The Commuter was coming out of Weatherfield North Tram Station at the end of a day's work when David Platt walked into him, spoiling for a fight. David was immensely troubled at the time by his wife Shona being in a rehabilitation facility in Leeds where she was being treated to recover her shattered memory after she came out of the coma, and he was having difficulty dealing with the fact that she had no recall of him whatsoever and had asked for a divorce. A recent unexpected altercation with some muggers had given him a high as he escaped from them and he wanted to repeat the sensation. The smartly-suited, briefcase-carrying commuter was of a different class to the teenage gang though and, after accusing David of bumping into him on purpose, stepped to one side, telling him he was a "weirdo" before walking away.