This weekend local man Matt Ellis absolutely crushed the costume competition at a friend’s Halloween party by dressing up as a King County Metro Bus, and then never showing up.
“At first I was pissed,” said party attendee Sally Gibbs. “Matt told me he was on his way, so when I arrived at the party, I was surprised he still wasn’t there. So, I texted him to check in. He texted back that he was 5 min. away, then a few min later 2 min., then that he was arriving NOW, and then that he would definitely be there in just another 45 minutes.”
Although he faced some stiff competition from another partygoer dressed as a broken light rail station escalator, the final vote was resoundingly in favor of Ellis.
“I can’t believe how much I spent on this costume for everyone to enjoy and it didn’t even work,” said Tim Pinnock, throwing aside his broken escalator costume’s “out of service” sign. “It’s okay, though: While I may not have won the costume contest prize of a bottle of scotch, guess whose stairs everyone’s climbing on top of after the party tonight?”
One party attendee who did not vote for Ellis’ Metro costume later reconsidered their decision, fully realizing the genius of it as he waited more than an hour for a bus home.
