For the remainder of the season, Andy awkwardly flirts with Erin. Initially, Dwight and Andy compete for her attention, but Dwight withdraws in acknowledgment of his new friendship with Andy. However, Pam is at first somewhat impatient with Erin's enthusiasm for a job she never took seriously and often dismisses her requests for approval by saying "it looks great." She becomes good friends with Kelly and in " Café Disco", they help to generate interest in Michael's "Café Disco." Erin greatly admires her predecessor, calling her "a living legend" to DeAngelo Vickers, and often asks her advice on various aspects of the job. Įrin may have attended Keystone College, as a pennant for the school can be seen at her desk in " The Boat" and in " Pool Party".Īfter Kevin fails miserably as Pam's replacement, Charles Miner hires Erin as the new receptionist, whose first name is Kelly, but the office decides to call her by her middle name, Erin, to avoid confusion with Kelly Kapoor. Later when asking Kelly to help her fix the painting, we find out Erin has a seizure condition-because Kelly demands her medical alert bracelet as payment for her services. She also accidentally ruins Pam's painting of the office building while trying to clean it.
In a deleted scene from " Mafia", Meredith tells Erin that the office will always like Pam better than her, saddening Erin as she does not like conflicts. In " Counseling", she took the term "disposable camera" literally as she throws a disposable camera away after taking the last picture, commenting that she thinks disposable cameras are wasteful and you never get to see the pictures.Įrin also tells Michael she used to work at a Taco Bell Express but could not keep up when they turned it into a regular Taco Bell. The two also ride to Pam and Jim's wedding together with Andy, both listening to their iPods in the backseat.
She admires Kelly's casual Friday outfit, commenting that she looks like J.Lo, and the two restart Michael's Café Disco after he shuts it down. Erin seems to have a fun-loving and bubbly personality similar to Kelly Kapoor, although Erin is much more naïve. Dwight and Andy both admit to being attracted to Erin, as does Ryan Howard. She is seen repeatedly following Dwight's insane directions. Schrute, (Acting) Manager", when she is shocked to learn Gabe is an atheist, and is even more shocked when he states there might be a God, but he does not believe it is just some "guy with a long white beard." It is hinted that Erin was brought up in a very religious Christian household, as seen in " Nepotism", when Michael argues with the staff about nepotism and defends it by saying the person that God sent to help Earth was His Son, Jesus Christ, which Erin claims is a "really tight argument", and another example is in " Dwight K.
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In " ", she said all of her peers were getting their drivers licenses eight years ago which would give her a birth year of approximately 1986. She grew up in foster families and has said (" Secretary's Day") that when she was younger "my hair was my room", i.e., the place she hid from stress and trauma. Patrick's Day" reveals further that she was sick and in the hospital between the ages of 3 and 6. In a deleted scene from " Niagara", she admits she was born four months prematurely and could not eat hard foods until she turned 6. Contrasting with her predecessor, Pam, she not only loves being a receptionist but admires her coworkers, including Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute. Although at times rather intellectually challenged, with her cheerful, silly demeanor, and childlike naïveté, Erin is usually the most consistently nice, optimistic Dunder Mifflin employee. She first appears in " Michael Scott Paper Company", and is referred to by her middle name, Erin, to distinguish her from Kelly Kapoor. Erin Hannon is the receptionist hired to replace Pam Beesly (after Kevin's brief stint in the job) in " Dream Team".