At Ben Chuck's funeral there were 2 older couples that were obviously quite comfortable financially but their manners left much to be desired. Firstly they arrived with 2 folding chairs and expected to be able to move the other seats in order to set their own up. Then they decided to move from just behind us down to the front and set up their chairs in front of the front row and facing towards the middle! I couldn't believe the audacity and neither could a female funeral director who approached them and told them in very definite terms that it wasn't on. So once again they proceeded to move several seats in order to get in position their 2 folding ones for the ladies to use.
Afterwards I found them parked in the row of cars behind ours and they weren't prepared to wait for all the military personnel to leave first as instructed by the SES who were in abundance. There was a row of cars ready to leave when the word was given and they were all 4 in one car in the row beyond that and spent some time shuffling their car backwards and forwards, ignoring a traffic cone trying to stay upright, until they had the car ready in the direction of the road. The dear SES man directing traffic at that point had 2 broken feet and was in plaster - he deserved a medal for even turning out!
I've known a family as rude as these people before and our son once mentioned that he had known bird feeders with more depth ... I love that comment.
Now I've been an Australian resident for over 30 years and a citizen for about half that, I decided I'd like to record some tidbits that cross my path from time to time.
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