TOO "BLIND" TO SEE
By
Carol Vnuk

March 6, 2007
Characters:
   Older Woman - An older, dizzy woman, with a big tote bag by her side
   Younger Man - A younger man, wearing sunglasses

EXT. CITY BUS STOP
OLDER WOMAN and YOUNGER MAN are sitting on a bench waiting for the bus to come.

OLDER WOMAN
(out of the blue)
I hate taking the bus.

YOUNGER MAN
Oh . . . then why are you taking it?

OLDER WOMAN
My kids took my car away. They said I was blind as a bat -- too old and careless to drive.

YOUNGER MAN
Oh really?  I'm sorry to hear that.

OLDER WOMAN
Yeah, me too.
(shaking her head sadly)
What did their sweet mama ever do to her Myron and Byron?  Nothing!  That's what!

YOUNGER MAN
Nothing. . . ?

OLDER WOMAN
Nothing!
(beat)
They overreacted just because I was driving, missed a turn or something and almost ran over a poodle.

YOUNGER MAN
(his eyebrows raised)
Almost?

OLDER WOMAN
Yeah.  I guess I also just missed some old guy who was trying to hang onto that 
yippin' mutt's leash and his walker at the same time.  That geezer should have known better.

Younger Man's eybrows raise even further.

OLDER WOMAN
So, I mean really!  What's the problem?!

Young Man jumps at the last statement, thinking she was getting angry with him.

YOUNG MAN
Really, there's no problem that I can, um, see.

OLDER WOMAN
Darn tootin' there ain't.  Granted, they felt a breeze, but I didn't even 
graze that old fart OR fluff mutt!  I hit an 80-year-old elm tree instead.  
So what?  They're all going to get that stupid beetle disease anyway.

YOUNG MAN
Yes, I guess that's true.

OLDER WOMAN
Yep.  The police didn't give me a ticket even.
(beat)
That might have been because I pealed outta there before they came . . . but still. . . .

She slaps him on the knee for emphasis.  He jumps.

YOUNG MAN
Yes, I guess, still. . . .

OLDER WOMAN
See?  No big deal, but you wouldn't know that by my tree-huggin' kids.  They were out in the 
driveway and saw the whole dang thing, darnit.

She slaps him on the knee again.  He jumps even higher.

OLDER WOMAN
Before I could whistle, "Hit the Road, Jack," they took my car keys away.
(beat)
After I learned how to hot-wire the engine, they plum went and took the whole dang Dodge.

She shakes her head.

OLDER WOMAN
It just doesn't seem fair.

YOUNG MAN
It . . . doesn't?

OLDER WOMAN
No!

YOUNG MAN
Um, yeah, I guess it doesn't.

OLDER WOMAN
(nodding)
That's what I told the kids –- NOT that they listen.  They never listen.  Always think the worst.  
That's why I had to order my custom Harley on the sly –- won't be in for six months.
(sighing heavily)
Why are YOU taking the bus?

YOUNG MAN
I'm blind.

OLDER WOMAN
. . . And?

We hear the squeal of the bus brakes.  The Young Man leaps up, obviously relieved to have the conversation ending.

YOUNG MAN
Have a nice . . . ah . . . good, well . . . I guess I'll be seeing you around!

Using a white walking cane, he feels his way off toward the bus.  The woman pulls her own white 
walking cane out of her handbag –- yes she's really blind, too -– 
and follows him, slightly tripping over the bench in the process.

OLDER WOMAN
Ungrateful kids.

THE END

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