Auto dealer's joke about women backfires online

CANADA (WTXF) - An auto dealership in Canada is coming under fire for posting a series of signs that make fun of female drivers.

Well PEI friends...

"Women are like snowflakes," the first sign at Mellish Motors said. "They can't drive."

Chelsea Ling, another local business owner according to the Huffington Post, posted a photo of the sign on Facebook.

Ling spoke to the CBC saying, "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."

Also, Ling said that she didn't want her sons to see the sign, which is located on a major highway.

"Just because it is normal in society, I don't believe it's okay," she told the CBC.

However, John Mellish who managers the dealership, isn't backing down.

After he received complaints, he changed the sign.

It went from bad to worse. If attention/discussion he seeks, then why doesn't he put up signs that create worthy...

And then after that, he changed it a third time.

"Attention Drama Queens," it read. "Auditions for today have been cancelled!"

Mellish also spoke to the CBC and told them that the signs were meant to be funny.

"We probably struck a nerve with one or two people out there, and so be it -- that's fair ball," Mellish told the CBC. "Some people take it the right way and I love that."

During a 2013 interview, he also said that he posts controversial messages so people will remember when his business is.

On "Morning Show on the Go", Mellish said that he's never taken a sign down because of complaints, but he has issued apologies.

"If I put up something about men or about myself, there's no response at all," Mellish said. "If I put up something about females, there's a lot of apologies going on."

The Huffington Post reports that when he was asked if women were more sensitive, he said, "It appears to be that way."