Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[iMonrey]

 

You are correct, DiGiornio, you're not delivery, and you could never be mistaken for delivery unless the people eating you are drunk or high.

 

{small voice} the "pizzaria style" is actually pretty good. Maybe not delivery equivalent but as good as some take-out varieties. It's more expensive though.

 

 

So a daughter could require a loan for her wedding as well as for her college education

 

If you have to take out a loan for your wedding (or for your daughter's wedding) you are spending too much on the wedding. JMHO.

[bad things are bad]

the upcoming Toyota sale is going to be the "greatest thing in the history of California."

 

What will they say when Toyota beats feet for the "business friendly" state of Texas?

 

And will you Californians continue to buy so damn many Toyotas? 

[Prevailing Wind]

 

And will you Californians continue to buy so damn many Toyotas?

Well, it's the Prius, y'know.

[Brattinella]

KLovesToShop:  You must be very young.    Do a google search on 'pizza stuck to box' images.  It happens all the time.

 

 

We order pizza all the time, and it's never come stuck to a box or messed up.  Just love how ad agencies like to make things up that aren't true.

 

[Demented Daisy]

There are dating sites for just about any kind of person.  There are sites for disabled persons, overweight, transgender (I know a guy who became a woman and she goes on that site a lot), cross dressers and everything else.  But I didn't know until today about the Amish.  When you think of it, it's kind of funny.  

 

Which reminds me -- when are we going to see the Farmers Only Dot Com ads with average looking women and super hot buff farmer dudes?  ;-)

[bitchin camaro]

 

 

 

That's the best way to describe it!

 

I don't necessarily mind the Christians dating site but if we are going to advertise dating based on a religion then why not have one designed for other religions as well or see some ads for dating in the LGBT community.

 

There is Jdate for Jewish singles. I know this because my ex boyfriend's mom set up a profile for him while she was sitting right in front of me. "It's not that you're not a lovely person, but you're goy."  Thanks...

[RCharter]

Which reminds me -- when are we going to see the Farmers Only Dot Com ads with average looking women and super hot buff farmer dudes?  ;-)

How much do I love FarmersOnly ads?  A lot.  They are just so random and wonderfully confusing.  Why do they keep playing in my VERY suburban area?  How many farmers are out there looking for love?  Would they really be pushed to a site by a talking dog?  That is smarter than all the farmers?  Are farmers doing acid and seeing talking dogs a lot.  Sometimes I wish I could just sit down and pick the brain of the person who came up with that entire marketing campaign, because I feel like there is a story there....

[riley702]

There is Jdate for Jewish singles. I know this because my ex boyfriend's mom set up a profile for him while she was sitting right in front of me. "It's not that you're not a lovely person, but you're goy."  Thanks...

Damn. That's cold.

How much do I love FarmersOnly ads?  A lot.  They are just so random and wonderfully confusing.  Why do they keep playing in my VERY suburban area?  How many farmers are out there looking for love?  Would they really be pushed to a site by a talking dog?  That is smarter than all the farmers?  Are farmers doing acid and seeing talking dogs a lot.  Sometimes I wish I could just sit down and pick the brain of the person who came up with that entire marketing campaign, because I feel like there is a story there....

 

It's Duke! He's lonely after they started making baked bean ads without him.

[RCharter]

Damn. That's cold.

 

It's Duke! He's lonely after they started making baked bean ads without him.

That only makes sense, I wonder if he tells the farmers the secret bean recipe?  I would date a farmer who knew that sort of secret.....

[RCharter]

Oh, before I forget, I just wanted to be the first to give everyone the exciting news that Macy's will be having a one day clearance sale!

[backformore]

How much do I love FarmersOnly ads?  A lot.  They are just so random and wonderfully confusing.  Why do they keep playing in my VERY suburban area?  How many farmers are out there looking for love?  Would they really be pushed to a site by a talking dog?  That is smarter than all the farmers?  Are farmers doing acid and seeing talking dogs a lot.  Sometimes I wish I could just sit down and pick the brain of the person who came up with that entire marketing campaign, because I feel like there is a story there....

Yeah, I loved the ones that built on The Bachelor show's "farmer Chris"  whose family owned some farm land, but he wasn't actually a working farmer.   Farmer's Only capitalized on the fact that he eventually chose a "city gal"  to propose to, but, pity, it didn't work out.   Gee, if only he'd gone to their website, he'd have a nice proper farmer's wife to keep him company! 

