美国的小众独立电影，讲述了便士多店小店员但丁（布莱恩·奥哈罗兰 Brian O'Halloran 饰）郁闷抓狂的一天。过了睡眠质量极差的一晚后，但丁大清早被老板叫去加班。这只是倒霉的一天的起始，接下来，还有更多麻烦事情接踵而至，开店门、喷标语、遇见唠叨的反吸烟人士阻挠店面生意。一个头两个大的但丁，还要和前来店铺的女朋友维罗尼卡（玛丽莲·吉格洛尔蒂 Marilyn Ghigliotti饰）交流性生活经验。结果落得个不欢而散，因为女朋友拥有过的性伴侣数目实在令但丁叹为观止。 　　麻烦事还是一桩接一桩，这时前女友的到来令但丁的心狠狠振作了一下。他的艳遇到了，似乎终于可以扫走霉运。可是，卫生间内的“奇遇”，又摧毁了这件美好的事情。Dante Hicks is not having a good day. He works as a clerk in a small convenience store and is told to come into work on his day off. Dante thinks life is a series of down endings and this day is proving to no different. He reads in the newspaper that his ex-girlfriend Caitlin is getting married. His present girlfriend reveals to have somewhat more experience with sex that he ever imagined. His principal concerns are the hockey game he has that afternoon and the wake for a friend who died. His buddy Randal Graves works as a clerk in the video store next and he hates his job just about as much as Dante hates his.