Some People Have a Problem With This Car Dealership’s Sign

A car dealership owner is facing criticism over a sign he put up outside his business.

The sign can be found at a Canadian dealership known as Mellish Motors in New Annan, Prince Edward Island.

It reads:

“Women are like snowflakes. They can’t drive”

Manager John Mellish doesn't see it as a problem. Mellish said that he’s put up a bunch of provocative signs, and that they’re meant to be taken “in good humor.”

I’ve put up signs about men, teachers, myself, kids, etcetera. I do like people to be talking. Good or bad, it does get attention.

We probably struck a nerve with one or two people out there, and so be it — that’s fair ball. Some people take it the right way and I love that.

According to CBC, some neighboring business have taken notice of Mellish's sign and taken their gripes to Facebook.

Mellish responded to the criticism by then changing the sign.

"Sensitive women, don’t read this sign!"

He later changed it again, to read:

“Attention drama queens auditions for today have been cancelled!”

Mellish said he’ll continue with his provocative messages.

Chelsea Ling, owner of Papercakes Pretty, is not amused. She said:

I’m very much for businesses doing what they want and not for people saying ‘oh, they run a business, they can’t do that,’ but I think there should be a common sense line of what’s hateful and what’s funny.

Just because it is normal in society, I don’t believe it’s okay. Just because jokes like this and misogynistic things like this are so deeply engrained in our society, a lot of people don’t see it as a problem, and that in itself is the problem.

I think there’s a difference between making a crude joke like that in a room with friends, not on a public highway. I have two little boys and my oldest boy can read and I wouldn’t like him reading that on the highway.