So - did lonely Farmer Chris go back to plowing his farm?  no -  he went on dancing with the Stars, then a cooking competition show, now makes random appearances on various TV shows.  

I think The Bachelor gig worked out for him.   

[LilWharveyGal]

I have no strong feelings about Paul Giamatti, but I detest commercials with the family that feels the need to give him acting and wardrobe advice.  Particularly the pompous dad.

[ivygirl]

Oh, before I forget, I just wanted to be the first to give everyone the exciting news that Macy's will be having a one day clearance sale!

Thanks for the heads up... I had no idea! I better cancel my plans now!

[RCharter]

Thanks for the heads up... I had no idea! I better cancel my plans now!

You should, they won't be having another one day sale until like....next week?  :)

[90PercentGravity]

In my whole life, I can count on one hand the times the post office has screwed up a delivery, and those times it was the holiday season when packages were being delivered by new hires. UPS and FedEx, on the other hand...if there was a way to demand Amazon and their ilk not use them, I'd sign up. Packages misdelivered, left out in the rain, not left at all because I lived in an apartment and UPS deemed that an inside hallway was not secure when leaving things on the stoop of a house all day was A-OK...give me the USPS any time.

I work in retail doing customer service for a specialty retailer's online service. We tried switching over to USPS from UPS and it was an unmitigated disaster. You have no idea how many people accidentally ship their shit to the wrong address and then need us to fix it. With UPS it can be rerouted in transit most of the time. With USPS we had to send out replacements and then hope the original packages were returned, which usually they weren't. There are also a lot of people who the post office won't deliver to but UPS will.

[LoneHaranguer]

 

Oh, before I forget, I just wanted to be the first to give everyone the exciting news that Macy's will be having a one day clearance sale!

FWIW, some of their clearance sales right now are real, since they're closing 36 stores by Spring. But, don't expect big bargains on everything; if something is worth sending to a store that isn't closing instead of knocking the price down more, they will.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

LMAO!  Your mom sounds like a spitfire!

 

Mom's at the age where she figures its just easier to say "Fuck this shit", even if she never quite uses those words. I guess I'm a bit of an early bloomer in that regard. :-P

[RCharter]

Mom's at the age where she figures its just easier to say "Fuck this shit", even if she never quite uses those words. I guess I'm a bit of an early bloomer in that regard. :-P

I think thats gotta be part of the beauty of getting older.  My dad says all sorts of off the wall shit, and I find a lot of it hilarious.

[SmithW6079]

{small voice} the "pizzaria style" is actually pretty good. Maybe not delivery equivalent but as good as some take-out varieties. It's more expensive though.

I'm not knocking DiGiornio. As frozen pizzas go, it's a good brand, and I like the "pizzeria" version; I object to the contention that people can't tell frozen from fresh pizza.

I hate the new Geico commercial with the two guys lifting weights and the one guy's body is miraculously changing throughout, but he keeps his ugly face. Why would that get me to buy Geico insurance?

That's another GEICO ad I like, because the variations of "bro" they keep using get more and more ridiculous. If getting a body like that was only as easy as using GEICO.

[Prevailing Wind]

 

You should, they won't be having another one day sale until like....next week?  :)

That one's in preparation for the Presidents' Day Sale.

[RealityCowgirl]

My current "favorite" just ran on the Weather Channel: the Liberty Mutual ad featuring the idiot whining about the big, old meany insurance company that raised her rate after she wrapped her brand new car AROUND A TREE. Yeah, insurance companies can be unreasonable. But *you plowed your car into a tree.*

[TattleTeeny]

Seriously girl, get a grip.   3 jobs in 4 years is really bad.  The boyfriends not so much, she looks young enough to still be dating a lot rather than settling down.

 

It's not at all bad where I'm from (and kind of for the same reason you cite for the BFs). She is young so maybe these jobs were retail or food service or something else where there's a high turnover among young people hunting for "real" (for lack of a better word) jobs. I have an extremely successful friend who has changed jobs so many times in four years, not because she's flighty or even looking for a new job, but because employers seek her out. Why should anyone turn down a better job just to ensure that a resume isn't negatively interpreted in the future? No one should feel they have to sacrifice a better opportunity because someone somewhere might object to an outdated and arbitrary acceptable amount of time.

