J.Star says he found this passive-aggressive twist on the old RSPCA campaign/Scottish band in a Cincinnati parking lot. (Pet-lovers: just to let you know, it was crumpled up on the ground, not on his windshield.)
related: I can has guilt trip?
If your Grandma wrote PSAs
May 1st, 2008 · 157 comments
FILED UNDER: Cincinnati · dogs · guilt trip · MYOB · spelling and grammar police
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#1
Quite Contrary
I can’t help but wonder if this was an accidental on purpose thing. Zyrtec is for allergies! Don’t make me feel guilty for you killing your adorable beagle because you were allergic to it!
May 1, 2008 at 9:33 pm rating: 0
#2
Wade
Begal?
Is that a breed of dog or a dyslexic bakery item?
I’ll bet it goes well with xol.
May 1, 2008 at 9:35 pm rating: 11
#3
Ben
I got a note almost exactly like this one time, except in my note the word “dog” was replaced with “baby.” Jeez, nosy people are stupid.
May 1, 2008 at 9:59 pm rating: 39
#4
Mishee
This note is hilarious, the drama so well conveyed through the written word! I wouldn’t doubt if this was an aspiring author/begal lover.
Even though the writer is completely right and I am totally for Team Crack the Damn Window You Selfish Asshole!
May 1, 2008 at 10:14 pm rating: 10
#5
Lorrie
The truly sad part – someone who wouldn’t bother to open a window for the dog would never read a note this long!
May 1, 2008 at 10:29 pm rating: 3
#6
Canthz_B
A true animal lover would have broken a window of the offending car, not scribble a non-punctuated, misspelled screed about their own guilt.
May 1, 2008 at 10:58 pm rating: 12
#7
Canthz_B
Ya just have to wonder if “Saybin” was vaccinated.
May 1, 2008 at 11:01 pm rating: 1
#8
Canthz_B
Attention shoppers: Why pay exorbitant veterinarian euthanasia fees? Parking here at Stop-Shop-N-Drop is sunny and convenient.
Our speedy check-out policy is second to none.
Dumpsters are located in the rear of the store.
May 1, 2008 at 11:12 pm rating: 7
#9
RunBarbara
I had a dog die once. Up hill. Both ways. In the snow. In a unitard.
Let this be a lesson to you, don’t steal prescription drug pads. You’re inviting trouble.
May 2, 2008 at 12:27 am rating: 7
#10
Sarah
At the risk of sounding heartless…Saybin doesn’t sound like a name, it sounds like what they make tofu out of. To make into delicious spreads for begals.
May 2, 2008 at 12:53 am rating: 2
#11
just wondering
So, Canthz, first you say “a true animal lover would break the window” then one post later in response to someone else, you say “stupid, nosy people” “don’t vandalize my car” and “mind your own business”? . Just a bit contradictory. You lock your dog in a car and it’s in trouble, I WILL break your car window…also call the cops and get you arrested for animal neglect. And probably break your arm while I’m at it. Team Don’t Get A Pet if you Don’t Have 2 Brain Cells to Rub Together.
Oh, and to clear up your confusion, it’s pretty clear that what Heather is saying is that while MOST pets from theses call WERE saved, ONE or TWO died.
May 2, 2008 at 1:12 am rating: 12
#12
Ashley
Team j. star didn’t find this note crumpled on the ground (c’mon, does it really look crumpled to you?) but rather on their windshield and lied about it to get posted on here without looking like a jackass.
May 2, 2008 at 2:08 am rating: 1
#13
amazon
I think we’re missing the point here, people! Instead of writing a direct note that says, “Don’t leave your dog in the car , it can kill them,” with an optional, “you asshole,” the note writer left a long, convoluted, almost illegible, punctuation deficient, misspelled story about their dog and how they would *hate* to see that happen to this person, because clearly Mr. or Ms. Zyrtec is looking out for the owner.
You can love animals and hate passive-aggressiveness at the same time.
May 2, 2008 at 2:55 am rating: 4
#14
AS
I once accidentally locked my niece into the car. I handed her the keys because she was crying to give her something to play with and closed the car door so I could go to the other side. As I walked around the other side I heard a click and all the doors locked. She had pressed the central locking button on the door opener. She was only a little older than one and couldn’t be told how to open the doors again. She was fine – I was the wreck – I had visions of her frying even though it was a cool day. I had to call someone to open the doors for me – it cost me a $100.
