Garrett

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Context

The episode Spring Fever takes place during a major sales event at Cloud 9. Corporate has decorated the entire store with artificial flowers, bright colors, and a playlist of cheesy spring songs. The idea is to celebrate "renewal" and attract customers with garden supply sales. While everyone is running around like crazy – Jonah building an absurd seed wall, Dina spraying customers with a hose, Glenn crying over rake sales, and Amy about to snap – Garrett is there. Sitting in his chair. Commenting. Watching the chaos with an amused smile and perfectly calibrated indifference. He doesn't lift a finger. And that's exactly why we love him.

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Biography

Garrett McNeill is the Cloud 9 store announcer. He sits behind his microphone in the back room, or sometimes at the end of an aisle, and announces promotions, register calls, and various messages. He uses a wheelchair – we never learn exactly why, and he never talks about it, which is a deliberate choice by the show not to reduce his character to his disability. Garrett is a former competitive video game player, a huge basketball fan, and an unparalleled observer of human absurdity. He's friends with Jonah, even though he spends his time making fun of him. He's one of the longest-serving employees, and he's seen so much that nothing surprises him anymore.

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