Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Prevailing Wind]

3 hours ago, erikdepressant said:

Because the Tampax Pearl "Waterslide" commercial is on TV every time I open my eyes, life during my period really is starting to look like this:

There must be something wrong with me. Back when I had use for tampons, I never worried about leaks when I went in the water; I worried more about the "super-absorbtion" soaking up all the pool water. Really, I found it quite easy to avoid swimming during that time - because once you get the idea into your head of your tampon sucking up the entire ocean, you're more than happy to sit that one out.

[Haleth]

17 hours ago, Joe Blow said:

The weird thing is that the customer's Siri knows what Lily's Siri was told to call her, which suggests Siri is everywhere. Like, everyone who owns an iPhone has the exact same Siri and she's privy to every single iPhone user's personal info in the world.

And she can keep track of what's in your fridge too.

[Ubiquitous]

On ‎6‎/‎22‎/‎2016 at 6:35 PM, erikdepressant said:

I am soooo sick of the commercials with the guy who holds the monopoly on love for Consumer Cellular:

 

Imagine how scintillating this couple's dinner conversations must be.

I find it annoying that this couple met "millions" of "number one" ConsumerCelluar fans.

On ‎6‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 8:11 AM, Haleth said:

The music is the Baby Elephant Walk yet there isn't a single elephant in the commercial.  That's what bugs me!

For some reason, I remember it being "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" that was playing as the man drove thru the jungle and urban jungle.

[WescottF1]

On 6/24/2016 at 9:38 AM, RCharter said:

Viagra is covered by insurance?

Here's a little anectote about that.  I worked for a fairly large insurance company during the nineties.  We had a policyholder who would call up and demand his Viagra be covered because his policy didn't specifically say it was not covered.

He had held said policy since the mid sixties, so obviously yes there was no specific verbiage to that effect because Viagra was still 30 years in the future.

Unfortunately, the company eventually got tired of going back and forth with him on it they eventually caved and started paying his claims just to shut him up.

[RCharter]

18 minutes ago, WescottF1 said:

Here's a little anectote about that.  I worked for a fairly large insurance company during the nineties.  We had a policyholder who would call up and demand his Viagra be covered because his policy didn't specifically say it was not covered.

He had held said policy since the mid sixties, so obviously yes there was no specific verbiage to that effect because Viagra was still 30 years in the future.

Unfortunately, the company eventually got tired of going back and forth with him on it they eventually caved and started paying his claims just to shut him up.

LOL.  He must have really, really wanted an erection!  

 That story is interesting.....so are you telling me if I just annoy someone at my insurance company they will give in?  There is a brand name drug I want and I'm pretty sure my insurance company is going to give me the run around (the generic truly doesn't work for me)  and now you may have given me a valid strategy...thank you!

Edited June 29, 2016 by RCharter

[habenero]

Why do commercials ask the consumer to be honest WHEN THEY ARE NOT?

[habenero]

On 4/26/2014 at 1:07 PM, OSM Mom said:

We've got an 1988 Jeep with almost 400,000 miles on it, and still going strong. So it's possible. And our son has a 1982 Chevy that runs like a champ. Maybe they used to make them better.

Yes and now "Hallowed Toyota" has to make "toyota care - a warranty" a selling point for their "reliable and DEPENDable" cars

[habenero]

seem so damm bossy i.e.

 

CALL NOW!!!!

 

or the best is

1-800 - blah -blah

 

"this call is toll free"

Edited June 29, 2016 by habenero

[Neurochick]

I hate ALL those match.com commercials; I've been seeing a whole bunch of them lately and I can't stand them,.  It looks like match.com is trying to be Tinder.

[AntiBeeSpray]

11 minutes ago, Neurochick said:

I hate ALL those match.com commercials; I've been seeing a whole bunch of them lately and I can't stand them,.  It looks like match.com is trying to be Tinder.

