The Office UK - Editing error!

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jetset_2002 — 10 years ago(July 07, 2015 01:26 PM)

After god knows many years of re-watching this brilliant show, i just discovered an editing error. Sorry if this has been mentioned before.
In the first episode, where David Brent tells Dawn to put the fax inte the "special cabinet" and then crumbles it up and throws it in the bin, he asks for it back. "No, can I have that back please".
Later in the meeting with his boss, he doesnt have the fax (the agenda) since he told Dawn to bin it - he should've had it since he asked for it back.
My guess is they failed to edit out the half second where he actually asks for it back.
Thoughts?

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tjc_2005 — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 03:34 PM)

Did nooo get an agenda..

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cheapster — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 05:36 PM)

He probably took the bit of paper back, but still failed to read it.

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mail-81278 — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 06:09 AM)

You think head office only ever sent one fax? Okay ..

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zee944 — 9 years ago(August 02, 2016 03:10 PM)

He's right and you're wrong. It was the same fax Jennifer asked about later. And there is indeed a contradiction.

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LordManhammer — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 05:22 PM)

We never actually see him receive the paper back though, and given the typical plot lines, we can easily imagine scenarios in which David gets distracted and forgets about the fax. Too much of a stretch to call this an editing error; if anything it would be a writing error.

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