Cara and Frank Bridges work at a company that forbids married couples from being employed simultaneously. Cara's boss, Damon Burkhardt, learns that Cara is married, but he has difficulty learning who her spouse is.
Cara and Frank expect to spend a quiet evening at home celebrating their wedding anniversary, but the office gang is planning a surprise party to celebrate what they mistakenly believe to be Frank's birthday.
Cara stumbles onto a secluded room in the building where she finds an older woman Amelia toiling away. Checking the company records Cara discovers Amelia is listed as a machine. Cara decides to rectify the error.
Fenwick Industries has developed a new miracle fabric for the special suits worn by astronauts, but Cara thinks the company could make a fortune turning out ladies' dresses made of the material.
With a top-secret business meeting scheduled, an unsuspecting Burkhardt is really bugged-industrial spies have hidden a miniature microphone in his glasses.
Mr. Burkhardt thinks Frank's idea of having an efficiency expert do a study at Fenwick is a great idea until he learns he's one of those being studied.
Cara is involved in a car accident with a TV superhero star Derek Jackson. Because she has zero funds to pay for damages Cara agrees to dog sit for the actor.