at work that she can get through the day with, she’s not all blah blah blah when she gets home …
Jim: Yeah, I like talking to her too.

Meredith: In five years, I’d like to be five years sober. Four and a half.

Kelly: I’ll tell you one thing. I am not going to be one of those women schlepping her kids around in a minivan.
Jan: Great! Uh huh.
Kelly: I want an SUV. With three rows of seats.

Jan (in interview): Well I’ll be honest, one of the goals of these womens’ seminars is to feel out if there’s any standouts, women who could be a valuable addition to our corporate life.

Dwight: Michael wants us to bond, so we need topics for conversation.
Jim: Ponies.
Dwight: No.
Ryan: How ’bout rainbows?
Dwight: No.
Jim: Flowers.

Darryl: We’re the ones that gotta clean that up!

Pam: I always dreamed of a house with a terrace upstairs.

Jan: There are always a million reasons not to do something.

Michael: What is our beef, as human men.
Warehouse guy: Now that’s a good question, Hasselhoff.

Phyllis: I’m excited about today. I love girl talk.

Angela: I’m not gaining anything from this seminar. I’m a professional woman. The head of accounting. I’m in the healthiest relationship in my life. I just think it’s insulting that Jan thinks we need this. And apparently, judging from her outfit, Jan aspires to be a whore.

Kevin: That sucks so hard.
Dwight: Yeah, and then they make you drive them to church the next morning. Like gas ain’t free!

Michael (to Pam, while he’s trying to talk to Jan): Can I help you?

Stanley: This here is a run-out-the-clock situation. Just like upstairs.

Pam: We watched a video about our changing bodies.

Michael (as he’s pouring out a gigantic bag of styrofoam peanuts onto Darryl’s head): Happy New Year, Darryl! Hey Darryl, you ever done this?

Jan: Okay, let’s take five. I think we could all use five.

Kelly: How can someone so beautiful be so sad?

Pam: Dreams are just that. They’re dreams. They help get you through the day. Like the thing about the terrace. It’s nice. But, um … I don’t know. It was just something I read in this book when I was 12. Uh, the girl in the book has a terrace outside of her bedroom. And she planted flowers on it. And I just loved that. Just always kind of stuck with me.

Jim: So you’re not doing it.
Pam: How did you know?
Jim: Why not?
Pam: Just, like, no big reason. Just a bunch of little reasons.
Jim: C’mon.
Pam: Roy’s right, there’s no guarantee it’s going to lead to anything anyway.
Jim: Roy said that.
Pam: What. You have something you want to say?
Jim: You gotta take a chance on something sometime, Pam. I mean, do you want to be a receptionist here, always?
Pam: Oh excuse me, I’m fine with my choices.
Jim: You are?
Pam: Yeah.

Pam (in interview): It’s impractical, I’m not going to try to get a house like that. Um, they don’t even make houses like that in Scranton. So I’m never gonna … (breaks down in tears).

Michael: Do black people like pizza?