May 2, 2008 at 4:21 am rating: 2
#15
park rose
Just to let you know I had a sandwich once called bagel, but it wasn’t really a bagel, because it was a sandwich, so I called it begal.
One day I went to the store and I took it with me. I left it in the car and I also forgot to roll down the window when I came back begal didn’t greet me because some bastard had broken my window and made off with it. Let me add that it was 100° in the shade, and the begal was smoked salmon and cream cheese, and that I’d been taking care of it for a week.
The cops caught the begal liberator but, later, I found out he had died from salmonella poisoning. He couldn’t pay for the damage to my car. Just thought you might like to know.
If you’re going to leave your begal in the car, wind the window down far enough that the locks can be popped in case a concerned and hungry citizen walks by – you’ll save yourself some hefty repair fees and achieve divine retribution all in one fell swoop. As for car thieves – well, that’s a whole other matter…
May 2, 2008 at 7:29 am rating: 6
#16
HeidiD
The observer could always call the cops.
My mom and I actually did this once upon a time. The cops waited for the idiot owner to come out of the restaurant, then promptly gave him a fine and a thorough talking to. He said that he had every legal right to break the window if the dog was in obvious distress. Fortunately it didn’t come to that.
Team “Don’t leave your dogs in the car on a hot day you selfish pigs!”
May 2, 2008 at 8:47 am rating: 3
#17
claw71
Yeah, well let me tell you about a German Shepard I once had name Hans. I was taking him to the park but I had to stop at the store to get some Keflex for a nasty case of the clap that I was battling. It was hot so I left the window down. When I got back Hans wasn’t there to greet me because he had died from jumping out the window and running into the path of an oncoming garbage truck.
I thought I’d learned my lesson but then, a few years later I was back at the same store to get some Cipro (the clap again..thanks mom). I noted that it was hot and didn’t want my Baset Hound, Angela, to bake. I also didn’t want her jumping out of the car and running into the road, so I turned on the AC, grabbed my spare key and left the car running. When I got back Angela wasn’t there to greet me. She had manged to shift the car into reverse, ran over four children and down the bank into the river where the car sank and she drowned.
I just though you should know…I’d hate for you to feel guilty like I do.
By the way, now I don’t get prescriptions filled.
May 2, 2008 at 8:49 am rating: 20
#18
GhostWriter
There is a hidden message in this note.
“I had a dog/god named “SaveHim”, he was a boy/girl”
Upon further analysis, I suggest that this absent-minded Granny cooked one of her own grandkids. The dog was at home the whole time, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts cut off.
May 2, 2008 at 8:58 am rating: 4
#19
GhostWriter
Nobody ever tried to open a window on the unconditioned school bus we rode to high school wrestling matches. Willy Plisky (our 98 lb. guy) went into a coma once. But by all means, focus on the dogs.
May 2, 2008 at 9:07 am rating: 2
#20
Katzndogz
Man, first I go to shrinktalk.net and get depressed reading about suicide blogs, and now this. Fortunately cuteoverload.com has some great snorgling to help me get over it.
PS, shrinktalk.net is usually not depressing – it is very fascinating and often amusing (okay, I’ll stop plugging now)
May 2, 2008 at 9:51 am rating: 0
#21
pukestar
Hmm, also the 2nd note i’ve seen written on presciption notepaper (see: and don’t step on any cracks either), could this be subliminal advertising from passive aggressive?? Now I live in Canada, where drug companies don’t have nearly the clout they do in the States, but I’ve NEVER owned a pad of paper advertising drugs….??
May 2, 2008 at 11:09 am rating: 1
#22
Wade
Has anyone else noticed that submitter did not say there was a dog in the car?
May 2, 2008 at 11:46 am rating: 1
#23
RunBarbara
I turned in a request for a raise last week, still haven’t heard anything. Here is the note I am going to write on the back of my food stamps:
Dear Boss,
When I was a manager at my previous job, I set up a schedule where I would give new hires a raise after 90 days if their performance was outstanding. One time, I forgot to give someone a raise. She was supporting her family and hardly had enough to make ends meet. The next day I found out that she had let her family eat her because they were going hungry. If only I had given her a raise! Her family soon froze to death in their ramshackle house by the train tracks.
Please learn from my story, my family is hungry and I have online shopping to do. I would hate for you to feel the guilt I did.
