Straight Jacket Diaries

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Nightmare supermarket

AAARRGGHH. What the hell? I had my first nightmare in years this morning (well yes, yesterday morning). Picture the scene.....

I'm standing at the exit of a supermarket, only this is a different kind. Their security systems are set up so that in order to leave you have to put a card into the reader, then type your pin code. Unfortunately I couldn't remember mine. I started putting in all of the codes that rule my life. Ones from work, my bank account pin, everything. The problem is, once I start thinking about pin codes I forget them. The more I do this the more worried I get. I know the staff will have noticed something up, that I may be a security risk. I can feel them approach me from the side. My fingers become more frantic and jerky. I notice someone else leaving and the door's still open. Maybe I can get through? I run and yes, I'm through. But then I feel the hard emotionless hand land on my shoulder. I turn slowly to see the cashier with my card in his hand. I'd left it in the reader and the smile on his face told me it was all okay. Then his face turned to Freddy Krugers (or however you spell it). I ran. I ran as fast as I could through the throng of people. I glance at them as I pass, only to see that they too are Freddy. Faster and faster I run, trying to escape.....then I woke up. Quite nervous I'll tell you. So nervous in fact that I didn't go to sleep through my 4 alarms. I just lay there convincing myself everything was okay. That shiver in my spine, that stiffness in my being lasted about an hour as I got to work.

I think I'm okay now. But we'll find out when I turn off the lights.

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