Distraction.

Lights rise to reveal a Man center stage intently peeling an orange. All his focus is taken completely by this action, as if he can’t even notice anything about the world around him; only the orange. After a few moments people start pouring out from offstage going about their own daily tasks, a mix of loud and quite activities from reading a newspaper, to hammering a nail into a board, to eating a burger, to speaking loudly on a cell phone. Everybody but the Man with his orange notices and becomes aggravated; some even acting upon their aggravation towards people involved in activities louder then their own. The Man takes no notice of any of the people, still completely focused on peeling his orange. After a few moments, when the Man is just about finished peeling his orange all the other people stream offstage while still carrying out their own tasks, all of them aggravated due to the distractions of the others. After he is all alone onstage and he finishes peeling his orange, he holds it out in one hand to inspect it with an expression of accomplishment, and good humor; shrugs, and walks, with a bit of a bounce in his step, offstage. Lights fade.

Fin.