Four black men of various ages are at work in a barbershop. A resigned and long-suffering senior citizen calmly shaves himself. An alternately jovial and frustrated older man named Red sits in his barber chair waiting for customers. A resolute middle aged man named Keith graciously cuts a child's hair, while the new teenage employee impatiently paces back and forth, complaining and wanting to leave. The older men alternately ridicule, console, and boss the new guy, explaining that none of them asked to be there. Later, another employee arrives with important news that he is reluctant to share. What is the news? And how will it affect each man?
