if your grandma wrote PSAs

May 1st, 2008 · 133 comments

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.)

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related: i can has guilt trip?

Tags: MYOB · cincinatti · dogs · guilt trip · just to let you know · kinda sad · spelling and grammar police

133 responses so far ↓

  • #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  

    • #1.1  Bookedy

      My thoughts exactly.

      May 1, 2008 at 9:41 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: +5  

    • #2.1  claw71

      A begal is a basically a kosher beignet. Cajun jews make them in New Orleans all the time. They are filled with gefilte fish. MMMM.

      May 2, 2008 at 8:53 am   rating: +3  

       
    • #2.2  RunBarbara

      Shia LaBoeuf is a Cajun-Jew.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:58 pm   rating: +2  

       
     
  • #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: +7  

    • #3.1  RunBarbara

      This makes me love you a little, Ben.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:29 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #3.2  claw71

      I love baby jerky. It melts in your mouth.

      May 2, 2008 at 8:55 am   rating: +4  

       
    • #3.3  mere

      okay, that was funny.
      for some reason i can’t ‘vote’ anymore (you know, to make your comment all green), so, it’s like an invisible vote from me.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:16 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #3.4  Mishee

      mere, you have to be logged into PAN to be able to vote and have that nifty looking “!” at the end of your name.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:25 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #3.5  Canthz_B

      mere, I think you need to login.
      Oh, Mishee just said that…nevermind! :-)

      May 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #3.6  known unknown

      …I did too, except the word “dog” was replaced with the word “grandma.”

      I wish I was kidding.

      May 4, 2008 at 2:50 am   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #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: +1  

    • #4.1  aaa

      Or, *gasp* don’t leave your dog in the car in the first place. Even with the windows rolled down, cars can get pretty fucking hot i.e. cooking the baby’s/dog’s brains temperature.

      But yes, the note is hilarious. I must say though, it needs more smilies and misspellings.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:07 am   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #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: 0  

     
  • #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: +6  

    • #6.1  Heather

      Gonna have to agree here. I was a volunteer for the SPCA for over eight years - I saw many dogs die this way. People don’t realize it can take 10 minutes on a hot day, and we had to break windows (or open doors, if it was unlocked) sometimes to save the animals lives - many were nearly dead, or unconscious by the time we arrived.
      Not a single owner was grateful, they all thought we were “stupid nosy people”.

      May 1, 2008 at 11:07 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.2  Canthz_B

      Yeah, but it only takes two minutes to pop in and buy a pack of gum.
      If “they all thought” you were “stupid nosy people”, did you ever consider that you just may have been stupid, nosey people?

      Team: Don’t break my windows!

      May 1, 2008 at 11:15 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.3  aaa

      Yeah, but two minutes can easily turn into ten with slow people at the register, not being able to find what you want, whatever.

      Team: Why would you bring your dog along if you couldn’t bring it inside with you? Leave the damn dog at home.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:10 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.4  Canthz_B

      Reasonable people know when they are running out of limited time, aaa.
      It is not the place of an animal rights activist to decide who is being reasonable.

      Most people choose to run multiple errands at a time. Some places (Petco) will allow your pet inside, others will not.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:23 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.5  Heather

      Windows were only broken if the dog was in pretty serious trouble. Officers and volunteers at the branches don’t walk up to random cars and start breaking things because a healthy or sleeping dog is inside. There’s a big difference between a dog that’s been sitting there “two minutes” happily waiting for an owner to come back and a dog that is dying of heat stroke, and you’re trained to know the difference.
      Sometimes they were too late, too - and breaking a window wasn’t fast enough. Fortunately, in my area at least, this only happened once or twice and most pets were saved.
      FTR, I was agreeing with your original comment: if the woman had time to write the note the dog was probably fine. :-P

      May 2, 2008 at 12:32 am   rating: +2  

       
    • #6.6  Canthz_B

      Thanks, but don’t vandalize my car unless you plan to pay for the damage.
      Can’t you find some needy people to help?
      Question: If it only happened once or twice, how were most animals saved? Once would mean all, and twice would be all, or half were saved.

      Don’r get me wrong, I love my dog, I don’t need you to love him for me is what I am saying.
      Mind your own business, then you sure won’t be minding mine.

      May 2, 2008 at 12:45 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.7  Canthz_A

      The gum was fucking delicious

      May 2, 2008 at 4:43 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.8  Gez

      How pissed off I would be if I came out of a shop, chewing my gum, only to find my dog dead and my car window smashed.

