Leland Pon, the 67-year-old crossing guard at the San Francisco Community School in the Excelsior, knows what he likes: Pineapple buns. The chow fun at Hong Kong Claypot at Grant Avenue and Jackson Street. Buying fresh produce in Chinatown on the weekend. Having 7 a.m. coffee and a bagel that he buys from Safeway. Watching Jimmy Kimmel on tape because his wife won’t let him stay up late.
Pon’s role as crossing guard began shortly after he retired two years ago, after 32 years of giving out traffic tickets at the SFMTA. It was his wife’s idea, he reports. Specifically, he recalls being told to “you need to get out of the house and do something.”
So he got out of the house…