Mildred is chronically broke, and Elaine, the tenant of the popular student café "Misery", is no different. Fate has taken a strange twist of fate to bring the two women's problems together. For when Mildred applies for a job as a cleaning lady in a law firm, no one suspects that this very lawyer is the representative of the owner of the small café on the corner and also his debt collector. The situation comes to a dramatic head when Elaine is forced to pay the late rent or clear out her shop within a very short time. Of course, Mildred and her friends won't let that happen! The first thing they must do is find out who the mysterious owner of the building is. The surprise could not be greater than discovering who the owner is!