Sportingly,
Your Assistant
May 2, 2008 at 12:51 pm rating: 4
#24
Canthz_B
How much is that doggy in the Volvo?
I do hope that doggy’s alive.
How much is that doggy in the Volvo?
Cracked windows will help him survive!
May 2, 2008 at 12:56 pm rating: 2
#25
TomJones
Who sealed the dogs up (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who sealed the dogs up (woof, woof, woof, woof)
When the car was sealed, the temp was jumpin’
And fluffy was curled into a ball
I tell the fellas “smash the windows” – some a-hole is killin’ his dog
Who sealed the dogs up (etc…)
I see ya sealed up your dog, in the heat
When you went to town
Now he’s toast, overcooked meat
Your pet’s wasted, you lame-a** hound
Who sealed the dogs up (etc…)
(And this is as far as I could get with this before losing interest…)
May 2, 2008 at 1:21 pm rating: 2
#26
Jinx
That note doesn’t say guilt as much as it screams “I like to ramble on in P/A notes to strangers”.
May 2, 2008 at 1:31 pm rating: 1
#27
Sheepish
I’ve always wanted to catch someone writing a note to put on my windshield.
How silly would they feel when they look up and see me standing there with my keys out.
Would they have the balls to say what they were writing to my face?
The whole point of writing a note is that you don’t have to answer for you accusations.
Could you imagine this person trying to say this craziness out loud?
They would feel like such an idiot:
“Ummm… My dog died ‘cause I was a dumb ass… Ummm… and… well… I just thought you should know… ummm… okay… by now.”
May 2, 2008 at 2:26 pm rating: 6
#28
secondsout
Just to let you know, I had a daughter named Lucy. She was a girl. One time I went on vacation. I didn’t take her with me. I left her in the basement and I also forgot to leave her food and water. When I came back from the vacation, she didn’t seem to care about the Mickey Mouse t-shirt I brought her. She instead called SCAN on me and I now have no kids. I tried to call her last Christmas, and in return, she got a restraining order. I just wouldn’t want you to live with the guilt I have.
May 2, 2008 at 4:35 pm rating: 1
#29
dave
that reminds me, what happened to Dogs Die In Hot Cars? they’re due for another record, that is if they didn’t get locked in the tour van last summer in texas…
May 2, 2008 at 6:14 pm rating: 0
#30
Canthz_B
I wouldn’t sweat it…all dogs go to Heaven!
May 2, 2008 at 6:24 pm rating: 0
#31
Canthz_B
All kidding aside, if one decides to be a true do-good-er and break a car window to “save” a dog and said dog decides to chew off half of one’s arm, can one sue the owner of said dog?
May 2, 2008 at 6:34 pm rating: 1
#32
jester
Okay, two things.
One: This is sad/hysterical.
Two: Who makes the tags for these? Because it’s definitely spelled Cincinnati.
May 2, 2008 at 6:39 pm rating: 0
#33
Tim
Look at the tags for the note…
“cincinatti” Where the hell is that city? I’ve never heard of it. I grew up a Cincinnati, Ohio, though.
May 2, 2008 at 7:10 pm rating: 0
#34
TuesdayPillow
I never understood people that feel the need to take their dog everywhere they go. If you can’t take the dog in with you, leave it the fuck at home!
And don’t you be smashing my car windows to save something that may or may not need saving.
I’m watching you, people-who-love-animals-more-than-people.
May 2, 2008 at 7:19 pm rating: 0
#35
Captain Quirk
If these responses were written on drug company paper and left on windows/under doors/shoved up people’s noses they’d make a great entry on Passive Aggressive Notes.
May 5, 2008 at 12:02 am rating: 0
#36
What about...
What about the cats locked in hot cars? Does no one care about them? Please have pity on the kitty!
Yeah I know I am commenting on an old note. But, you know, some days you’re just bored and amused by things and have to comment. I am a pet lover. But damn, if I want to leave MY pet in MY car, no one needs to “rescue” them by breaking my window. Call the cops and let them deal with it. They have legal right, you as a citizen don’t to my knowledge. That would be vandalism. And where I am from, that’s as much breaking a law as pet abuse.
So take your nosy, do-gooder heart and find someone else to use it on and stay out of my business.
Plus, maybe I have left my dog in my car to roast because my oven doesn’t work and I am hungry!
May 19, 2008 at 8:30 pm rating: 0
#37 oh, the rancher and the mcmansioner should be friends
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