
Podcast: Dreamy Audio
Episode: 20
Title: Lookin for butter
Host: Lewis Moten
Release Date: May 5, 2005, 1:51 am
Restored Date: January 16, 2026
Duration: 3:20
Channels: 1 (mono)
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Encoding: MP3, VBR (~130 kbps)
File Size: 844 KB
Summary
In this twentieth Dreamy Audio entry, Lewis Moten recalls a work-echo dream set behind the scenes of a familiar restaurant kitchen. Tasked with finding an impossible order—six pounds of “light butter”—he searches through abundance and absence, uncovering expired substitutes, overheard managerial doubts, and improvised solutions.
The dream drifts from scarcity into control. Stockrooms turn into puzzles of misplaced candy, office supplies, and peanuts standing in for peanut butter. Order is restored through quiet authority, ending with a brief power struggle that resolves not through conflict, but firm boundaries and acceptance of responsibility.
Transcript (auto-generated)
So a lot of my dream last night had to do with me looking for butter. I was in the back of Ruby Tuesdays prepping food and order came in. Someone wanted six pounds of light butter. And light butter isn’t exactly what’s normally sold at Ruby Tuesdays. So I went to the back and I couldn’t find light butter.
I found 70 tubs of regular butter but nothing light. And then it turned out that I left the back room. I overheard the manager talking to somebody else. He shouldn’t have sold light butter anyway. It sounded really bad so I went back again and looked for light butter under everything. And finally I found a tub of an odd brand that was about three pounds. And then I found another one of it’s in a brown container. Country style butter or country Crockett. I don’t know it’s a popular brand at the store these days.
So I found two three pound tubs but they were both expired. But anyway I set it up front. And then I was starting to organize everything on the shelves in the back. Turns out that there was lots of boxes of different candies and some pencils and some notepads and stuff.
And I just started organizing them in different areas. And then there were like peanuts on the bottom shelf and bags. Apparently there was supposed to be peanut butter but all we had was peanuts.
So I put them where the peanut butter should have been. And someone when the employees came up and started saying that I was going to do things like get rid of him or something. Or that he wanted to be in charge. And I was like well if you want to be in charge go ahead. I’m not stopping you but you just can’t do it here. Because I’m already in charge. And he wasn’t happy about it. And he walked off. Well that’s it for the Ruby Tuesday dream.
