- Dressed in his suit and polished shoes, Morris leaves the store to look for a job.
- He plans to visit Charlie Sobeloff, an old partner.
- The two had run a grocery together, but Charlie had fixed the books and the business collapsed.
- Charlie, however, saved and re-bought the store, turning it into a thriving self-service business.
- Morris passes Karp's liquor store and shamefully wishes it would burn to the ground.
- He takes the subway to Sobeloff's Self-Service Market.
- Morris is amazed at its size.
- He sees Charlie inside and imagines himself going in, asking for a job, getting something part-time, being short a dollar, and quitting. Morris turns away without going in.