Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Ohwell]

6 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

B..but, she was Becoming An INDEPENDENT CHILD!

The "she" was the mother who's the lazy ass heifer.  

[Ashforth]

5 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

What the hell is wrong with people? From NBC News:

A black business owner whose company was flooded with racist reviews after being featured in a Target ad said she's grateful for the controversy and the growth it offered her company.

Beatrice Dixon, who started The Honey Pot Company in 2012, told Essence on Tuesday that she's not upset after dozens of racist reviews were posted about her feminine hygiene products. The negative reviews were posted Monday in response to Dixon's comments in a Target ad in which she said she hoped her success could pave the way for black girls.

"It's all good," Dixon said.

The USA is full of abhorrent racists (and we are not the only country in the world to have this problem). Those of us who don't share racist views must use our actions to fight those who do.

2 hours ago, dleighg said:

The "bushes" thing was an ad for a "personal" grooming device for women for "down there." They had them trimming little tiny trees (bushes) into cute shapes (hearts). 

I have not seen the men's version.

And TMI my man is never doin' this

amazon.com/Manscaping-Manscaped-Replaceable-Waterproof-Rechargeable/dp/B07DFSN143?sa-no-redirect=1

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it, LOL. A good trim can make a good difference. 😉

Edited March 12, 2020 by Ashforth

[Katy M]

I hate this commercial for some bank which gives you your paycheck two days early (still don't know how that works, it has to be credit).  Anyway, the person in the commercial says that it's good that she can get her pay two days early because then she can go out for girls' night.  Um, girls' night should not get the first of your pay.  It should be if you have pay left over.  

[Cobalt Stargazer]

4 hours ago, Katy M said:

I hate this commercial for some bank which gives you your paycheck two days early (still don't know how that works, it has to be credit).  Anyway, the person in the commercial says that it's good that she can get her pay two days early because then she can go out for girls' night.  Um, girls' night should not get the first of your pay.  It should be if you have pay left over.  

Chime, and I don't get those either. Sounds almost like a payday loan scam, since you're getting an advance on your paycheck. Or something.

[KWalkerInc]

On 3/10/2020 at 10:00 PM, Dbrothers said:

The commercial with the woman petting her cat and opening up some wet cat food and her daughter yells in the background, “mom I fell” and some about a bandaid and the mom replies back grab 2 I don’t make any sense of this commercial since it came out. I’ve changed the station each time it comes up so I don’t even know what is said in it anymore lol but I will never understand the meaning behind it 

I've recently noticed that they have a disclaimer on the screen.  "We don't recommend this.  But your cat might."  I wonder if it always aired that way, or if they added it because of complaints.  I would never have my cat on my shoulder in the first place, as he is too high-strung and would scratch me up at the slightest noise.

[Beany Malone]

14 hours ago, Ohwell said:

I still say she was a lazy ass heifer.

Maybe.  Or else like most experienced Moms -  well aware of when to jump in and when to back off.

Edited March 12, 2020 by Beany Malone

[Beany Malone]

There's a commercial on for McDonalds right now with a song with a '50s vibe playing in the background - can't remember it offhand (despite having heard it roughly a million times in the last week or so - ok maybe slight exageration).  Anyway I don't  mind it too much but it's driving my husband crazy.  It comes on and we have to mute the TV or I get treated to his trademark speech on obnoxious music in commercials (also heard roughly a million times)!

[Suzn]

14 hours ago, Katy M said:

I hate this commercial for some bank which gives you your paycheck two days early (still don't know how that works, it has to be credit).  Anyway, the person in the commercial says that it's good that she can get her pay two days early because then she can go out for girls' night.  Um, girls' night should not get the first of your pay.  It should be if you have pay left over.  

Payrolls are processed ahead of the pay date and depending on what bank your direct deposit is set up to receive it, it may be available before the actual pay date.  Where I work we transmit the payroll to the payroll processor on a Tuesday for the Friday pay date and depending on the individual direct deposit bank, some employees get their pay on Thursday and I think a few get it on Wednesday.  The earliest my pay ever shows in my account is about 11:30 pm Thursdays.  I've had people yell at me when they don't get their pay early - I just tell them that pay day is Friday and that is the only deadline we have.

