A sign most people find offensive is finally off the wall of a Jacksonville laundromat after 30 years.
The sign that reads "Unattended Children Will Be Sold As Slaves" has hung on the wall of the business for decades until Wednesday. The owner of Soap Opera Coin and Laundry said it was there when he bought the place and he just never took it down.
He called it a light-hearted nudge at parents who don't watch their kids.
"It's a joke. You have a child that's messing around and 'Oh, I'll sell them as slave.' I guess I can see how someone might get upset," said David Marti, the laundromat owner.
Marti removed the sign after a customer complained about it to a Jacksonville television station.
http://www.wftv.com/news/15650621/detail.html
The sign that reads "Unattended Children Will Be Sold As Slaves" has hung on the wall of the business for decades until Wednesday. The owner of Soap Opera Coin and Laundry said it was there when he bought the place and he just never took it down.
He called it a light-hearted nudge at parents who don't watch their kids.
"It's a joke. You have a child that's messing around and 'Oh, I'll sell them as slave.' I guess I can see how someone might get upset," said David Marti, the laundromat owner.
Marti removed the sign after a customer complained about it to a Jacksonville television station.
http://www.wftv.com/news/15650621/detail.html
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