Basil is a manager at a hotel and hires Manuel as a waiter. He tries communicate with Manuel that there is too much butter on the trays he is bringing to the guests, but Manuel does not understand English, and Basil doesn't know how to speak Spanish. They try to communicate with each other, during the conversation, Basil learns how to say "donkey" ("burro") in Spanish, and Manuel learns how to say "mantequilla" ("butter") in English.