Thomas Ehrlichmann enjoys boredom almost as much as his routine: getting up precisely at 6:30 AM, then taking a walk through the park before opening his traditional leather goods store, not a second earlier or later than 9 AM. The only question that offers a bit of excitement is whether he should drink rosehip or peppermint tea today. However, his seemingly perfect world begins to wobble when the vivacious Marie enters his shop, and he nearly kills her. By accident. When she doesn’t avoid him afterward but even invites him to her father’s birthday, she opens the floodgates to a seemingly endless stream of new people in his life. They all want nothing but the best for him, but that only makes things more chaotic: the sister of his deceased first love starts to court him, a worldly hypnotist takes him under his wing, and his pushy new neighbor stirs up trouble wherever she can. As if that weren’t bad enough, Thomas also gets robbed, and he doesn’t even want to think about the whole liver sausage incident. More than once, he wishes for the quieter days to return, but when his leather goods store faces bankruptcy, he throws himself with brave half-heartedness into his new exciting life.