Faux Pas Overload

OMG. Why are there so many people with poor car alarm etiquette? We went to a wedding last weekend and had to take the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge. As we get out of the car my husband only locked the car (no arming) because the ride would most likely set it off.

We are upstairs as the ferry got underway and the first of the "please turn off you car alarm off" messages start. The first one wasn't so bad. But then every five minutes...the black Audi is still going off...a black four wheel drive Audi...a black four wheel drive Audi with plates that say it was bought at University Volkswagen. YES! The announcements got that specific! And when we went down to our car- you could still hear the alarm going off! It had been blaring for the entire ferry ride!

We arrived at the wedding ok, and when we got out of the car my brilliant husband states that we will forgo arming the car a second time because we would not want it to go off during the ceremony. What happens? Someones alarm goes off! Really! They were sitting in front of us so we got to watch as they ignored it the first time. The second time it went off the really embarrassed wife made her husband go disarm it. Their faux pas was only trumped by the guest who forgot to turn off her cell phone (courtesy mode people- how hard- really?) and her very loud ringer of an old fashion telephone rang while the bride and groom were exchanging their vows!!! The bride was looking a little cranky at this...can't blame her.

Now, one would think all the possible rudeness had happened? No! There's still more! We get all loaded back on the ferry and the announcement comes on "would the owner of a..." and my flippant spouse and I say in unison "black Audi"- and it was! The same jerk from the first ferry was on the same boat as us! And they had learned nothing! It gets even better- as we were pulling into traffic back in Seattle the evil black Audi was in front of us (we had a moment of fear wondering if they had been at the same wedding) but we were able to dispel that fear when the idiot driver made an illegal u-turn and block both lanes of traffic! Truly, unbelievable.

I can report though, the wedding was beautiful and my knitted gift bag was quite lovely with some pretty soap from Lush. Now back to the socks for my dear husband...