INT - TRAIN - DAY
A CROWDED CARRIAGE - ALL SEATS TAKEN. TWO MEN ARE SAT IN A DOUBLE SEAT, ONE READING A NEWSPAPER AND THE OTHER SEEMINGLY BORED.
BORED MAN BEGINS TO LOOK OVER NEWSPAPER MAN'S SHOULDER AT THE PAPER. NEWSPAPER MAN REACTS. BORED MAN LOOKS AWAY, THEN SNEAKS ANOTHER PEEK. NEWSPAPER MAN BECOMES AWARE OF MAN LOOKING AGAIN AND SHAKES HIS PAPER DISMISSIVELY. HE TURNS A PAGE. BORED MAN CONTINUES SNEAKY LOOKS AT THE PAPER, WHILE NEWSPAPER MAN KEEPS TURNING PAGES AND CHANGING ANGLES TO PREVENT HIM.
NEWSPAPER MAN'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT HIS PAPER GET MORE EXTREME (E.G TURNS HIS BACK, FOLDS PAPER UP VERY SMALL, SHIELDS IT WITH HIS HAND, ETC) BUT BORED MAN STILL KEEPS TRYING.
GUARD ANNOUNCEMENT:
We are now approaching Reading. Reading is your next station stop.
NEWSPAPER MAN GETS UP AND PREPARES TO GET OFF THE TRAIN. SARCASTICALLY, HE HANDS HIS PAPER TO BORED MAN.
BORED MAN:
No thanks, I've read it.
END.