Man asks for people to sign petition to stop people from asking you to sign a petition

Stand on any urban street corner long enough, and chances are someone will approach you with a clipboard, asking you to sign a petition.

Scott Rogowsky of someecards decided that enough was enough. All these people asking others to sign petitions is getting out of hand.

So he set out with a camera, and did what any reasonable person would do when they have a cause they want others to get behind.

He asked them to sign a petition.

Watch how people react to Rogowsky's prank in Union Square, New York City:

As TIME points out, this has to be one of the best definitions of irony out there.