strange dream
Dont hesitate to interpret my dream for me. I'm curious.
I'm in a random big shot bike store, think REI but for bikes! And I'm getting helped out and they're super friendly getting me sized right and all... even though i already have a bike and don't really know what I'm doing in bike shop in the first place. I think i'm just supposed to be looking around and such. I get shown a bunch of nice gear and I dont remember how I respond... i imagine i just nod and move on. Eventually the big head honcho manager comes out-- I imagine b/c he feels like he's about to close a big deal (with me... still not sure what i got myself into). But he takes me to this back area that has a bunch of those rolly office chairs. Imagine an S shaped wall the left which ends at the back wall which is then divided into little booths. All along the wall runs this table, like the kind that attaches to the wall at bars or cafes, and every few spaces there's a TV, not those flat screens but big TVs, that's hooked up with an N64 (apparently i have antiquated dreams.... no HD, no Wii). Eventually the manager (a pretty built white guy dressed in a suit) takes me to one of the TVs, turns it off and sits me down. His assistant comes by, noticeably smaller than he is, and informs him of a situation that arose-- i dont remember the details. The manager then proceeds to yell at his assistant in a very "douchey" way and leaves to handle it himself. Before he leaves though, he very politely and gently informs me that he'll be right back... and proceeds to march off upset. The assistant looks mortified and I remember giving him my empathetic shrug and grin. The boss returns and has a form in hand an says he wants to go the purchase with me and naturally i scoot in and look closely at the order. I see two of everything marked and the sum total coming out to something like $800. I remember thinking in my head... I already have a bike, what is this guy doign and what does he think I'm doing? And so I picked up the doc, looked through it, and told him flat out I don't need two of this and that, but he insists that for a ride like what i'm doing, i'll need at LEAST two. I told him flat out that I don't need any of this (and i am pretty sure i had never told him i needed this stuff in the first place. maybe it was my apathetic expression-- i felt like i was just exploring the store and nodding b/c i didnt know any better). He shoots me this dangerous look, and I know that i had just upset the big boss who had just lost a huge sale... but that's what i was to him, just a sale. The glimpse of him which I had previously saw when he blew up at his assistant came out again, and I'll confess i was a little bit scared and uneasy. He then calls his assistant over and leaves me to deal with him and the next thing i know i'm in the company limo on a ride back home still feeling uneasy riding in this guy's company car.
my take:
I can see how this dream reflects my dislike for being talked into purchases and my lack of trust especially with people who have experience in sales and try to seal the deal with me. And while this may not be as PC, maybe also it reflects my uneasiness with big white guys who are nice to you when you have something they want, but otherwise, as seen in my dream's boss character, reverts back to impatience and rudeness. Underpinnings of the things i'm learning in my Chinese in America class? Maybe so...