I could say the same about eharmony commercials. Thank god that I haven't seen them too often lately, but when I do... -_-

[BigBlueMastiff]

2 hours ago, AntiBeeSpray said:

I could say the same about eharmony commercials. Thank god that I haven't seen them too often lately, but when I do... -_-

And the old man who started it, in every commercial, gag, such a turn off.

[LoneHaranguer]

4 hours ago, habenero said:

or the best is

1-800 - blah -blah

 

"this call is toll free"

Sounds like something written by a young person who's confused by which 8xx numbers are toll-free and which are offshore numbers and want to reassure viewers, not realizing how well-known 800 is to older people, or that the statement is pointless since a scammer could lie about that.

[legaleagle53]

19 hours ago, RCharter said:

First, not every comment is a battleground and cause for a revolution.  Someone calling you "too pretty" hardly seems the battlefield to die on.  Second, maybe the message of female empowerment should be that these comments should have such nil effect that you don't even remember them.  Third, I'm not sure how sexist any of this is.  There are plenty of men that are told they are "too fat for that outfit," "aren't dressed appropriately," and "shouldn't be fighting" for whatever reason (brain injury).

Name one instance where that's happened.  We men don't get called out on stuff like that in the workplace nearly as often as women do (if ever) because our workplace wardrobe choices are generally more limited to begin with.  I've never heard of a man at work being told that he's "too fat" to wear something or "too handsome" or "dressed inappropriately."

Edited June 29, 2016 by legaleagle53

[meep.meep]

On 6/28/2016 at 0:29 PM, Rick Kitchen said:

I don't get enraged very often, but I'm enraged that Rolling Stones songs are being used for pet store ads.  I know it's probably a song that's used in the movie, which I don't object to, but this is just wrong.

 

 

I hope your rage is directed to the Rolling Stones who must have sold the rights to their song to be used this way.  Does this really reach levels of rage?

[theatremouse]

3 hours ago, LoneHaranguer said:

Sounds like something written by a young person who's confused by which 8xx numbers are toll-free and which are offshore numbers and want to reassure viewers, not realizing how well-known 800 is to older people

I think it's more likely that at some point some nefarious advertiser intentionally ran ads that made it seem like calls were toll free, but were not; so to avoid confusion in our highly litigious society, they are now either required, or simply choose to as a preventative measure, explicitly state whether the call is toll free and not assume anything to be common knowledge to anyone.

[Sandman87]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 0:47 PM, Joe Blow said:

It kind of rolls off my back now -- The Sonics, The Buzzcocks, The Monks, The Stooges in commercials?!  At least the Sonics commercial got my wife to start listening to them, and now they're one of her favorites..

Personally, I can't wait for Viagra to do an ad using "Orgasm Addict."

[Rick Kitchen]

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  ON 6/28/2016 AT 0:29 PM, RICK KITCHEN SAID:

I hope your rage is directed to the Rolling Stones who must have sold the rights to their song to be used this way.  Does this really reach levels of rage?

I wonder if the Stones own their music.  I think Michael Jackson owned the Beatles music, or else, the other way around.

[Bastet]

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I think Michael Jackson owned the Beatles music, or else, the other way around.

Yes, Michael Jackson had a 50% ownership interest in the music publishing company that owned the rights to the Lennon-McCartney songs in the Beatles catalogue.  Sony has now bought that interest from the Jackson estate (giving it outright ownership, as it had the other 50%, and outbidding Paul McCartney, just as Jackson did the first time around - but McCartney can get the rights to his share of some songs starting in a couple of years when they come up for reversion).

[RCharter]

7 hours ago, legaleagle53 said:

Name one instance where that's happened.  We men don't get called out on stuff like that in the workplace nearly as often as women do (if ever) because our workplace wardrobe choices are generally more limited to begin with.  I've never heard of a man at work being told that he's "too fat" to wear something or "too handsome" or "dressed inappropriately."

