Loomis isn't happy in his life. His job is unfulfilling -- he took it on when he became the sole breadwinner for his family after his wife quit her job to raise their kids. Things are getting strained between he and his wife.

One day, he is visited in the parking lot of his job by two tough-looking Italian guys, who came straight out of The Godfather. They begin asking him a threatening line of questions, about -- of all things -- the thank you cards from his daughter, Izzy's, birthday party. (This was another fight he and his wife had; he threw out the thank you cards in the end.

The two mobsters make it clear that he's to send out the thank you cards, or else something bad will happen. After meeting with them, he calls the police, who tell him they can't help if the men didn't threaten him directly. He asks his wife if she sent the men, but she has no idea what he's talking about.

The next day, at work, he talks to the security guard, Bobito, about it. Bobito agrees to keep an eye out for him. He checks on his other two subjects: his father-in-law, Kent, and his wife's friend, who he calls the Lesbian Anita. Neither of them know about the men, either.

Later on, while Izzy is at soccer practice, the men show up again at the Dunkin' Donuts where Loomis is waiting. They share more intimate details about the fights that he and his wife have, and threaten him once again, telling Loomis he needs to respect her. They show him that they have a gun. Loomis gets woozy and passes out -- he has low blood sugar -- and wakes up on the ground a few moments later. A lot of things are happening. Bobito has shown up, waving nunchucks and threatening the men, who have the gun. Izzy has appeared too. Loomis jumps on top of her, telling them not to shoot his daughter. It's quite tense. Bobito and the mobsters negotiate a trade; he will ditch the nunchucks and they will ditch the gun. When they do, Loomis sees that it is a toy. Cops have arrived, and Loomis realizes what happened: Izzy had hired these men in order to try and fix things between him and his wife. Izzy and Loomis explain to the cops that nothing is the matter, and he returns home with her, determined to fix his marriage and his family.