Michael is a nice guy. Every fall, he helps his neighbor Yvonne carry her cactus from the garden to the attic, and every spring he carries it back down again. Although he doesn’t tell Yvonne, he really hates the plant. He was always the one to carry it, he gets stung every time, and it gets heavier and heavier by the month. Just when he looks forward to a calm Sunday at home, he notices it’s that time of year again, and Yvonne asks for the favor. Not wanting to ever touch the cactus again, Michael realizes that he has never learned to do one thing: say no.