[peacheslatour]

45 minutes ago, Suzn said:

Payrolls are processed ahead of the pay date and depending on what bank your direct deposit is set up to receive it, it may be available before the actual pay date.  Where I work we transmit the payroll to the payroll processor on a Tuesday for the Friday pay date and depending on the individual direct deposit bank, some employees get their pay on Thursday and I think a few get it on Wednesday.  The earliest my pay ever shows in my account is about 11:30 pm Thursdays.  I've had people yell at me when they don't get their pay early - I just tell them that pay day is Friday and that is the only deadline we have.

That's it exactly. It's just Direct Deposit and virtually any bank will do it.

[Browncoat]

Also, if you get your pay "early" every time, there's still the same interval between paydays.  Your payday has just changed.

[iMonrey]

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Candace Cameron Bure talking to Charlie the Tuna like he's the Great Gazoo on the red carpet. "No time to eat, Charlie!" Then he gives her tuna in pouch, which she eats during the awards ceremony. The stupid is strong with this ad.

Its really stupid. Why didn't she eat before going to the ceremony? 

More to the point, in what universe is Candace Cameron Bure even nominated for an award? 

[proserpina65]

14 hours ago, Cobalt Stargazer said:

Chime, and I don't get those either. Sounds almost like a payday loan scam, since you're getting an advance on your paycheck. Or something.

It's a direct deposit into your Chime bank account.  The really tiny print says that some employers won't do this early.  Like the county I work for.  My money is in my account on Friday; the only exception is when a holiday on which a bank would close falls on a Friday, and then we get it on Thursday.  (The only holidays which apply are Christmas and New Year, as far as I know.)

 

10 hours ago, KWalkerInc said:

I've recently noticed that they have a disclaimer on the screen.  "We don't recommend this.  But your cat might."  I wonder if it always aired that way, or if they added it because of complaints.  I would never have my cat on my shoulder in the first place, as he is too high-strung and would scratch me up at the slightest noise.

I'm pretty sure it's been part of the commercial from the beginning; I've never seen it without that part.

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

That's it exactly. It's just Direct Deposit and virtually any bank will do it.

Yep, it's just up to the employers whether or not it goes to your bank before the actual payday.

[peacheslatour]

3 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

It's a direct deposit into your Chime bank account.  The really tiny print says that some employers won't do this early.  Like the county I work for.  My money is in my account on Friday; the only exception is when a holiday on which a bank would close falls on a Friday, and then we get it on Thursday.  (The only holidays which apply are Christmas and New Year, as far as I know.)

 

I'm pretty sure it's been part of the commercial from the beginning; I've never seen it without that part.

Yep, it's just up to the employers whether or not it goes to your bank before the actual payday.

When I was office manager, I always did payroll on Tues. The guys got their checks on Thurs. When we decided to offer direct deposit the money would post to their accounts on Tues. Funnily enough, the Principals didn't get direct deposit because they didn't want their wives to know how much they made.

[SoMuchTV]

2 hours ago, iMonrey said:

More to the point, in what universe is Candace Cameron Bure even nominated for an award? 

A world with cannibalistic tuna?

[dleighg]

On constant repeat for me, the Golden Corral ad "Different strokes for different folks" with amusingly eccentric folks paired with (I suppose) similarly eccentric meals? Like a gal in a green shirt with a plate of a head of broccoli? I am so sick of these ads 

https://adage.com/article/agency-news/creative-shift-golden-corral-suggests-people-are-what-they-eat/2234081

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/marketing/golden-corral-revamps-its-pitch-stay-relevant

[Moose135]

On 3/11/2020 at 3:02 PM, Scout Finch said:

The Honey Pot. The first thing I think of when I hear that term is that's what an espionage trap to get information out of someone through sex is called!

It usually makes me think of one of these, also called a honey bucket:

[Ohwell]

7 hours ago, Moose135 said:

It usually makes me think of one of these, also called a honey bucket:

Also, there used to be guys we called Honey Dippers, who drove around in trucks cleaning outhouses with long handled "dippers."  Fortunately, our family had a bathroom but we had some neighbors with outhouses.

[lh25]

My annoying commercial right now is for Poshmark.  All those women talking about how they sold enough to pay for a vacation or wedding.  All I can think is "how much would you have if you hadn't have bought all that expensive stuff in the first place?"

 

[peacheslatour]

55 minutes ago, Ohwell said:

Also, there used to be guys we called Honey Dippers, who drove around in trucks cleaning outhouses with long handled "dippers."  Fortunately, our family had a bathroom but we had some neighbors with outhouses.

