A cewar hargitsi, a cikin sabon littafin "Ofishin: Labarin da ba a saba da shi ba na Sitkom 2000-X" Me ya sa Steve Karell ya yanke shawarar barin ofis kafin a rufe jerin. Lokacin rubuta littafi, marubutan sun yi wata hira da sautin nuna TV na nuna ƙauna na Brian Whittle, waɗanda suka gaya wa masu zuwa:
Da zarar na zauna kusa da Karel, kuma ya yi min bayani dana lamarin yake. Kafin wannan, ya ba da wata hira a rediyo da bazata, a sume da a sume cewa shekara ta bakwai na iya zama na ƙarshe gare shi. Bai shirya magana game da wannan ji ba. Haka kuma, yanke shawara na ƙarshe bai yarda da wannan lokacin ba. To, a lõkacin da ya ɓyar da shi, to, sãshen mutãne da suka kasance sunã ãyõyi. Ba su tayar da hayaniya ba, ba su ce ba: "Me? Shin kana son barin? " Ya ce ba sa bin wani martani ... lokacin da ya juya cewa zai yi tunanin ya bar shi, babu wani shugabancin nunin bai dame shi ba a cikin simintin.
Barber-Styliist Kim Ferri ya tabbatar da wannan bayanin, ya faɗi wannan labarin: lokacin da kwantiragin Carnell Carnell ya kawo ƙarshen, Jagoran tashar talabijin ta NBC ba ta bayar da dan wasan neman sabon ciniki. Daraktan Tasirin Ellison ya kara wa wannan:
Nawa ne ya tuna, shi [Carl] za a yi a wani lokacin, amma NBC saboda wasu dalilai ba su sabunta kwangila tare da shi ... wani ya kasance mai dawwama shi. Duk wannan wawa ne. Ban ma san yadda zan faɗi game da shi ba. Kawai wawa.
Tunawa, halin Karella mai suna Michael Scott yana daya daga cikin alamu na "ofishin", amma an cire shi daga makircin a kakar ta bakwai. Tele show ya tafi kan fuska daga 2005 zuwa 2013.