quotidienne: coffee + toast 5:5

i had multiple dreams about work

in one i was working in a grocery store
and i was all like this is a super easy job
because they wouldn't let me do anything
except walk around and ask customers if they needed help
there were a bunch of people all milling about
kind of listlessly
so i kept asking people if they needed help
and i was grateful that i could just ask that
and didn't have to do some kind of
ask open ended questions
song and dance
but everyone just kept asking
where do i get the free bread
when i went to ask about the free bread
management told me that that was just
a promotion that had been made to florida customers
but apparently floridians were the new okies
and they were all in texas
where there was supposed to be food and jobs
and we didn't have any free bread
they shoulda stayed in florida


i had another dream
where i was working in a cafe chain
and it had been run by a management company for a while
to the point where standards had deteriorated to the point
where i was wearing tank tops and flip flops to work
and we weren't doing much
because there was almost no business
then i went downstairs
and the owner
and others who cared were back
and the cafe was full
and i went to the bathroom
there was a hole in the wall
a cat was leaning in to drink out of the toilet
and there was a plexiglass pocket on the arm of the toilet
that had a diet coke and a partially eaten candy bar in it
i was grossed out
the guy who i wanted to punch in the face
from the last nite chat
walked in and said wow best bathroom ever, it's got snacks
then i walk out and get immediately caught by a supervisor
a young girl who is either naturally nasty to people
or drunk on the power
i'm gonna need you to do something for me
ok, i say
i need you to clean the mix-master sinks
ok, i say, got it,clean the sinks
no no no, she says, the mix-master sinks
which are the mix-master sinks
oh, she says, have you never cleaned the sinks before
i've cleaned the sinks, i just never knew there were different classifications of sink
the mix-master sinks are the ones with the brown plexi back splashes
ok, i say and pick up a bottle of bleach soft scrub and a scrubby sponge
no no no, she says, that's not how you do it, cleaning not your forte
ok, i say, how do you want me to do it
you get the packets of cleaner and fill up the sink with hot water, then you let it sit, you come back, empty it, and wipe out the sink
ok, i say, where are the packets
do i have to do everything for you, at this point i could have just done it myself
and walks away
ok, clearly there is not a place where they keep the packets, or she doesn't know
so i start diggin around under all the sinks and in cabinets
i find five packets that seem like they must be the right thing
they remind me of urnex and that is the process she has described
the process we used to use to clean coffee urns
so i start walking through the labyinthine (i don't even feel bad that i couldn't spell that) back room and i cannot find any sinks that have a brown plexi back splash--  not one


there was another dream
i can't remember it
but it was at an airport terminal


and then back before any of these
there was a really long dream where i was talking to you
it was a good dream
and in the lucid part of my dreaming
i'm telling myself
you have to remember this
you have to tell him this
but
although i remember that i have to tell you
i can't remember any details at all
not one