Grrrr - to Napa Auto Parts!

[Karen]

Okay, I heard their current radio commercial, and it is anti-cat! The gist is, "Oh, no, it is Secret Santa time, and you got Karl. You know, Karl with kittens on his computer screen, kittens pictures on his wall, and kitten ears on his car. Buy him a XXXX-brand wrench set instead, and help him "man up." And maybe he can use them to take the %^&%& cat ears off his car."

I was appalled! Plenty of "real men" love cats. There's nothing wrong with a man liking cats. Or kittens. Tell Napa this is just plain wrong!!!! I think we should all protest! Grrrrr hiss - Nappa - Real Men Like Cats!

Yes, I have a sense of humor, this just isn't funny! It is as sexist as well!

[momcat]

What an outrage!!! I agree with you, Karen, there's nothing funny about this. There are many "real men" right here on Pet Talk who unconditionally love their cats and give them only the very best care. One of these "real men" is Soncat who not only adores Amigo and all kitties, he's proud of it (I am too). He even has a few pictures of Amigo on his cell phone and has no reservations about showing our little guy off. How many real men help kitties in need, feed strays, and do whatever they can to protect them? I know this may sound harsh but maybe Nappa will lose some business because of this.

[mon]

My husband and I went to his staff party last week. This man, who I always thought was such a macho, arrogant kind of person, came up to us and showed us 4 pictures of his cat on his phone. Well... who knew. I like this big bad bodybuilder guy very much now He's just a big sweety!

[Freedom]

Here is a link, send them a comment. I just did. I had to put it as "Other." Yes I did use my real name, email and phone, I may regret that if they mine contacts for emails lol.

http://www.napaonline.com/contact-us.aspx

Psst! Karen, remove the extra "p" in the thread title!

[Karen]

Here is a link, send them a comment. I just did. I had to put it as "Other." Yes I did use my real name, email and phone, I may regret that if they mine contacts for emails lol.

http://www.napaonline.com/contact-us.aspx

Psst! Karen, remove the extra "p" in the thread title!

Okay, I did!

[mrspunkysmom]

Here is a link, send them a comment. I just did. I had to put it as "Other." Yes I did use my real name, email and phone, I may regret that if they mine contacts for emails lol.

http://www.napaonline.com/contact-us.aspx

Psst! Karen, remove the extra "p" in the thread title!

I did NOT use my real phone. Why do they need my phone for an email? I used 800-555-1212. I believe that's a 411 for 800 numbers?

I'm a rebel.

[catmandu]

AS a Cat Man I have herad this nonsense for years , Napa must be run by a bunch of Muscle Heads!!!
Man up indeed!!!

[mrspunkysmom]

Did they ever withdraw the ad?

[Karen]

Did they ever withdraw the ad?

Ut was a holiday seasonal ad, so we will not know until next year if they actually got the message. I stopped hearing it, but do not listen to radio except when I am in the car anyway!