      Double that anger if it turns out my door was open anyway.

      May 2, 2008 at 5:47 am   rating: +3  

       
    • #6.9  Chipmunk

      CB, fact of the matter is, leaving a dog in a hot car like that is a form of animal abuse, which is against the law. You wouldn’t expect the police to pay for a door they broke down to get to some drug dealers in their house, would you?

      May 2, 2008 at 7:18 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.10  tinkerbell2

      CB - “Question: If it only happened once or twice, how were most animals saved? Once would mean all, and twice would be all, or half were saved.”

      She means they were only too late once or twice, surely? They had to do it plenty of times, and usually saved the dogs, but one or two died.

      Oh, wait, someone else already posted this below. Oops. I’ll get back in my box.

      May 2, 2008 at 7:21 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.11  You

      are an asshole CB.

      May 2, 2008 at 8:01 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.12  aaa

      Even reasonable people lose track of time. (And the number of “unreasonable people” out there warrants some concern when you see a dog in a car by itself.) But the fact a person brings their dog to a place that allows pets doesn’t matter if they go somewhere else that doesn’t allow pet beforehand or afterwards. Yes, breaking a window is extreme and I wouldn’t be too happy if I found my windows not intact. But the fact remains that dogs and small children should not be left in cars by themselves.

      May 2, 2008 at 8:33 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.13  claw71

      Who the hell cares about kids? Most of them are goign to end up on drugs or drinking and driving anyway. Let’s focus on the dogs. Isn’t anybody thinking about the dogs?

      May 2, 2008 at 8:58 am   rating: +5  

       
    • #6.14  aaa

      I know that I would save my dog from a burning building before I would save my snot-nosed kid.

      Now I just need a snot-nosed kid to not save from a burning building…

      May 2, 2008 at 9:12 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.15  Canthz_B

      Chipmunk, not that it really matters to me but, I would be careful of giving the authority that we give police officers to Blondie the dog lover.
      Would you like strangers breaking down the door of your home because they thought your baby’s crying meant that she was being abused?
      Of course my point was missed by some of the more serious-minded people who comment here at times and I now, apparently, hate animals. :-(

      #6.11, without assholes the world would be full of shit! :-P

      May 2, 2008 at 11:23 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.16  unholyghost2003

      O.K. I have left my dog in the car. Windows & sunroof cracked or open, never in summer or winter, and always with a full water dish. (in our household road trips are the most likely time for our sweet baby to be left in the car by her lonesome, mommy and daddy need to have potty breaks too!) All of that said if I saw a distressed dog in a parking lot I wouldn’t write a PA note about my dead dog, I would call the cops. The owner would then return to their car to learn that their dog had been taken away and they have a big fine. :) Have a nice day asshole!

      May 2, 2008 at 11:33 am   rating: +2  

       
    • #6.17  Canthz_B

      Ahh, memories. My mom used to leave us kids in the car with a bowl of water.
      My brother used to hog it all for himself, but Sis and I appreciated the note-leavers nonetheless!

      May 2, 2008 at 1:08 pm   rating: +3  

       
    • #6.18  unholyghost2003

      grrr breaking the windows is STUPID. Not because of the property damage, sorry CB if I thought you were a danger to your dog (and I know you are not) I wouldn’t feel bad about busting up your stuff, or even you knees. I am a crazy dog lady. I admit it. But a sea of broken glass can’t be good for the pup either. Call the cops, use a slimjim or other method of getting in that doesn’t cause shrapnel.

      May 2, 2008 at 1:32 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.19  Canthz_B

      What are we going to do with this C-4 then? :shock:

      I know a few kids who could have that door open in mere seconds!

      May 2, 2008 at 1:42 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.20  Mishee

      of course you do CB… you’re…

      OMG, did I almost say that? it’s like I am channelling claw!!

      (jokes!) :D

      May 2, 2008 at 1:44 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.21  Canthz_B

      What’s wrong with being a juvenile detention corrections officer, Mishee? ;-)

      May 2, 2008 at 1:53 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #6.22  Mishee

      don’t get me started CB! you know my issues with correctional officers in general! let alone juvenile corrections officers! those guys are the worst!

      :-P

      May 2, 2008 at 2:08 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #6.23  Holy Shit...

      …”CB” is an idiot. Since when did the “SPCA” become a group of “Animal Rights Activists”? And how stupid do you have to be to start a thread and 17 short minutes later be on a team OPPOSING your comment?

