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Note: This is a work in progress, any help, espically from people who watch the British version of The Office, would be much appreciated.

Allusions to Lost

Dwight in "The Office"

In an episode called "Boys and Girls", the white collar workers of the office meet their blue collar counterparts in a visit to the warehouse. The character Dwight turns to the camera and says, "Remember on Lost, when they met the Others?"
In "Initiation", Dwight quizzes Ryan, as part of a training exersize. Dwight asks Ryan, "What is the DHARMA Initiative?".
Dwight Schrute makes repeated mentions of Lost on his official NBC-hosted blog.
In the episode called "The Return", Andy Bernard claims he wants to go home and watch Lost.

The British Version of The Office ended in 2003, one year before Lost premiered. Therefor it would be impossible for them to make references to Lost.

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Charlie's girlfriend, Lucy, said that her dad was away looking to buy a paper company in Slough, England. This was a reference to the British comedy The Office, which took place at a paper company in Slough, which some of the writers are reputedly fans of. ("Homecoming")

They both have main characters named Michael.
They both have love triangles. Lost has Jack-Kate-Sawyer. The Office (US Version) has Roy-Pam-Jim.
- Sawyer and Roy are both "bad boys" while Jack and Jim are "good guys"
Both have characters who are alcoholics (Desmond & Meredith)
Have former rock star characters (Charlie & Creed)
- Hints have been thrown out that Creed is on drugs like Charlie.

Conan O'Brien's intro for the 58th annual Emmy awards included a segue from the Hatch, which led into The Office.
JJ Abrams directed an episode of the American version of The Office.
In a podcast, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse recommend Ricky Gervais's podcast. Ricky Gervais is the creator of The Office.
Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight, has said numerous times that he is a fan of Lost.
Locke worked in an office at one point.