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The protagonist, Daníel, drops out of medical school after suffering a nervous breakdown, and takes a job as a pump attendant. His dimwitted co-worker, Ólafur, dreams of fame and riches as the manager of his cousin's band, but his irresponsible antics and subservience to his boss prevent him from achieving his goals. Their boss, Georg, is a dictatorial bully who boasts to everyone about his five university degrees and has an obsession with collecting empty soft drink cans to claim the deposit.
So far, there have been two sequels: ''[[Dagvaktin]]'' (''Day Shift''), set in a hotel; and ''[[Fangavaktin]]'' (''Jail Shift''), set in a prison. There is also a feature-length follow-up movie ''Bjarnfreðarson'' which, on its opening weekend, proved more popular in Iceland than ''[[Avatar (
The show was broadcast in the United Kingdom on [[The BBC|BBC Four]] in 2011.
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* [[Bad Boss]]: Georg goes out of his way to torment his employees, especially Ólafur.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Ólafur. Picked on mercilessly by Georg, his sister, his brother-in-law, and victim of a [[
** Also Flemming. Not only does he have Georg as a father, he also gets picked on by kids from the neighbourhood, who draw a likeness of his father's glasses and facial hair on his face.
* [[Comic Trio]]: Georg (the idiot with the plans), Ólafur (the idiot who follows the plans) and Daníel ([[Only Sane Employee|the sensible one]]).
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* [[Ho Yay]]: The final episode shows Georg leering as Daníel dances with an attractive Swedish woman... {{spoiler|then he elbows the woman out of the way to dance with Daníel himself.}}
* [[I Have No Son]]: Daníel's father is very disappointed in his decision to leave medical school.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Georg righteously denounces such evils as [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|alcohol, pornography, and white bread]].
* [[Meddling Parents]]: Daníel's mother and father.
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Ólafur manages this ''in his native language'' on the posters for his cousin's band.
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