
Meet the cast

Albert Pretorius as Flip
Flip is an interim manager and office cringe machine who starts each morning with an awkward handshake and pep talks that only make things worse.

Schalk Bezuidenhout as Tjaart
Tjaart, dispatch coordinator and 24/7 lunatic, has small-dog energy, loves cracking jokes, chasing AI memes, and scheming his way into dates.

Lida Botha as Tannie Miems
Tannie Miems, receptionist at Deluxe Processed Meats since mammoth-polony days, she used to run social media but thinks you can unplug the internet.

Daniah de Villiers
Emma is a social media marketer and web designer who juggles Flip’s PA demands while boosting polony’s image.

Ilse Oppelt as Jo-Anne
Jo-Anne, customer service rep, is the first to push back against unreasonable demands and expose flawed management policies.

Gert Du Plessis as Joubert
Joubert, a polony salesman “lured by the bright lights” of Klerksdorp, lies like a rug, spots others’ weak points, and juggles 35 job applications.

Mehboob Bawa as Gavin
Gavin, a polony salesman, is the most easygoing, bearing Flip’s antics with grace. He quietly makes fun PowerPoints while dreaming of the sweet life.

Sipumziwe Lucwaba as Nqobani (Q)
Nqobani, the office’s only Black employee in financial services, weaponises awkwardness for fun. Here for the salary, status and free snacks.

Carl Beukes as Kayle
Kayle, in financial services, finds joy in cycling and boasting about his Joburg coffee machine while trapped between performative PC and pure panic.
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