 The episode opens with Drew ( Drew Carey ) and his friends Lewis Kiniski ( Ryan Stiles ) and Oswald Lee Harvey ( Diedrich Bader ) in their local bar , the Warsaw Tavern , discussing Brad Pitt . The following day , Drew 's best friend Kate O 'Brien ( Christa Miller ) tells him that she has broken up with her boyfriend , who then fired her from her job as a receptionist at his body shop . Desperate for a job , Kate asks Drew to hire her at the Winfred @-@ Louder department store where he is the assistant director of personnel . Drew insists that he cannot hire his friends . At Winfred @-@ Louder , Drew 's boss Mr. Bell ( Kevin Pollak ) asks him to hire someone for a position at the cosmetics counter . While conducting interviews , Drew meets Mimi Bobeck ( Kathy Kinney ) , a hostile woman who wears too much eye shadow . Drew tries to be polite , but Mimi soon realises he is not going to give her the job and accuses Drew of being sexist . Mimi complains to Mr. Bell about Drew , getting him into trouble . 