I can tell you a few times.  My old boss gained some weight and was straight up told that his suit was too tight and inappropriate.  We were in sales, so his manager felt like his appearance was important and a too tight suit wasn't part of the image he was going for.  I was surprised that anyone would feel comfortable telling another human being that, but he had a pretty direct manager.  I also know of another colleague who got in trouble for wearing khakis to a client meeting it was deemed "too casual" for the meeting and for the client.  I've also heard "too handsome," in the same passive aggressive joking way about the guy who wore the khakis.  He didn't actually fight, but he was a handsome guy, and if anything he was probably treated in an even more sexist manner, now that I think about it.  The running gag was that he would get the accounts with attractive, older women because so many of the companies we worked with had women who had climbed through the ranks.  The idea that he would bring in business, in large part, because of his looks was just as sexist.

Also -- both of my brothers have been told that they are too "big/fat" for skinny jeans and skinny suits.

So yeah -- guys hear it too, although, I agree probably not as often due to the limited choices men have.  But men can make a mess of their appearance in the workplace and people take notice.  You've never heard it, but I have.

ETA: in fact though, now that I think about it, I'm surprised women hear much of this at all anymore.  I think so many people in the workplace (especially supervisors) have become conditioned to not talk to a woman about her appearance as it may potentially open the door for a lawsuit.  Instead, I think a supervisor who thinks a woman is dressed inappropriately will simply find another way to get rid of her or simply won't hire her without telling her why.  I had a boss who once told a co-worker flat out that he wouldn't hire a fat person or an ugly person.  Man or woman.

Edited June 30, 2016 by RCharter

[mmecorday]

There's a commercial airing now with women talking about how their children's lives were basically ruined by computer tablet use. One woman painfully recounts how she thought a tablet would help with her daughter's reading, but instead the girl spends all of her time indoors and never stops using her tablet. Another woman says that her son went to a site that showed footage of puppies being intentionally run over and now those images will always be in his head. I have some advice for these women: you probably bought the tablet for your kid so you have every right in the world to take it away. Do parents just not know that they're the ones who are supposed to be in charge? The ironic thing is I think these commercials are for an organization called Common Sense.

[TattleTeeny]

13 hours ago, RCharter said:

I can tell you a few times.  My old boss gained some weight and was straight up told that his suit was too tight and inappropriate.  We were in sales, so his manager felt like his appearance was important and a too tight suit wasn't part of the image he was going for.  I was surprised that anyone would feel comfortable telling another human being that, but he had a pretty direct manager.  I also know of another colleague who got in trouble for wearing khakis to a client meeting it was deemed "too casual" for the meeting and for the client.  I've also heard "too handsome," in the same passive aggressive joking way about the guy who wore the khakis.  He didn't actually fight, but he was a handsome guy, and if anything he was probably treated in an even more sexist manner, now that I think about it.  The running gag was that he would get the accounts with attractive, older women because so many of the companies we worked with had women who had climbed through the ranks.  The idea that he would bring in business, in large part, because of his looks was just as sexist.

Also -- both of my brothers have been told that they are too "big/fat" for skinny jeans and skinny suits.

So yeah -- guys hear it too, although, I agree probably not as often due to the limited choices men have.  But men can make a mess of their appearance in the workplace and people take notice.  You've never heard it, but I have.

ETA: in fact though, now that I think about it, I'm surprised women hear much of this at all anymore.  I think so many people in the workplace (especially supervisors) have become conditioned to not talk to a woman about her appearance as it may potentially open the door for a lawsuit.  Instead, I think a supervisor who thinks a woman is dressed inappropriately will simply find another way to get rid of her or simply won't hire her without telling her why.  I had a boss who once told a co-worker flat out that he wouldn't hire a fat person or an ugly person.  Man or woman.

