A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that requires no reading, no writing, and ideally, very little thinking.

She is sent to an office building and tasked with examining footage of a middle-aged novelist who is being surveilled 24/7, in order to detect the 'contraband' that has been planted in his house. But watching someone for hours can be so inconvenient. And, more importantly - how did she find herself in this situation?

As she moves from job to job, each stranger than the last, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all, but something altogether more meaningful . . .