A group of young supermarket employees face the everyday challenges of the branch. Under the direction of branch manager Thorsten, the employees try to cope with all catastrophes and dramas, such as stealing employees, a mouse plague or dissatisfied customers, from store opening to closing time. It is not uncommon for employees to reach their limits....
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In 1976, the disco wave reaches the mining town of Bochum....
Teenagers Charly and Paula worry that sex could ruin their friendship, while their suddenly and surprisingly bossy private parts urge them to go for it....
Anja works at a bank and in her spare time she is active in the volunteer fire department. When fire brigade leader Rainer makes the divorced mother of two a temporary squad leader, not everyone agrees. Especially not Meike, who is new to the squad....
When the misanthropic tile salesman Lothar is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he sells his business and gives his dog and all his money to an animal shelter and checks into a hospice, where it turns out that he was misdiagnosed....
A year after firefighters Anja and Meike met, one would think that they had become friends - if only they weren't such grumps. Anja has lost her house and now has to move in with Meike, but the latter would actually prefer to return to the army....