I can recount "a few times" too (once by our female HR person to a male employee!), and yes, of course, "guys hear it too." But "a few" comes nowhere even close to what women deal with in this regard, and "not as often due to the limited choices men have" is a vast understatement. Anything can happen to anyone but that doesn't mean that it should then be no big deal to the subset of humans who are almost always dealing with it. There are a million super-common examples of everyday "harmless" occasions that make it evident that women are still judged by appearance first, and other stuff later. 

That said, while I am not particularly bothered by many of those examples, but the underlying reason for them definitely does bug me. 

Edited June 30, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[frenchtoast]

We're starting to get off topic here; discussion about how men and women are portrayed and addressed in all sorts of ads, films, tv doesn't necessarily fit in a topic about irritating commercials. So, I'm going to take my response to the Class, Gender, Race Etc topic.

[StaceyNotStacie]

MASN is the network that airs Nationals and Orioles games. They run commercials for the upcoming games and every commercial ends with "Ain't baseball great?"  Drives me batty. 

[Harleybeanswind21]

Has anyone seen the ad for White Castle's new nibblers, (YEAAHHH!)? My fiance was watching Hulu and I was in the bedroom reading. I kept hearing it, (thanks Hulu for playing the same damn commercials over and over again!) and it just got worse and worse. It did evolve into something I almost enjoyed. I would randomly text the fiance lyrics throughout the day... But it's now been about 3 weeks and every day I find myself singing it quietly while at work.

I think it's starting to slowly drive me insane.

Watch if you dare...

https://youtu.be/ZItFu7Z9-YA

[RCharter]

There is a commercial on YouTube for Fuller House on Netflix.

The only part of the commercial they have before the "Skip Ad" button is some kid wildly overdramatizing the line "holy chalupas!!!!!!!!!!"

The rest of the commercial is equally awful.  I'm not sure who does the advertising for Netflix, but their TV ads always seem to make their comedies look terrible.

I remember watching commercials for season 2 of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and I didn't even want to watch it.  Which was unfortunate because the actual show is hilarious.

[MrsEVH]

Tired of the drug ads that now have lawsuits against them. Latest one is Xarelto (sp?). Isn't that the one where Kevin Nealon, Arnold Palmer, and some race car diver are in it?

[Janet Snakehole]

I saw this one mostly on Hulu awhile ago, but it really bugged me. Rashida Jones and her friends are sitting around watching something on their tablets, ands she asks them all what football movie they are watching. Her friend says he is watching Catch Me if You Can. She kind of glowers at him.

Why does she care?! Why are they all in the same room watching different movies? Unless you are going to pick a movie to watch together, why does he have to stick to a football theme?

[Harleybeanswind21]

38 minutes ago, Janet Snakehole said:

I saw this one mostly on Hulu awhile ago, but it really bugged me. Rashida Jones and her friends are sitting around watching something on their tablets, ands she asks them all what football movie they are watching. Her friend says he is watching Catch Me if You Can. She kind of glowers at him.

Why does she care?! Why are they all in the same room watching different movies? Unless you are going to pick a movie to watch together, why does he have to stick to a football theme?

I honestly dislike all of those commercials with her in them. I like her, but those commercials made me start to dislike her.

[mojoween]

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of a great deal on a new Toyota" is FOR SURE what Thomas Jefferson intended 240 years ago.

Shut UP, Jan.

Edited July 2, 2016 by mojoween

[legaleagle53]

On 6/30/2016 at 7:10 PM, Harleybeanswind21 said:

Has anyone seen the ad for White Castle's new nibblers, (YEAAHHH!)? My fiance was watching Hulu and I was in the bedroom reading. I kept hearing it, (thanks Hulu for playing the same damn commercials over and over again!) and it just got worse and worse. It did evolve into something I almost enjoyed. I would randomly text the fiance lyrics throughout the day... But it's now been about 3 weeks and every day I find myself singing it quietly while at work.

I think it's starting to slowly drive me insane.

Watch if you dare...

https://youtu.be/ZItFu7Z9-YA

Nibblers?  As tiny as those White Castle burgers are (in my day some 35 years ago, we called them "gut bombs"), they're more like "nibs."

