George is excited when he learns that he and Jerry have dates on the same night. Both of their dates go well up to the point that they have to say goodnight. George's date Carol asks George to come up to her place for some coffee, but George tells her that he can not drink coffee at night because it keeps him up. Once she leaves his car, he realizes Carol was using "coffee" as a euphemism for sex. Jerry's date Donna remarks that she likes a cotton Dockers commercial that Jerry absolutely hates, and with that ends his interest in her. George calls Carol, but gets her answering machine. He leaves her a long, awkward message and is concerned that she will think he is an idiot. Elaine tells George that something similar happened to her brother-in-law, who took care of the problem by secretly switching the tape. Jerry advises George to wait a few days for Carol to call back; George agrees, but continues to leave messages on her machine, at last delivering an angry rant about her apparent breaking off contact. When he discovers she was out of town, he decides to go through with the plan of changing the tape. Frustrated by his inability to use an answering machine, George convinces Jerry to go with him. They wait for Carol outside her apartment, and George distracts her while Jerry changes the tape. They succeed, but, as they leave Carol's apartment, she tells George that she had already heard the messages and found them funny, thinking that George was joking. Jerry scowls at George over the wasted effort.