Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[fastiller]

When did "You know, from my brain" become a way to describe how you came up with an idea?   Where the hell else do ideas come from, the kidneys?   

 

Well, there is another part of the anatomy where people have been known to pull ideas out of.

 

Not sure what the "other part of the anatomy is" that's being referred to here, but there's also the part of the anatomy that some people think with, too.

[Brattinella]

I checked the Hallmark schedule, and they are doing a countdown to Christmas starting Oct 31.  The actual Christmas movies will be shown 1 or 2 each weekend until Christmas, not a marathon.  12 movies total.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

My question is...why is her creepy ass friend watching her all day to know how many pills she is taking?  Doesn't she have a job to do, or is her job to follow Kathleen around and count pills?  Is Kathleen in some sort of rehab program where that sort of thing is monitored?

To be fair, I think they have another commercial where they have a different woman ask the mailman guy why he's taking so many pills. I think they do, anyway. My brain could be manufacturing that memory on its own.

[RealityGal]

To be fair, I think they have another commercial where they have a different woman ask the mailman guy why he's taking so many pills. I think they do, anyway. My brain could be manufacturing that memory on its own.

why the hell is she tracking her mailman's pill consumption!?!??

 

i don't know, maybe its different where I'm from, but my mailman and I have a "here is your mail" and "thank you very much for my mail" relationship.  Unless his pill popping is making him steal my checks from the mail, I'm not that invested.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

why the hell is she tracking her mailman's pill consumption!?!??

 

i don't know, maybe its different where I'm from, but my mailman and I have a "here is your mail" and "thank you very much for my mail" relationship.  Unless his pill popping is making him steal my checks from the mail, I'm not that invested.

*dead*

[riley702]

Botox..."for moderate to severe vanity"

 

There's a coworker who is maybe 30 and has a "botox fund" to keep her tweaked. She's also obsessed with thinness and looks like a bobblehead doll with too much makeup. Most of us think she's ridiculous.

Well, there is another part of the anatomy where people have been known to pull ideas out of.

 

 

Not sure what the "other part of the anatomy is" that's being referred to here, but there's also the part of the anatomy that some people think with, too.

 

Haven't heard of the expression "pulling that out of your ass"?

 

My question is...why is her creepy ass friend watching her all day to know how many pills she is taking?

 

Yeah, that's a massively creepy thing to do. Mind your own damned business.

[friendperidot]

just how many mortgages does a green puppet need, anyway?

[DeLurker]

This Liberty Mutual Accident Forgiveness ad enrages me!

 

So you can't parallel park?  You're only choices are to take public transportation or get their insurance (so you can go ahead and tear off someone's bumper presumably)?

 

You might try finding a less convenient parking space where you don't have to parallel park or learn to do it!  My spatial skills are substandard and I have had to do both these things, but I have never hit someone else's car while parking. 

[LoneHaranguer]

 

You might try finding a less convenient parking space where you don't have to parallel park or learn to do it!

You can also buy a car with a computer that knows how to parallel park and will do it for you, or cameras in the back that will help keep you from hitting something, or automatic braking before a collision (heavily advertised at the moment).

[fastiller]

So you can't parallel park?  

 

You might try finding a less convenient parking space where you don't have to parallel park or learn to do it!  

 

Preach it.  Practice it in a parking lot; you'll get it eventually.

 

Or, how about not being a lead-foot while parking?  That way if you do contact another vehicle, it's a tap.

Edited September 12, 2014 by fastiller

[Bastet]

I complained about that commercial before, because the attitude behind it really bothers me.  "You're terrible at parallel parking, so it's inevitable that you'll damage someone else's property one day.  No big deal, just buy an insurance policy from us.  I mean, what else are you going to do -- stay off the road?"

 

Well, speaking as the owner of one of the cars that may wind up missing a fender, I think it is a big deal.  There's a very obvious third option here, which is that people who can't parallel park learn how, and park in lots until they do so. 