Edited July 2, 2016 by legaleagle53

[Sandman87]

5 hours ago, mojoween said:

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of a great deal on a new Toyota" is FOR SURE what Thomas Jefferson intended 240 years ago.

Shut UP, Jan.

Is that any worse than Dude Jefferson and Dude Washington talking about how awesome the latest Honda sale is?

[mojoween]

Ha!  It's ALL bad.

[RCharter]

1 hour ago, Sandman87 said:

Is that any worse than Dude Jefferson and Dude Washington talking about how awesome the latest Honda sale is?

How is Dodge not getting in on this douchey 4th of july commercial schtick.

Surely the Dodge brothers were doing donuts and high fiving each other at a family BBQ, right?

[Harleybeanswind21]

5 hours ago, legaleagle53 said:

Nibblers?  As tiny as those White Castle burgers are (in my day some 35 years ago, we called them "gut bombs"), they're more like "nibs."

Haha, that's an accurate description for sure of the little burgers. They have these new fried mac and cheese and corn dog bites. They do look delicious, I give them that. But that song!

[Decoda]

On 6/30/2016 at 8:10 PM, Harleybeanswind21 said:

Has anyone seen the ad for White Castle's new nibblers, (YEAAHHH!)? My fiance was watching Hulu and I was in the bedroom reading. I kept hearing it, (thanks Hulu for playing the same damn commercials over and over again!) and it just got worse and worse. It did evolve into something I almost enjoyed. I would randomly text the fiance lyrics throughout the day... But it's now been about 3 weeks and every day I find myself singing it quietly while at work.

I think it's starting to slowly drive me insane.

Watch if you dare...

https://youtu.be/ZItFu7Z9-YA

OK, commercial is annoying, but, I would literally stab 6 people right now if I could have 2 lbs of each (deep fried mac n cheese & deep fried corn dog...HEAVEN on earth!!!) delivered to my house, with no statements to the police!! That shit looks DE-LISH-OUS!!!!!!! OK, NOT literally but figuratively, because again, fucking tasty!!!!

Edited July 3, 2016 by Decoda

[Harleybeanswind21]

16 hours ago, Decoda said:

OK, commercial is annoying, but, I would literally stab 6 people right now if I could have 2 lbs of each (deep fried mac n cheese & deep fried corn dog...HEAVEN on earth!!!) delivered to my house, with no statements to the police!! That shit looks DE-LISH-OUS!!!!!!! OK, NOT literally but figuratively, because again, fucking tasty!!!!

Haha!! I agree 100%. To the point that while at Trader Joes, I bought myself some corn dogs. Last night I had the TJs brand of the mac n cheese bites. They do look absolutely delicious. But that song!! Every time I think it's out of my head, something triggers it back in there!

[Brattinella]

On 7/1/2016 at 11:36 AM, MrsEVH said:

Tired of the drug ads that now have lawsuits against them. Latest one is Xarelto (sp?). Isn't that the one where Kevin Nealon, Arnold Palmer, and some race car diver are in it?

I am tired of ALL drug ads!  I hate them!  They don't hardly test out these drugs anymore before they drop them in the marketplace and start killing people. They make enough money so as to make the lawsuits a non-event.

[peacheslatour]

The Reese's Snack Patrol cops with their "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa... pisses me off to the point where I feel like I could shoot fucking laser beams out my eyes!

[SmithW6079]

It's either Excedrin or Bayer migraine pain reliever, but it's the one where the mother wears a pair of goggles that simulates a migraine. After she dons them, she breaks down in tears, all but rending her garments in sympathy as she experiences what her daughter experiences. God, overact much?

[Rick Kitchen]

Do those goggles actually give her pain, or just weird sight?

[Brattinella]

I think the goggles just mimic the visual disturbances, not the pain.

