Adalbert Mussu Koikkalainen inherits 9000 marks from his uncle To buy a milk shop Koikkalainen needs another thousand marks and work experience so he applies for a job at the department store Sampo where he is hired as a scapegoat to receive customer complaints The saleswoman Irja Salo who is under threat of dismissal falls in love with the general manager Vaara whom she thinks is a traveling salesman