 

So I've realized with startling clarity where I get my sense of humor from. I was at my mom's house for dinner earlier this evening, and we were randomly watching the news when an ad for Monistat came on. The woman in the ad was talking about feminine odor and how the product in question puts a stop to it, yadda yadda, and my seventy-four year old mother turns to me and says, "If she's too stupid to know how to wash her crotch properly, how will she know how to find Monistat in a store?"

 

Is this the one worded something like, "The pain and itch of feminine itch"? Using the word "itch" to describe what an itch is...brilliant writing, that.

Edited January 23, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[DeLurker]

You should, they won't be having another one day sale until like....next week?  :)

But is it the "Biggest Sale of the year!" yet?  Cause they seem to run those all yer long.

[BookWitch]

 

My current "favorite" just ran on the Weather Channel: the Liberty Mutual ad featuring the idiot whining about the big, old meany insurance company that raised her rate after she wrapped her brand new car AROUND A TREE. Yeah, insurance companies can be unreasonable. But *you plowed your car into a tree.*

 

 

That tree ran right out in front of me!  Daffy Duck used to say that all the time.

[RCharter]

But is it the "Biggest Sale of the year!" yet?  Cause they seem to run those all yer long.

No, this one is only the biggest sale of the season.  Better to wait a few weeks for the biggest sale of the year, ONE DAY!

[peacheslatour]

Mor Furniture "This weekend only!"  Every single Thursday since forever.

[RealityCowgirl]

So I've realized with startling clarity where I get my sense of humor from. I was at my mom's house for dinner earlier this evening, and we were randomly watching the news when an ad for Monistat came on. The woman in the ad was talking about feminine odor and how the product in question puts a stop to it, yadda yadda, and my seventy-four year old mother turns to me and says, "If she's too stupid to know how to wash her crotch properly, how will she know how to find Monistat in a store?"

I burst into completely inappropriate laughter - scare-the-dog loud - when I read this. Refused to explain the reason to the spouse, though. It would have ruined the moment.

:)

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Y'know, as annoying and whatever else Creepy EHarmony Grandpa is, it occurs to me that if the chick in this ad has time to sign up for fourteen dating services, the issue is probably not that she doesn't make herself available enough.

[Watcher0363]

Y'know, as annoying and whatever else Creepy EHarmony Grandpa is, it occurs to me that if the chick in this ad has time to sign up for fourteen dating services, the issue is probably not that she doesn't make herself available enough.

There is such a thing as singing up for a dating site, but not paying to be a member of a dating site. That way you only get teaser emails from the site saying this person is looking for someone like you. Join our site so you can contact this person. Decisions, decisions should I give them 14.95 a month to see a fake person they made up for me. Yes, because online we all, "are not who we are."

[RCharter]

There is such a thing as singing up for a dating site, but not paying to be a member of a dating site. That way you only get teaser emails from the site saying this person is looking for someone like you. Join our site so you can contact this person. Decisions, decisions should I give them 14.95 a month to see a fake person they made up for me. Yes, because online we all, "are not who we are."

Oh, let me give you THAT scam.  Its $14.95 a month, if you sign up for like 2 years in advance.  It goes up to $40/month if you're just looking to sign up for a month.  And EHarmony doesn't even have a monthly option.  

[Watcher0363]

Oh, let me give you THAT scam.  Its $14.95 a month, if you sign up for like 2 years in advance.  It goes up to $40/month if you're just looking to sign up for a month.  And EHarmony doesn't even have a monthly option.  

It has been about 7 years since I have joined a dating site. I might need to rethink it, a good friend of mine found someone on a site which I thought was kind of shady. But 3 months after meeting her they were married. A quickie in Vegas. She seems very good for him? So to be honest those Eharmony commercials are starting to wear me down. So they may soon get some of my disposable income.

[RCharter]

It has been about 7 years since I have joined a dating site. I might need to rethink it, a good friend of mine found someone on a site which I thought was kind of shady. But 3 months after meeting her they were married. A quickie in Vegas. She seems very good for him? So to be honest those Eharmony commercials are starting to wear me down. So they may soon get some of my disposable income.

