“In Memory Of” Stickers

*grabs megaphone and steps up to the blog*

*a click, some static and feedback*

Attention, anybody who has one of those “In Memory Of…” decals on your vehicle.

Nobody cares. Seriously, nobody cares less than a complete stranger that chances are you will never pass on the street ever again. Your vehicular sentiment serves no purpose other than to draw attention to yourself and make people want to give you a great, big hug.

Well, it’s not working for me. I’m sure readers of my blog are already tired of hearing about how I lost my father when I was 7 years old, but I don’t go driving around with one of those pointless stickers on the back of my truck. My father’s legacy lives within me, not a thin piece of die-cut vinyl. And chances are he wouldn’t want that crap on my truck anyhow.

And I’m so sorry to disappoint, but if I had the gall to affix one of those damned stickers for each person I’ve lost in my life I wouldn’t be able to see through the rear window of my truck. Think about that, Junior Mint.

So here’s what you do. You pick up and you move on and you don’t turn your car into a rolling memorial to your loved one. Life is for the living so there’s no sense in placing the grim reminder of somebody’s passing on your car. It’ll only fuck with your mind.

And if you’re the Roadside Memorial type, you can knock that shit off, too. It’s just ridiculous.

Save your sentiments for the cemetery because, well, that’s where they need to be.

The world will thank you for it. Or at least I will.

*feedback and a click*

*steps away from the blog*

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4 Responses to ““In Memory Of” Stickers”

  1. Joel Says:
    July 20, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    OMG..

    well said.

    Its so trashy and tasteless. At least where I am here in the mid-south US, its an good indication of the bearers socio-economic class. The names are always stuff like “Billy Bob Bubba-Joe Jackson” and the cars are often ill-maintained. So silly, so pointless, so tacky.

    Honor your loved one by not making him look like a member of a redneck white trash family please.

  2. Dave Says:
    July 20, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    Thanks. I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em.

    Perhaps the only difference between your geographic location and mine is the name on the sticker. In my case (southern California), they are usually of Spanish origin and some teenager. Probably someone’s dead homie that was shot down in a drug deal, and the name is usually accompanied by a Raiders logo. Or Betty Boop, Tweety Bird or the Tasmanian Devil.

    In either case, I stand by my words :)

  3. Jen Says:
    November 3, 2008 at 9:22 am

    You two are judgmental pricks. It is not for you to decide how others should grieve their losses. Mind your own business as to what others do with their property.

  4. Dave Says:
    November 3, 2008 at 10:20 am

    Touched a little nerve, did we? That’s okay. I’m sure there’s a sticker for that, too.

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