Commuting forever

Date: 7/12/2026

I can’t remember the entirety of the dream because I’m writing this quite literally 10 or 12 hours after I woke up. But essentially, I was travelling somewhere using public transit. The entire time I’m trying to commute, there is always something going wrong with the train or the bus. Initially, I was on the bus and it took me to some random destination where I wasn’t supposed to go nor had I ever been. I asked the driver where the stop was and he just said “this bus only goes to here, you need to find another track to get you where you need to go.” I said, “okay” and the driver said, “yeah, I’ll print you a ticket and you can just submit it in the box outside” (which is completely different than what usually happens on the bus but I said Ok). It’s also the middle of the night and raining the entire time. So I take the ticket and walk out of the bus. I look over and see a little ticket machine and I put the ticket into the machine. THE MACHINE STARTS EATING THE TICKET! I panic and I pull at it to get it out. Only half the ticket actually goes in and the other half is left of my hand. I look around trying to find someone to talk to so I can figure out how to get myself where I need to be but again it’s the middle of the night and no one is around to help. And then there is some sort of time jump. I’m in an underground train station and I’m still just waiting for the train to come. But here there’s quite a few people milling about. As I’m waiting for the train, I woke up in real life.