Another Day, Another Pink Slip

The dream starts with me getting a call from Joe, my supervisor for Monument- which is the company that has me posted at B&N. Anyway I get a call from him telling me that I need to go in early and that I have new job duties. B&N has bought and is going to open a donut shop that is across the street. I am supposed to get the place open, also I am supposed to take a shower there. Only in dreams does something like that make sense.

Well, I get there and I don't have the keys, or any way to do any of the things I need to do. Strangely not being able to open the door does nothing to prevent anyone from entering or leaving the place, but it isn't 'open' because it is still locked. This is where my dream gets a little hazy. A bunch of stuff happens, but I really can't remember what...

I remember the shower I was supposed to use, a huge glass room that was hidden from the street but clearly visible to anyone in the building. I can't use the shower for some reason, maybe it is locked too. I take a partial shower at B&N, enough to get wet but not enough to soap up. I don't get dressed all the way, I don't want to put on my uniform before being able to clean up, so I'm just wearing my back turtle neck. Strangely I never feel naked at any point in the dream. Also as a side note, the uniform I am trying to wear in my dream is NOT the uniform I wear at B&N but my night job uniform. That's just kinda funny to me.

People start coming in the donut shop before I've been able to get anything done. One of the guys that works at the cafe is at the counter (a real guy who really works at the cafe, but he is new and I don't even know his name), but he can't ring anybody up because he doesn't have a cash drawer and I haven't brought any merchandise out. I still want to take that shower, even though there are people in the building now that would be able to clearly see me. I am concerned about being watched, but not because of any nudity, but because I think that people watching me tuck in my shirt and buckle my belt would make me look unprofessional.

So I have pretty much failed to do everything I was supposed to do. This is when Julie comes in. Julie is the lead manager at B&N. She fires me. Hands me my last paycheck and everything. Dream-Julie looked nothing like her real-life counter part interestingly. Also real-life Julie is not my boss, does not pay me and as no authority to fire me (I guess she could cancel the account with my employers or simply demand I be replaced, but she can't outright fire me herself). I know that any one of the things I've done wrong would not have been enough to fire me, so I ask what the final straw was, she looked like she was going to tell me but I never got that answer.

But it's not done yet! I get to talk to Joe in his office. I have never meet Joe in person and his office, if he has one, would be in LA. He is going to try and find somewhere else to send me. I find this very gratifying and a great big relief. Even though I got the company in trouble with B&N they are going to stand behind me and help me find more work. =)

And then I wake up.