Robert Plant had a band called the Honey Dippers. Oh wait, that was the Honey DRippers. My mistake.

[proserpina65]

21 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

A world with cannibalistic tuna?

Who used to want to be IN the Starkist Can.  What the hell was up with that?

[peacheslatour]

39 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

Who used to want to be IN the Starkist Can.  What the hell was up with that?

Right? Even as a kid I was like "sorry, Charlie"?? are you fucking kidding me? Charlie should be thrilled.

[Ubiquitous]

On ‎3‎/‎11‎/‎2020 at 4:42 PM, proserpina65 said:

I've seen "honey pot" used as a euphemism for female genitalia hundreds of times in Georgian and Victorian erotica.  Given that at least some of her products are for feminine hygiene, I find it weirdly appropriate.

That's what I thought about her product. Kinda gross but it works.

 

5 hours ago, lh25 said:

My annoying commercial right now is for Poshmark.  All those women talking about how they sold enough to pay for a vacation or wedding.  All I can think is "how much would you have if you hadn't have bought all that expensive stuff in the first place?"

I don't know why, but I kinda hate the woman with the long straight blond hair for that reason (I think she claims to pay for her family's vacation).

On ‎3‎/‎11‎/‎2020 at 6:49 PM, icemiser69 said:

I don't get it.  What bushes?   

 

[peacheslatour]

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I don't know why, but I kinda hate the woman with the long straight blond hair for that reason (I think she claims to pay for her family's vacation).

Me too. She looks like she's about to start crying for some reason. And Lawd, those pointy red fingernails. *shudder*

[SmithW6079]

8 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

Who used to want to be IN the Starkist Can.  What the hell was up with that?

Maybe Charlie was suicidal?

**

So I see that Peloton has decided to double down on "our products are for self-entitled pretentious douchebags" media campaign. First off, I hate how the on-screen instructors call everyone "Peletons," and I hate the smug narrator's "not everyone can do 20 minutes after work (or in the morning or whenever it is)" or whatever other asshat thing he says. And now there's the one with the little girl being brainwashed from hearing her father's bike talk about not half-assing it (not the actual wording). 

[dleighg]

4 hours ago, SmithW6079 said:

And now there's the one with the little girl being brainwashed from hearing her father's bike talk about not half-assing it (not the actual wording). 

that little girl is annoying. And I see her 3 dozen times a day.

[peacheslatour]

5 hours ago, dleighg said:

that little girl is annoying. And I see her 3 dozen times a day.

At least.

[Ubiquitous]

Oh, crap! 

[littlebennysmom]

20 hours ago, SmithW6079 said:

So I see that Peloton has decided to double down on "our products are for self-entitled pretentious douchebags" media campaign. First off, I hate how the on-screen instructors call everyone "Peletons," and I hate the smug narrator's "not everyone can do 20 minutes after work (or in the morning or whenever it is)" or whatever other asshat thing he says. And now there's the one with the little girl being brainwashed from hearing her father's bike talk about not half-assing it (not the actual wording). 

The little girl repeats one of the Peloton trainer's lines "you didn't wake up to be mediocre!" 

Um, bitch, I ASPIRE to mediocrity!  You don't know me!

[Katy M]

On 3/12/2020 at 3:36 PM, iMonrey said:

More to the point, in what universe is Candace Cameron Bure even nominated for an award? 

Just for funsies, I looked it up.  In 2016 and 17, she and the rest of The View cast were nominated for a daytime emmy. In 2019 and 18, she was nominated for a kids' choice award.  In 2017, she was nominated for a Leo award. In 2020 and 2019, she was nominated for a Movie Guide award. 2016-2020, she was nominated for a Teen Choice award.

[peacheslatour]

Just saw that potato pay commercial again. The one where you give your kid an Ore Ida french fry for every bite of real food they take. Truly, Idiocracy was a documentary.

[friendperidot]

On 3/13/2020 at 3:44 PM, Ubiquitous said:

I don't know why, but I kinda hate the woman with the long straight blond hair for that reason (I think she claims to pay for her family's vacation).

for me, it's her mouth. She has the widest mouth and she exaggerates the width by that bright red lipstick.

[littlebennysmom]

7 hours ago, friendperidot said:

for me, it's her mouth. She has the widest mouth and she exaggerates the width by that bright red lipstick.

