Morning Commute No. 2

Location: Carl & Cole
Time: 9:40 a.m.
Cast of Characters:

MAN (20s, obviously cracked out, smoking a cigarette, sitting on skateboard)
WOMAN (Cole Valley yuppie power mom, pushing a stroller)
HOMELESS MAN (male, homeless)
VARIOUS COMMUTERS (waiting for N Judah)

Scene opens with HOMELESS MAN rambling incoherently about people who refuse to give him money. VARIOUS COMMUTERS studiously ignore HOMELESS MAN.

WOMAN pushes stroller up street.
MAN: Excuse me, ma'am. Where did you get that stroller?
WOMAN: My husband got the stroller. I don't know where he got it.
MAN: It's a nice stroller. It's got the big rubber wheels, the shocks.

NOTE: MAN was right on the money with the stroller. It was obviously expensive and European. It looked like a stroller that Swedish triathletes would use while trail running.

WOMAN: Yeah, well he (pointing to baby) seems to like it. He's sleeping in it.
WOMAN continues up street
MAN (calling after her): That's a nice stroller.
MAN (shaking his head): Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Later, MAN gets on N Judah. At the next stop, two commuters get on. MAN announces that he's getting off at the next stop and bullies his way to the spot right in front of the door. He sits hunched over on the skateboard, staring at the door. It's obvious the stop can't come soon enough for him.

He exits at Church & Duboce, gets on his skateboard and rides off towards the Safeway.