      What a fucktard you are.

      May 3, 2008 at 4:27 am   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #7  Canthz_B

    Ya just have to wonder if “Saybin” was vaccinated. ;-)

    May 1, 2008 at 11:01 pm   rating: +1  

    • #7.1  Canthz_B

      No votes? Now I will “Salk” all night!! :-|

      May 2, 2008 at 7:31 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: +4  

     
  • #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: +4  

     
  • #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: +3  

    • #11.1  Canthz_B

      My, my…someone does not understand that not everything said here is serious!
      I’d suggest you hang around a bit longer before you think you know the difference between jest and reality! :roll:

      However, that being said, a true animal lover (meaning “activist”) would break the window, are stupid, nosey people, should mind their own business and should not vandalize the property of others.
      No contradiction there.
      I don’t lock my dog in my car, and would sue you for vandalism and the “cops” for brutality.
      A single incidence of animal neglect is unlikely to warrant arrest, but rather a citation requiring a court appearance.

      You left out how I love my dog as well as the people whom I care about also.

      Other than that…be well and stop wondering. :-D

      May 2, 2008 at 1:40 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.2  Resident Grammarian esq

      I think its clear that he/she was being sarcastic about true animal lovers. Like when I say that a real, true animal lover would walk around with a stack of notes which were type written, run through a spell checker and had clip art and smilies… I don’t really mean it. Team mean, sarcastic commenter on PAN.

      May 2, 2008 at 1:41 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #11.3  Canthz_B

      P.S. I have at least 6 brain cells to rub together and my Lab is four years old, healthy, happy and well trained.
      I just commanded him to speak. He said: “just wondering, bite Daddy’s fart!”
      I’m still working on his tact! :-P

      May 2, 2008 at 1:59 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.4  RunBarbara

      Dear CB…will you go out with me?
      Circle one:
      YES or NO

      May 2, 2008 at 12:42 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.5  Canthz_B

      :oops:

      May 2, 2008 at 12:49 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.6  RunBarbara

      I don’t believe Blushing Smiley was an option…

      May 2, 2008 at 12:54 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.7  Holy Shit...

      “True animal lover” means “activist”? Seriously? That’s a good one, putzy. So… does that make you an “activist” or do you hate your dog?

      You are just a piece of shit through and through, aren’t ya? Although you’re clearly not as stupid as your little band of sycophants… but I digest.

      Carry on, cretin. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. I’ll be back when someone has finally kicked you ’til you’re dead.

      May 3, 2008 at 4:38 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.8  get figgy with it

      I do declare!

      May 3, 2008 at 7:08 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.9  anglophile

      putzy, sycophants, cretin, some unknown foreign language…

      I wish I knew what Holy Shit means, but I think I’m too stupid!

      Maybe I shouldn’t have dropped out of high school after all.

      May 3, 2008 at 7:21 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #11.10  amy d

      As one of CBs “sycophants”, I object to be characterized as stupid.

      Your post screams hostility. Do you think the force of your reaction is equal to the assholiness that you perceived from his post? I believe the phrase that fits is over reaction. The dude is joking. Even if he wasn’t, you are not forced to read his posts.

      May 3, 2008 at 8:12 am   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #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: 0  

    • #12.1  aaa

      And here I was wondering since when “neatly folded into sixths” was considered “crumpled.”

      May 2, 2008 at 9:16 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: +3  

     
  • #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: +1  

     
  • #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: +3  

    • #15.1  amazon

      You jest now, but my bf once had his passenger window smashed so some crackhead bum could steal some pocket change he’d left in the cupholder.

      Since the repair cost around $100, and his car was a POS that no one would bother stealing, he just started leaving his door unlocked, so no one would damage it just to steal crap from inside.

      May 2, 2008 at 3:22 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #15.2  TuesdayPillow

      OH I am recovering from a fit of giggles. SIgh.

      May 2, 2008 at 7:10 pm   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #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: 0  

     
  • #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: +13  

    • #17.1  Heidi

      HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAH! CLAP CLAP CLAP!!! THATS WAS AWESOME!!

      May 2, 2008 at 4:15 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #17.2  TuesdayPillow

      All these funny posts are going to kill me.

      May 2, 2008 at 7:12 pm   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #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: +3  

     
  • #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  

    • #19.1  claw71

      Our 103 pounder went in and out of comas all the time but that was because he never ate.

      May 2, 2008 at 9:33 am