 Rainer Kaminsky, the unemployed long haul driver living in Leipzig, has fallen into depression believing he is "unwanted" and decides to hang himself. While attempting to hang himself in the toilet the lights go out and he hears someone call him. It s his neighbour Mrs. Schuman asking for help. She cannot use an electric warming pad without electricity. He repairs the problem and returns to his own task, only to be interrupted by a call for his driving skills, delivering theatre costumes to Estonia.