When art pupil Ben Willis dumps his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia after obtaining out how easily she moved on. To pass the prolonged hours of the night time, he starts doing work the late night time shift at the regional supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in coping with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is the fact that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can value the creative great thing about the frozen globe and also the folks inside it - particularly Sharon, the peaceful checkout woman, who possibly holds the answer to fixing the problem of Ben's insomnia.