[Stella MD]

Every single one of those Liberty Mutual characters annoys me. The woman who's overwhelmed by basic parking skills, the other woman who causes an accident but wants the rest of us to pay for it, the immature dingbat who thinks of her car as her bestie (complete with human name), and the idiot who doesn't understand the most basic aspects of depreciation. All annoying, entitled, and dumb as a box of hair. So yeah, let me run right out and sign myself up with Liberty Mutual [eyeroll].

[Prevailing Wind]

Wait a minute.  I thought it was "dumb as a SACK of hair."  At least, that's what the killer mom told the widowed daughter on L&O. She also mentioned the Dancin' Naked Idiot Family.  Geez, I loved that episode.

[ABay]

I believe the "dumber than a" declension is: sack of hair, bag of hammers, box of rocks. But it could be regional.

[Prevailing Wind]

Well, the Dancin' Naked Idiot Momma was from Texas, if that's any clue.  hahahaha

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Wait a minute.  I thought it was "dumb as a SACK of hair."  At least, that's what the killer mom told the widowed daughter on L&O. She also mentioned the Dancin' Naked Idiot Family.  Geez, I loved that episode.

I love Matrimony! I Googled 'Dancin' Naked Idiot Family', and she actually said, "You are as dumb as a bag of hair." So you almost had it.

[Muffyn]

The gecko telling stupid jokes while on a ferry in Seattle.  I just keeping hoping for him to fall overboard (or have someone push him).  Unfortunately he's not real so the fall wouldn't kill him.  

[merylinkid]

Awww I love the Seattle jokes.   As a quilter I wait with baited breath for the last one.   And crack up EVERY single time.

[Stella MD]

BAG of hair indeed! Can't believe I screwed that up - it's one of my favorite television-inspired put-downs ever (right up there with dismissively saying "hush now, the grown-ups are talking" to a workplace colleague). The fact that you all immediately got the reference means that I'm truly amongst my people [wipes tear]. 

 

Topic: I've had it with these Staples commercials. The production is terrible, the stupid dancing makes no sense (and the dads' dancing in particular is so bad I cringe in embarrassment from my sofa), and school started a full three weeks ago here in Florida, so STFU already. But the worst part is the weird sexism - "who's more excited - the moms or the dads? With a great deal on flashdrives, it has to be the dads!" What the hell does that mean? Women don't use flashdrives? I guess we're all too busy getting dressed up in our heels and choreographing weird dance routines in the driveway to bother our pretty little heads with even the most basic technology? Jerks.

[SoSueMe]

The gecko telling stupid jokes while on a ferry in Seattle.  I just keeping hoping for him to fall overboard (or have someone push him).  Unfortunately he's not real so the fall wouldn't kill him.  

Pretty much any of the gecko commercials make me cranky. I am also annoyed by the fact that TV shopping channels all seem to have at least on British pitchman with the same accent as the gecko. Do they think that there are so many Anglophiles out there that won't buy a product if it doesn't have British cred?   

 

And I just saw one of the RealCaliforniaMilk commercials, ugh!!! The one with Gracie going off to kindergarten. Those things creep me out. 

[Brattinella]

Aww, I LOVE the cow!

[Bastet]

I love that cow, too.  "Noon?!"

[ethalfrida]

 The gecko is an Aussie.

[friendperidot]

I mostly ignore the gecko, but the one in Noo Yorak, really irritates me. He starts off speaking understandably but by the end of the ad, he has complete mush mouth. Why?

[SoSueMe]

I mostly ignore the gecko, but the one in Noo Yorak, really irritates me. He starts off speaking understandably but by the end of the ad, he has complete mush mouth. Why?

I think he is taking a whack at a Brooklyn accent maybe?

 

I didn't realize that he was Aussie, lol.

[Sandman87]

Maybe I should stop posting here. The programmers at the local stations appear to have read my complaints about the rapping & dancing Charter idiots (excuse me..."Charter-ators"), and decided to punish me by running the ads during every freaking break. At this point I'd use an Aldis lamp for my internet and phone connections before I'd sign up with them.

[ethalfrida]

I think he is taking a whack at a Brooklyn accent maybe?

 

I didn't realize that he was Aussie, lol.

I think his origins were lost way back. He started off with the shrimp/barby thing if I recall.

[slensam]

Topic: I've had it with these Staples commercials. The production is terrible, the stupid dancing makes no sense (and the dads' dancing in particular is so bad I cringe in embarrassment from my sofa), and school started a full three weeks ago here in Florida, so STFU already. But the worst part is the weird sexism - "who's more excited - the moms or the dads? With a great deal on flashdrives, it has to be the dads!" What the hell does that mean? Women don't use flashdrives? I guess we're all too busy getting dressed up in our heels and choreographing weird dance routines in the driveway to bother our pretty little heads with even the most basic technology? Jerks.

I despise the Staples commercials. It's another example of portraying middle-aged guys as a bunch of doofuses. I'm a few years into my 40's and I certainly do not view myself like this. Nevermind the way they're all portrayed in the Cialis commercials. If this is the way it's supposed to be and going to be then somebody should just shoot me now.

[riley702]

I think his [the Geico gecko] origins were lost way back. He started off with the shrimp/barby thing if I recall.

 

I think it's deliberately ambiguous.

 

And we're not the only ones wondering. I've even seen the comment that he's a Madagascan gecko.

 

Edited September 13, 2014 by riley702

[Jamoche]

Ha!

 

From Consumerist - the Framily plan and the talking hamster are going away!

 

“Dealers said it was hard to sell,” explains Marcelo Claure, who recently took over the reins of the beleaguered wireless company. “We are marketing a hamster talking to people… That’s very hard to sell.”

Claure, the billionaire founder of Miami-based Brightstar Corp. (which was recently acquired by Sprint’s majority investor, Japanese telecom biggie Softbank), says he was initially advised that he should not shake things up at Sprint until after his first 100 days on the job. But the Framily nonsense was such an obvious target that he apparently felt compelled to shelve it.

 

[AntiBeeSpray]

I despise the Staples commercials. It's another example of portraying middle-aged guys as a bunch of doofuses. I'm a few years into my 40's and I certainly do not view myself like this. Nevermind the way they're all portrayed in the Cialis commercials. If this is the way it's supposed to be and going to be then somebody should just shoot me now.

Yea it's annoying. Same with how commercials portray women. They just don't get it. *hits head against a pillow*

[Moose135]

“We are marketing a hamster talking to people… That’s very hard to sell.”

 

Ya think?

[smittykins]

I totally noticed that Sprint had dropped the "Framily" concept(after seeing ads for its "Family Share Plan"), but couldn't decide on the most appropriate thread to post in.

 

 

 

And I just saw one of the RealCaliforniaMilk commercials, ugh!!! The one with Gracie going off to kindergarten. Those things creep me out.

Aww, I LOVE the cow!

I love that cow, too.  "Noon?!"

 

Like I posted on TWoP when this ad first came out, that cow is *really* gonna freak when Gracie goes to first grade and has to stay all day!

(Actually, most schools in my area have full-day kindergarten, but I digress...)

Edited September 13, 2014 by smittykins

[Prevailing Wind]

 

“We are marketing a hamster talking to people… That’s very hard to sell.”

 

Ya think?

The talking gecko seems to be working.  Not so much the talking Charmin bears.

[Haleth]

Aww, I'm going to miss GorDON.

[Stella MD]

Me too. As absurd as they were, those commercials didn't bother me at all. I'd much rather see Flo, the Sparkle Fairy, devil-spawn Strudel Boy, the Charmin bears, or many other "lovable" characters hit the road first. 

[avecsans]

I have a thing about watching and listening to people eat, and if it involves finger licking I can't be responsible for my actions. I have to lunge for the remote when the kit kat commercial comes on because it grosses me out.

Also annoying me currently is the Chico's commercial where the dorky woman is dancing spastically.

[friendperidot]

"pee happens" by the same writers who brought us "enjoy the go"? probably not, but if "pee happens" you need to start doing Kegels. I had to explain how to do them to my 70 something yr old mother. much cheaper than pee pads or medication - no side effects, can be done anywhere, any time.

[wovenloaf]

In the next episode of "Aren't Terribly Behaved Children HILARIOUS HARHARHAR," today I saw one of the Dish Hopper commercials (the ones with the kangaroo) where this little girl is screaming because her episode of "sparkle pony dance off" or something got deleted. And the kangaroo so kindly informs the parents that they should get a Hopper so they can record more stuff, and avoid those gosh darn tantrums! WTF. Now parents are expected to buy extra special dvrs just so their child doesn't experience a brief moment of disappointment at any point in their *special, special* lives??? And the issue with the obnoxious, screaming tantrum this girl is throwing is that the DVR sucks?? I know it's been said before in this thread...but I just cannot handle all these commercials where parents are expected to walk on eggshells around their own children, and fork out money for assorted products in a constant effort to avoid meltdowns/tantrums/etc. No. Your child acts awful and it's your fault. Get it together. 

[Aquarius]

In the next episode of "Aren't Terribly Behaved Children HILARIOUS HARHARHAR," today I saw one of the Dish Hopper commercials (the ones with the kangaroo) where this little girl is screaming because her episode of "sparkle pony dance off" or something got deleted. And the kangaroo so kindly informs the parents that they should get a Hopper so they can record more stuff, and avoid those gosh darn tantrums! WTF. Now parents are expected to buy extra special dvrs just so their child doesn't experience a brief moment of disappointment at any point in their *special, special* lives??? And the issue with the obnoxious, screaming tantrum this girl is throwing is that the DVR sucks?? I know it's been said before in this thread...but I just cannot handle all these commercials where parents are expected to walk on eggshells around their own children, and fork out money for assorted products in a constant effort to avoid meltdowns/tantrums/etc. No. Your child acts awful and it's your fault. Get it together.

The worst part about this commercial is that the mother asks, "What was I supposed to do, keep it forever?" And the father says, "YES!" And apparently HE'S right.

Edited September 15, 2014 by Aquarius

[Rick Kitchen]

“We are marketing a hamster talking to people… That’s very hard to sell.”

 

Ya think?

 

I don't think it's that it's a talking hamster, it's that the hamster is the father.

[bilgistic]

Your child acts awful and it's your fault. Get it together.

Quoting you again because it can't be said enough.

Back in my youth, the whole (well, broken, but what was left of it) family got together around the TV and watched the one time a week when The Cosby Show aired. If you missed it, tough noogies. The episode might air again in reruns in the summer when you were outside playing with the neighborhood kids. Come home when the lightning bugs start lighting up.

[smittykins]

While we're on that subject:

 

As parents, it's your responsibility to "teach your kids that trick."  And if they can't learn it, they shouldn't have cell phones.

Edited September 15, 2014 by smittykins

[ZaldamoWilder]

And if I were your kid, I would answer back that the only reason you had to wait until you were 31 is that they weren't invented yet when you were my age.

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!  legal, with me for a mother, she knows better than to let that outta the thought bubble.  lol.

[merylinkid]

 

As parents, it's your responsibility to "teach your kids that trick."  And if they can't learn it, they shouldn't have cell phones.

I know.   How hard is it to put your cell phone away?   And make sure your kids do?   It's not that hard.

 

Oh and Edwards Jones is not that special that their people put their phones away to speak to their customers.   Every decent business does that.    

[Bastet]

How far have we as a society fallen that "We'll observe basic manners" is now an advertising pitch?

[janie jones]

There's a FIOS commercial where this bison is telling people that it's okay that they didn't get tickets to the concert, because watching at home is better than being there.  Okay, maybe if you hate concerts.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

The worst part about this commercial is that the mother asks, "What was I supposed to do, keep it forever?" And the father says, "YES!" And apparently HE'S right.

Well, dontcha know, men have no idea how to parent their children, only women do. Commercials said so.

[slensam]

Damn AARP commercials. I was looking forward to fifty so I don't have to try be hip and trendy anymore. I could barely fake it in my twenties and thirties. Thanks a lot.

[Aquarius]

Well, dontcha know, men have no idea how to parent their children, only women do. Commercials said so.

 

True.  But in this case, Dish is saying the MAN is right.  That's why they added all that extra space so Brat never needs to live without her Special Pretty Pony show.  So I guess in a way, Dish is groundbreaking with this ad.  LOL.