Craig Taylor

280

A downtown café.

Alvin speaks to Roberta, a server.

Roberta: We’re trying to get better with our coffee.

Alvin: Yeah.

Roberta: Make a better cup.

Alvin: Sure.

Roberta: There’s always something else happening. This morning…

Alvin: Is that window broken?

Roberta: This morning, someone just smashed the window, just smashed it. The owner was in here baking with her mom. She was like: “Yes? And what do you want?” And apparently, the guy just stared through the broken window and had nothing to say. They just stared at each other.

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Scripts

289
At the paint counter of a large hardware store. Two men consider an open can. It’s a light base. The younger man, Hani, inspects the colour code on the back of a paint swatch. The other man, Eddie, stirs the paint.
288
A university administrator’s office.
287
A man waits for a coffee in a Lower East Side coffee shop.
286
Mona and Alvin stand before a mural painted on a wall in rural El Salvador.
285
A woman stands on the subway platform at 14th Street.
284
The waiting room of a community health centre.
283
The visitor’s gallery of the European Parliament in Brussels.
282
A café in Paris, 20th arrondissement.
281
The paint aisle.
280
A downtown café.
279
A large hardware store.
278
A laneway.
277
A path through a forest of old cedars.
276
A cafe in Oregon.
274
A used bookstore.
273
In Christian heaven.
272
At the home of a crossword puzzle setter.
271
Outside a car dealership.
270
The Salish Sea.
269
A cafeteria.
268
In a forest.