My sister met her husband on Match and they have been married almost a decade now.  

 

I think when internet dating started, it really was just for geeks and circus freaks.  And thats fine, because I'm a dork.  But as time has gone on, I think so many more normal, nice, regular people are looking to date online.  LOL @ "she seems very good for him?"  No period, huh?  

 

 

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of EHarmony because it kinda forces you to choose answers to questions you might not otherwise choose.  Like, at some point you have to pick pre-written answers from pre-written questions the other person has sent you.  One of the questions is "what would be your ideal date" and there is something about a flea market, a dance club, a comedy show, or a candlelit dinner.  But honestly, the perfect date depends on who the other person is.  I generally wouldn't go to a flea market, but some people make that sort of thing fun.  I like having dinner out, but candlelit dinner sounds so serious and if someone isn't a very good conversationalist you'll just be sitting around staring at each other like you're on an episode of Naked and Afraid.  A comedy show would be fun, but if you're at the start of a relationship maybe you want to get to know the person better instead of hitting up a comedy show and listening to other people?  

 

I also think, given the relatively high price of EHarmony, they may not have a lot of paying members.  And I believe you have to be paying in order to really email back and forth.  So you may be interested in someone, but what if they can't email you?  Match is cool, but I think you have to filter down and put in some effort because there are a lot of low cards in that deck.  A lot of great cards too, you just have to be looking out for them!

[Jamoche]

The universe that contains the Sonic idiots is a true hellhole - we have finally seen the occupants of the next car over and they're identical to the first one. It's a world full of Sonic idiot clones!

[Prevailing Wind]

 

Yes, because online we all, "are not who we are."

On Facebook, I'm my cat.

[tenativelyyours]

Message to the Nation Of France:

 

PLEASE come and get your Statue

 

Then liberty mutual commercials will have to go away

 

What happened to commercials that were informative?  Common Sense? Without the .1 pica fine print at the end for .1 seconds? Maybe even entertaining? Without trying to sell you some FDA approved rat poison like xaerlto (sp? and don't care)? Or even better seeing the same F-in ads every other 2 minutes?

 

To the marketers and the station managers - run those ads back to back or close to it ( I WONT BUY IT - even if it makes me 6-5 with a 6yr college degree and 500k tax free income with a hot wife and girlfriend:))

just one more thing for today - can anyone tell me where Christians go to "mingle"?

 

 

I'm guessing 'mingle' here means any interaction that does not lead to fornication before matrimony.  Maybe why some of the most conservative Christian states in the US also have the highest usage of online porn.  Mingle with others but match yourself in the privacy of your own home.

[MaryMitch]

I think it's great that there are special dating sites out there - for Christians, for Jews, for farmers, for older people... I know several successful couples that have met on Christian and "mature people" dating sites. 

 

I'm not a Christian myself, but not all Christians are racist or repressed or homophobes - at least not the ones I know. Just want to get that out there.

[ari333]

I hate that Pringles commercial where the people are kissing with duck lips as pringles.

 

I loathe that commercial where the daughter is dying her hair purple in the bathroom and refuses to open the door for mom as the girl proceeds to make a huge mess.. Cut to.... mom cleaning up the mess.

[RCharter]

I hate that Pringles commercial where the people are kissing with duck lips as pringles.

 

I loathe that commercial where the daughter is dying her hair purple in the bathroom and refuses to open the door for mom as the girl proceeds to make a huge mess.. Cut to.... mom cleaning up the mess.

This is the whole thing where marketers are encouraging kids to be bratty assholes.  Is this some sort of birth control by advertisers?

 

This is why children are always acting like they are trying out for the role of "precocious, sassy pre teen #4" on a Disney show.

 

I can tell you right now, at that age, I sure as hell wasn't going to be ignoring my parents knocking to get into the bathroom unless there was a legit emergency or I was really "working on something" that no one else wanted to be a part of.

Edited January 24, 2016 by RCharter

[Bastet]

I think it's impressive the mom knows the daughter is in there dying her hair and isn't freaking out about that; the daughter probably bought the dye herself, and is old enough to decide what she wants her hair to look like.  Mom is only tripping on the mess being in HER bathroom, and that little shit still won't open the door.  That the commercial ends with the mom cleaning up after little miss goth-goth just boggles my mind.