[SmithW6079]

6 minutes ago, Rick Kitchen said:

Do those goggles actually give her pain, or just weird sight?

 

5 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

I think the goggles just mimic the visual disturbances, not the pain.

Yes, it appears just the visual effects. I'm not sure how they could mimic the pain.

[Brattinella]

10 minutes ago, SmithW6079 said:

 

Yes, it appears just the visual effects. I'm not sure how they could mimic the pain.

Well, they could attach a vise to her head...

[friendperidot]

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Yes, it appears just the visual effects. I'm not sure how they could mimic the pain.

Well, they could attach a vise to her head...

or as I describe the pain, drive a white hot stake through the back of her head.

[Brattinella]

1 hour ago, friendperidot said:

or as I describe the pain, drive a white hot stake through the back of her head.

Yeah, that would work, too.

[Rick Kitchen]

There's a McDonald's ad where a Latina girl comes in and asks "Papa" if she can take the car to the party, and he tells her "no".  So she flounces off into her room.  Papa slips a note under her door asking if she wants to go to McDonald's with him.  She comes out smiling, they go to McDonald's, where Papa gets a 20-piece chicken nuggets and fries, and then lets her drive to the party.  While he sits out in the car.  Oh, please.  He's going to sit out there all night?  Not to mention, how much fun is daughter going to have, knowing Papa is lurking outside?

[erikdepressant]

4 minutes ago, Rick Kitchen said:

There's a McDonald's ad where a Latina girl comes in and asks "Papa" if she can take the car to the party, and he tells her "no".  So she flounces off into her room.  Papa slips a note under her door asking if she wants to go to McDonald's with him.  She comes out smiling, they go to McDonald's, where Papa gets a 20-piece chicken nuggets and fries, and then lets her drive to the party.  While he sits out in the car.  Oh, please.  He's going to sit out there all night?  Not to mention, how much fun is daughter going to have, knowing Papa is lurking outside?

And depending on which sauce he got for the McNuggets, how popular will she be if he breaks into the party to use the bathroom?

[Jamoche]

"This bride included teeth whitening strips in her bridesmaids' welcome basket!"

This bride's a bridezilla and is just going to have to deal with imperfect wedding photos.

[Ubiquitous]

17 hours ago, SmithW6079 said:

It's either Excedrin or Bayer migraine pain reliever, but it's the one where the mother wears a pair of goggles that simulates a migraine. After she dons them, she breaks down in tears, all but rending her garments in sympathy as she experiences what her daughter experiences. God, overact much?

Gawd, I hate that ad so much! Poor poor, migraine suffering daughter! Put that martyr on a cross, already.

9 hours ago, Jamoche said:

"This bride included teeth whitening strips in her bridesmaids' welcome basket!"

This bride's a bridezilla and is just going to have to deal with imperfect wedding photos.

Is that the one in which she "proves" her friend needs teeth whitening by holding a whiter-than-white napkin up to her teeth?

[BusyOctober]

I have never owed a Buick and thanks to all their stupid ads, I never will.  Nor will my children, grandchildren and all progeny henceforth. Every time I see one of their ads, I jump for the remote to either mute or change channel.  I can't decide which one is worse - 1) the ones with idiot passengers looking for their friend's car in a parking lot and calling to find them "I'm right here! In THE BUICK", or 2) the one with the couple on vaca and the wife asked if he locked "THE BUICK" or 3) the one where the baby wakes up and dad says he'll take the baby for a ride in "THE BUICK". 

Who even talks like that about their car?? Wouldn't most people say "I'm the 2nd car down the street, the blue one with light on" or "did you remember to lock THE CAR?" Between us, my husband & I have 2 cars and an old pickup truck; all different makes - a KIA, a Volvo and a Ford.  If deciding which one to use when we go out the conversation goes like this; "your car or mine?"  Unless you have a fleet of vehicles at your disposal, no one differentiates which one they are using by the brand name. GAH!!! So irritating!