cross-dressing, to which Lindy coolly replies, "Honey, I am more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get." Theodore Chauncey "T.C." Elcott, another young employee, is determined to win a radio call-in contest to win tickets for a rock concert and to convince his estranged girlfriend Mona, a waitress working in a diner across the street, to accompany him, eventually succeeding. Musicians Floyd and Lloyd, who have an audition for an agent when their shift ends, spend the entire movie rehearsing their jazz-blues dance moves in front of bewildered customers. Meanwhile, an employee named Justin clashes with his girlfriend, Loretta, who wants him to return to college, but he declines, feeling that a black man like him will not get anywhere in the world with any kind of education. His elderly grandfather, Snapper, works as the shoe shine man at the car wash and is a follower of Daddy Rich. Other employees include sly womanizer Geronimo, a thin, African-American with feathers in his hair; cowboy Scruggs, the gas pump operator; overweight, good-natured Hippo, who clearly hooks up with Marleen; a scheming Latino named Chuco; a Native American named Goody, who wears a hat with pig ears; scruffy middle-aged Charlie; con artist and bookie Sly, who later gets arrested right at the car wash for a series of unpaid parking tickets; and the uptight Earl, who sees himself as superior to his colleagues because he does not get wet; he would appear to think that he is the supervisor at the car wash. Among everything, Mr. B constantly flirts with the young, busty cashier/receptionist Marsha to escape his troubled home life. Constantly tense, he worries about his car wash going out of business due to a competitor a few miles down the street. Lonnie, conversely, has numerous ideas on how to save the car wash, but everyone else, including the miserly Mr. B, ignores him. Later, Abdullah, after being fired by Mr. B for his unexplained absences from work for the past several weeks, appears in the office with a gun while Lonnie is closing up, intending to rob the business. Lonnie dissuades him, and the two commiserate at the status society has imposed on them: two proud men forced to work at a meaningless job for meager pay. The day ends melancholically as everyone goes their separate ways, knowing that they will be back tomorrow to