A man named Neil Yaniky who scrapes by welding metal triangle computer parts is a at a self-help seminar that urges people to confront whoever is metaphorically "crapping in their oatmeal" (holding them back or pulling them down in life) to enable their success. Yaniky identifies this individual in his life as his sister, Winky, who is "crazy looking and too religious and needs her own place." He recalls an instance wherein he perceived her as scaring away a date he brought over. Under the seminar leader's instruction, he rehearses how to firmly but lovingly tell her she needs to move out of his home and find her own place to live.

Winky, at home, is planning to throw a tea for Yaniky, who she thinks of as "Neil-Neil." She remembers being so grateful when he invited her to move in with him; her old roommates could be mean. She thinks about the Christian album she intends to make. The doorbell rings and she welcomes him home.

Yaniky, on his walk home, resolved to seize control over his own life and exude power, unlike his father whose presence was demure enough that men had shouted comments about his mother's boobs to them on the street, knowing his father wouldn't fight them. He thinks about how it was a mistake to invite Winky to live with him, after her roommates called him in secret because they didn't want her there anymore. The church had also called him in secret and asked him to get her to stop volunteering so much, as she was deterring members. However, when he rings the doorbell and she welcomes him home, he loses all resolve and instead lets his harbored resentment for her grow in silence.