The Office: 10 Worst Things Michael Scott Ever Did

10. Indulged In Nepotism

Michael Scott genuinely cared for his workers, that much is indisputable. While he abused his power often and struggled with boundaries, he can never be accused of hating his staff. However, that doesn't mean he wasn't perfectly willing to set their concerns and issues aside for the sake of nepotism.

The issue of giving preference to family members is all over jobs and businesses, so it's no surprise that it made its way to The Office. This moment came during the appropriately titled episode "Nepotism" after Michael hired a young man called Luke Cooper.

Luke wasn't just any old employee. He was the son of Michael's estranged half-sister and was only hired so Michael could get back in favour with her. Sadly for him, this plan didn't work as Luke was an absolute disaster in the workplace. He deliberately goofed around, messed up drink orders and had the worst work ethic possible.

Despite the protestations of his other workers, Michael defended Luke time and time again, for no reason other than the fact that they were related. However, this all came to a head after Luke annoyed everyone with a laser pointer, and Michael stepped in by spanking him in front of the entire office.