[Lexxy]

Is that one of the "life's bleachable moments" ones?  That entire campaign is giving me hesitations about having kids.  They've taught me that kids will shit and piss everywhere and anywhere.  That's not something my friends post about on Facebook. 

[legaleagle53]

There is Jdate for Jewish singles. I know this because my ex boyfriend's mom set up a profile for him while she was sitting right in front of me. "It's not that you're not a lovely person, but you're goy."  Thanks...

 

Just think -- she might have become your mother-in-law!

[Jaded]

Those damn Cottenelle commercials. They seemed to go away for awhile last year except now they're back annoying me even more then before. I want to grab that British lady by that ugly hairdo and toss her in a pit somewhere with only Cottonelle wipes to comfort her.

Edited January 24, 2016 by Jaded

[Lexxy]

Those damn Cottenelle commercials. They seemed to go away for awhile last year they're back annoying me even more then before. I want to grab that British lady by that ugly hairdo and toss her in a pit somewhere with only Cottonelle wipes to comfort her.

 

Those commercials have me questioning my use of underwear my whole life.  They have people getting "clean enough" so they can go commando but...that implies that the purpose of underwear is as a backup for not being clean?  Ugh, I'm grossing myself out again. 

[random chance]

I always think that toilet paper commercials can not possibly get any more graphic or disgusting, aaaaand then they do.  I wish I thought it would end with bears discussing their skidmarks and adults agreeing that they got enough shit off themselves to go commando, but I know it won't.  I'm sure someone is working up a bears-with-diarrhea pitch even as I type this.   

[Ubiquitous]

There's this ad for Wallop in which a guy decides to sell his guitar, followed by everyone laughing derisively at him, which make me feel bad for him. :-(

[BabyVegas]

Every time a Chevy ad comes on I feel the urge to wrap a car around a tree. Except I don't, because I don't have Liberty Mutual, so I am well aware that will raise my rates.But for real, each of those Chevy focus group ads is more infuriating than the last. The latest one is that stupid bearded focus group conducting asshole who shows a group of people a car without any logos or anything on it and asks for impressions. One woman says it looks like a Lexus or a BMW. It does not. It looks like a standard mid-range sedan. And besides, all new cars look relatively nice. The difference is not in the look, it's in the way the car actually freaking drives. But ok, moving on. He then lists all of the features this car has and ask how much the people think the car costs. One woman says $80,000. Does she just have absolutely no idea how much cars cost? Do car salespeople rejoice when they see her? An $80,000 car is not going to sell you on "teen driver technology" because the odds that a teenager is behind the wheel are pretty minimal. To sum up, the focus group leader makes me want to Hulk out, the people in the focus group are dumb, and I have driven Chevy Malibus. They are a mid-range full-size sedan. And they drive like it.

[Moose135]

I'm sure someone is working up a bears-with-diarrhea pitch even as I type this.   

Please don't give them any ideas!

[Aquarius]

Dear Hormel,

 

The product you are attempting to sell me is "pepperoni", not "pepperona."  There is no such thing as "pepperona."  So I can only conclude that your bastardization of one of the songs from my childhood soundtrack is meant as cruelty, pure and simple.  I am on a low carb diet for life, and we could have had a long, mutually advantageous association, but as of now I have officially stopped buying your product.

 

Sincerely,

Aquarius

[ennui]

I always think that toilet paper commercials can not possibly get any more graphic or disgusting, aaaaand then they do.  I wish I thought it would end with bears discussing their skidmarks and adults agreeing that they got enough shit off themselves to go commando, but I know it won't.  I'm sure someone is working up a bears-with-diarrhea pitch even as I type this.   

There's a new Jack in the Box ad with a bear; it steals a breakfast croissant. Does that work for you?

 

I've decided I want the Liberty Mutual folks to start crashing into each other. The food truck passive aggressive couple? They can be the ones who total Brad. Then these people can stand around the accident scene squabbling about depreciation and accident forgiveness. The guy with the coffee mug who crashes into his wife's car? He can be backing out of the driveway, checking his email, when he causes the torque ratio spreadsheet lady to wrap around a tree. Then they can exchange information and squabble about new car replacement.

Edited January 25, 2016 by ennui

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Bonus points if they get Jimmy from State Farm to whine his mother onto the scene.