Her facial expression (pained) and her voice (nasally/grating) make me wonder why they chose her cut rate Real Housewives ass to shill for their site.  "On Poshmaaark?  I made enough to blah blah blah?  I'm actually signalling for help?"

[peacheslatour]

"Perrier, the original spark." Is that like asking your "derm: for her anti aging secret? Now two syllables is just a bridge too far?

[sempervivum]

I can't believe nobody has commented yet on the Poise (incontinence pads) ads. We see some woman at a meeting having an internal monologue about how she comes up with the ideas, and Stan (or some such guy's name) takes credit. Meanwhile, according to the voiceover, while he drones, she 'drips'. But she rises up and (I guess) takes control of the meeting, because she 'has Poise in her pants'. Ew, ew, ew.

[Ohwell]

I hate this Hyundai commercial with kids playing in the street.  We've had the problem of kids playing in the street in my neighborhood and I don't understand parents thinking it's ok.  

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZvOS/hyundai-spring-sales-event-street-hockey-t2

[littlebennysmom]

4 hours ago, sempervivum said:

I can't believe nobody has commented yet on the Poise (incontinence pads) ads. We see some woman at a meeting having an internal monologue about how she comes up with the ideas, and Stan (or some such guy's name) takes credit. Meanwhile, according to the voiceover, while he drones, she 'drips'. But she rises up and (I guess) takes control of the meeting, because she 'has Poise in her pants'. Ew, ew, ew.

Haven't seen it yet, but based on description alone, what were they thinking?

[Cobalt Stargazer]

8 hours ago, sempervivum said:

I can't believe nobody has commented yet on the Poise (incontinence pads) ads. We see some woman at a meeting having an internal monologue about how she comes up with the ideas, and Stan (or some such guy's name) takes credit. Meanwhile, according to the voiceover, while he drones, she 'drips'. But she rises up and (I guess) takes control of the meeting, because she 'has Poise in her pants'. Ew, ew, ew.

They must have changed the tagline, since those were airing a few years ago using "SAM in my pants." Which is actually worse, if you can believe that.

[Moose135]

12 hours ago, Ohwell said:

I hate this Hyundai commercial with kids playing in the street.  We've had the problem of kids playing in the street in my neighborhood and I don't understand parents thinking it's ok. 

I guess it's a generational thing - I grew up playing in the street like that, and them calling "car" brings back memories.

[Bort]

4 minutes ago, Moose135 said:

I guess it's a generational thing - I grew up playing in the street like that, and them calling "car" brings back memories.

Yeah, that commercial was pretty clearly written by Gen-Xers. 

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, Moose135 said:

I guess it's a generational thing - I grew up playing in the street like that, and them calling "car" brings back memories.

Same here, only the commercial is clearly an updated version because they're all wearing helmets and we didn't even own helmets when I was a kid.

It's a quiet suburban street populated by a lot of families with kids; I have two friends who live in areas like that (neither of whom have kids, so I don't know how they can stand it, but that's another issue), and there are always kids playing in the streets when I visit on the weekends.  Only they're not as quick at moving out of the way as the kids in the commercial; those little shits expect you to wait while they finish the round/drive/whatever of what they're playing.

[janie jones]

On 3/11/2020 at 3:52 PM, Bastet said:

Yep, that's why hearing it made me laugh -- there's no yelp, crash, or anything like that, and the kid, who does not sound particularly young and has no discernible distress in his voice, just calls out for Mom.  She asks, "Yeah?" and he says, "I fell."  I think her "okay" is a pitch-perfect response, and it just gets funnier from there. 

I think the dialogue is poorly written all around, but I'm more irritated with the kid in that commercial.  All the kid says is "I fell."  Unless it's an I've-fallen-and-I-can't-get-up situation, what do you expect your mother to do?  The mom says where the band-aids are, because apparently she's a mind reader, and that's when the kid finally mentions bleeding.  The kid sounds old enough to get her own damn band-aid, so I don't know why she was even calling her mother in the first place.  If anything, you show your mother your wound if you want sympathy.

On 3/11/2020 at 4:36 PM, icemiser69 said:

I figured that is what it was for, but I was afraid to go there with my post.  

Sometimes it is necessary when the "overgrowth" obscures the "tree". 

ETA for clarification:  Accidentally yanking hair in that area is painful.

