What is the importance of the reception robot in "the dream" in the novel, Absolutely Remarkable Thing?

Nearly the entire human race begins experiencing the same dream after April gives Hollywood Carl two of the three elements it asked for. Every time the Dream begins, the dreamer wakes up on the 49th floor of a skyscraper. A robot receptionist awaits at the desk and asks for a password. When the dreamer talks to the receptionist and does not have the code required, they wake up.