Maze of Warehouses

Date: 11/21/2018

I received a letter in the mail telling me that I must pay more money for a pair of socks that I bought online. I paid $12 and they claimed the full price was $30. If I didn’t pay more now, I would need to pay a $95 fee on top of the full price. I was outraged! $30 for socks!? I had purchased these socks for someone else, and they paid me back for them, so I emailed them about it. Then I remembered I had bought a bundle of socks, and I had my friend only pay me for a portion because I kept the rest. Everything made more sense after that – clearly I need to get to the store to avoid that $95 fee! I ran through a city similar to some parts of Chinatown in NYC. Not very clean, narrow streets with lots of trash and heavy with industrial activity. My path took me underneath a bridge which was under heavy construction. It wasn’t just one bridge, it was a series of overpasses stacked over one another. Proceeding ahead, there was crazy construction chaos everywhere. Men in hard hats passed back and forth. Machinery blared above me: jackhammers, bulldozers, trucks beeping, saws, etc... Sparks showered down in corners and tar was being poured on the roads above me – so much that pebbles of hot tar came showering down through cracks and crevices all around me as I walked. I had to be very careful to avoid being injured. In the middle of the underpass, I entered a door into a warehouse. As I walked through, a siren squawked and red light flashed. Men in hard hats shut garage doors - it seemed procedural. I made my way through a door into the next room – another warehouse – where there same thing happened. Another door. Another warehouse. Was this a never ending maze of annoying warehouses!? I finally caught the attention of a worker to ask for help. He was a tough looking Italian guy with slicked back hair and didn’t seem to care much about me. I’ve been watching the show Homecoming so I think he was Bobby Cannavale’s character. “Uh yeah just go through the doors. Look you gotta get out of here.” “Which doors?” I asked. “Yeah you got it.” He replied, not really listening and focusing more on the guys on the other end of the room. “No, look I need to find this store or I’m gonna sit in here until I do.” I said, trying to pressure him. “No no ok, what are you looking for?” He finally asked. As I begin to explain a blond woman pops up out of nowhere totally interrupting me. She’s super giggly and bubbly, just all around annoying. “Yeah! Can you help me too!? I’m looking for stuff!” I give her an annoyed expression and try to continue speaking but every time I open my mouth she interrupts - not even really saying anything. Finally, I give in to my rage. I shove her into the guy, who is by now totally confused. She giggles and flirts with the guy. “Just fucking have him, I’ll figure it out,” I say in a huff, and walk away. My alarm wakes me up.