Also for bikini line purposes for men who wear Speedos and bikini briefs.  Again, a possible yanking hair situation.

Oh because yanking hair off a vulva feels so good.

On 3/13/2020 at 9:07 PM, SmithW6079 said:

So I see that Peloton has decided to double down on "our products are for self-entitled pretentious douchebags" media campaign. First off, I hate how the on-screen instructors call everyone "Peletons," and I hate the smug narrator's "not everyone can do 20 minutes after work (or in the morning or whenever it is)" or whatever other asshat thing he says. And now there's the one with the little girl being brainwashed from hearing her father's bike talk about not half-assing it (not the actual wording). 

There's one I saw for the first time recently where they list all these things that aren't for everyone, and then announce that Peletons are for everyone, before stating the subscription cost, which I assure you, Peleton, is not affordable for everyone.

[peacheslatour]

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Same here, only the commercial is clearly an updated version because they're all wearing helmets and we didn't even own helmets when I was a kid.

Us too. Hell, in the summer we'd be gone all day, come home long enough to grab some dinner and be gone again. With our parent's admonishment ringing in our ears "Be home by dark!"

[Colleenna]

6 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Us too. Hell, in the summer we'd be gone all day, come home long enough to grab some dinner and be gone again. With our parent's admonishment ringing in our ears "Be home by dark!"

Or  in my case, "Be home before the  street lights come on!"

[Ohwell]

My issue with the kids in my neighborhood is that they don't have sense enough to get out of the street when they see cars coming.  They just stand there, looking dumb, as if they don't know what streets are for.  Plus, there's a huge playground with all sorts of shit just a couple blocks away.  So yeah, I hate that ad and those kids.   

[Ohiopirate02]

5 hours ago, Moose135 said:

I guess it's a generational thing - I grew up playing in the street like that, and them calling "car" brings back memories.

Kids playing hockey in the street yelling "car" takes me back to the Wayne's World movie.  

[chessiegal]

My husband tells me his definition of dark and his mother's definition weren't even close. 😉

[peacheslatour]

2 hours ago, Colleenna said:

Or  in my case, "Be home before the  street lights come on!"

Yeah, we used to get that too. We'd see the streetlights start to flicker and we knew it was time to pack it in. And going out Trick or Treating in groups, without any parents. The older kids would look out for the younger kids. That was the only time we'd get to stay out waay after dark. We didn't even go out until it got dark and what's that in Oct. Like 7:00 - 7:30?

[Emma9]

41 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

And going out Trick or Treating in groups, without any parents. The older kids would look out for the younger kids. That was the only time we'd get to stay out waay after dark. We didn't even go out until it got dark and what's that in Oct. Like 7:00 - 7:30?

An hour later now than it used to be, thanks daylight savings! The entire thing still boggles me. What's the point in trick or treating while it's light out? (Don't get me started on trunk or treating.)

[hoosier80]

HATE the Sheba cat food commercial.  Mom is staring at the cat and can't even both to ask the kid how badly are you hurt?  Yeah the kid is talking, but we wouldn't even say squat to our mom growing up if it was a little cut or scrape, we'd grab the ointment (whatever that pink/red stuff was in the bottle with a wand), smear that around and maybe put on a bandage.

If it was bad, we'd be asking for mom.  And not all of the time were we screaming.  Sometimes it was like it hurt so bad you didn't really scream, maybe partially in shock.  Like my brother fell into a couple of rose bushes, his back all scratched up to hell.  He came in and barely spoke just said the gate to the fence swung back, hit his bike and he went wham into the bushes.  Mom gingerly took off his shirt, I think maybe a thorn or twig was in his shirt.  She then cleaned his back carefully, and put an ointment on it (soothing antibiotic).  So not every time does the child have to scream like a banshee when really hurt.  A friend fell and broke their arm, no screaming.   A neighbor fell asleep and hit her head on the arm of a chair that was wooden, gash across her head.  No screaming.  Her parents did not just keep staring at the pet, tell her to get a bandage, but were actual parents who took her to the ER to get the stiches she needed.

The mother doesn't even ask the kid how they are.  All she cares about is her fucking cat.  She should have just had a house of cats and no kids.

[Popples]

3 hours ago, chessiegal said:

My husband tells me his definition of dark and his mother's definition weren't even close. 😉

Reminds me of this: