A man lives in an historical exhibit as a caveman in a large amusement park full of such exhibits. Each morning he and his partner, Janet, emerge from their separate rooms into the exhibit and are meant to act as cavemen for the entire day, roasting a goat that is delivered to them, pretending to eat bugs, and speaking no English. Janet isn't as committed to this as the protagonist. She hides cigarettes and mints in a rock and often speaks English when nobody is visiting the exhibit. However, the protagonist feels sorry for her - she has a sick mother and a son in rehab and needs money - and never reports this behavior on the partner assessments he's meant to fill out at the end of each day, lying and saying all is well. The man himself has a sick child, whose muscles have stiffened, and a significant amount of credit card debt. One day, there is no goat delivered through the slot in their exhibit where there is usually a goat. The next day, too. They eat emergency crackers. A few days later, a tourist asks where they poop, and Janet speaks to him in English, which is against the rules. The protagonist deposits their poop, in bags, at a station and pays a fee to have it shipped away. He visits a little employees only shop where the storeowner, Marty, and his wife, Jeannine, are writing a letter to their son about how to handle bullies and achieve social status at his new private school. They tell the protagonist about an exhibit, Wise Hermit Mountain, that was cut, its actor fired. Next morning, the protagonist and Janet get a note delivered about "Remixing" wherein a number of employees will be fired. The note's language is comically saccharine and roundabout. A higher up, Greg Nordstrom, asks the protagonist to lunch. He accuses him of lying on his partner evaluation sheet. He believes Janet is a bad worker and asks the protagonist to tell the truth so somebody can fix her behavior. The protagonist relays this to Janet and tells her she has to do better, which she does. In an evaluation he writes a note explaining this; he told her, and now she's doing better. Nordstrom becomes angry because he wanted evidence of her doing poorly, so he could fire her. Janet's son, who is addicted to drugs, visits and asks Janet for money. He has been kicked out of rehab. Janet asks the protagonist for money, and he gives $20. The protagonist's son's condition worsens. He visits the shop, where Marty is talking to his son about his life at the new private school. Later, Janet gets a message that her son used it to buy drugs and was arrested. She takes the day off and becomes drunk and even still, the protagonist reports that there are no problems on his evaluation form. The next morning, they get a longwinded note from admin about the money crunch, why they have to pay for their own poop to be removed, and explaining less food will be delivered. The note is accompanied with a fake goat for them to pretend to eat instead of eating the real one. When the protagonist next visits the shop, it's closing and Marty and his family are leaving. Marty's son will have to return to his old school, where the other kids padlocked him to the boiler in a room with rats. When he returns to his exhibit, Janet finds out her son will go to prison for 10 years. A family comes into the exhibit then. They're being annoying and Janet expresses annoyance at them then calls the father a "suckass." The visitor becomes angry, writes a bad review, and says he'll get her fired. That night, the protagonist truthfully recounts the incident on his partner evaluation form. Nordstrom writes back that it's "sufficient" and she'll be fired at 10 AM. The next morning, he leaves the exhibit and Janet is fired by the time he returns, leaving him a furious note. He's sent a new partner, a girl who Nordstrom, in his note, decribes as being attractive unlike Janet. She has a permanent caveman brow sprayed onto her forehead. She's very stiff and by-the-book and glares at the protagonist when he in any way deviates from their rules, such as trying to get up to check a fax from his family during work hours.