Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Gharlane]

I understand what Aldi is trying to say in their commercials, but grocery stores don't initiate price changes in random times during the day!

[SG429]

23 minutes ago, Gharlane said:

I understand what Aldi is trying to say in their commercials, but grocery stores don't initiate price changes in random times during the day!

Not to intimate that this is going on here, but as grocers replace sticky tags on the shelf with electronic tags it is certainly possible.

https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-technology/is-dynamic-pricing-feasible-within-supermarkets-

[Palimelon]

Yay for price gouging dynamic pricing!

[Gharlane]

9 minutes ago, SG429 said:

Not to intimate that this is going on here, but as grocers replace sticky tags on the shelf with electronic tags it is certainly possible.

https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-technology/is-dynamic-pricing-feasible-within-supermarkets-

Ohh, is that what the talk about changing prices depending on how busy they are was about?

[Ohiopirate02]

3 hours ago, SG429 said:

Not to intimate that this is going on here, but as grocers replace sticky tags on the shelf with electronic tags it is certainly possible.

https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-technology/is-dynamic-pricing-feasible-within-supermarkets-

Taking my reply to Small Talk.

[Shrek]

4 hours ago, Gharlane said:

I understand what Aldi is trying to say in their commercials, but grocery stores don't initiate price changes in random times during the day!

I worked in grocery stores for 25 years & can assure you they can & do change the prices for various reasons whenever they feel like it, at any time of the night or day. 

[Deskisamess]

9 hours ago, Gharlane said:

I understand what Aldi is trying to say in their commercials, but grocery stores don't initiate price changes in random times during the day!

Yes they do, look up Dynamic Pricing. All retailers do this.

[InDueTime]

I see that PayPal is putting out ads now. Whoever told Will Ferrell that he could sing lied to him.

 

[Prevailing Wind]

5% cash back?  How much extra is Paypal charging the merchants for that?

...and prices continue to rise.

[Gharlane]

12 hours ago, InDueTime said:

I see that PayPal is putting out ads now. Whoever told Will Ferrell that he could sing lied to him.

Ditto for whoever told him he's funny.  I keep seeing the begining of another commercial with him becoming entangled in windchimes and wonder what is for (obviously, I skip the commercial as soon as I can) but noticed he's had some horrific plastic surgery done to his face that makes him resemble a male cat-lady.

[Deskisamess]

18 minutes ago, Gharlane said:

Ditto for whoever told him he's funny.  I keep seeing the begining of another commercial with him becoming entangled in windchimes and wonder what is for (obviously, I skip the commercial as soon as I can) but noticed he's had some horrific plastic surgery done to his face that makes him resemble a male cat-lady.

Wow, he looks so strange. Maybe some AI filtering also going on. Horrible commercial. More out-of-tune singing. Gah.

[DrSpaceman73]

Kevin hart and lebron james fanduel commercial...

 

Why does lebrons shirt look like it has paint splattered all over it?  

[Prevailing Wind]

5 hours ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

Kevin hart and lebron james fanduel commercial...

 

Why does lebrons shirt look like it has paint splattered all over it?  

Maybe he puked when he learned he had to work with Hart.

[TVMovieBuff]

I can stand any commercials now, as long as they aren't the campaign ads. No matter what candidate it is. There are 50 some days til the election and I will be so glad the ads are over. 

[proserpina65]

I've seen this this Dunkin commercial with Kristin Wiig twice today and not only does it make me not want to ever buy whatever the hell a Dunkalatte is, it just reaffirms that Kristin Wiig is not the least bit funny.

On 9/14/2024 at 9:40 PM, InDueTime said:

I see that PayPal is putting out ads now. Whoever told Will Ferrell that he could sing lied to him.

 

I hate, hate, HATE this commercial for so many reasons.

 

[Kemper]

I should probably post this in the "Favorite Commercials" thread; but since we have bashed Liberty Mutual at times there is a new one.  The crazy-looking guy sporting a pastel tux and pompadour who had a wax figure made of himself.  Identical. And then it started melting when the sun came out. His reaction...the falling in horror and then shrieking. Even though I have seen it quite a bit - I still can't help laughing. Just me?

[DrSpaceman73]

4 imprint for certain 

 

This is so dumb.  It's a company that's makes promotional stuff with your logo on it.  They're making their whole campaign around the fact you'll definitely get the logo and words you want on your items. 4 certain! Ok....Great. that's like the bare minimum I'd expect from such a company. And if you screw it up I'd think you redo it. That's all they have to promote their company?  We'll get the words and logo right....anything beyond that I guess it's a crapshoot. 

[cinsays]

3 hours ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

4 imprint for certain 

 

This is so dumb.  It's a company that's makes promotional stuff with your logo on it.  They're making their whole campaign around the fact you'll definitely get the logo and words you want on your items. 4 certain! Ok....Great. that's like the bare minimum I'd expect from such a company. And if you screw it up I'd think you redo it. That's all they have to promote their company?  We'll get the words and logo right....anything beyond that I guess it's a crapshoot. 

and i guess i don't understand advertising.  how can they be paying to have this commercial run non-stop over and over. are there really that many companies needing this service and for the first time?

[tres bien]

I posted a while back that I don't get Imprint's motto. Did an ad agency put this in front of focus group? It's stupid that no matter how many (too many) times I see the commercials everyday I still don't get it 

[dleighg]

I've never been in a situation of needing to order custom printed swag. All I can think is that if I was "starting from scratch," I'd figure this was a well-known company, with presumably a wide-selection of swag, so I'd check them out first.

[AgathaC]

22 hours ago, Kemper said:

I should probably post this in the "Favorite Commercials" thread; but since we have bashed Liberty Mutual at times there is a new one.  The crazy-looking guy sporting a pastel tux and pompadour who had a wax figure made of himself.  Identical. And then it started melting when the sun came out. His reaction...the falling in horror and then shrieking. Even though I have seen it quite a bit - I still can't help laughing. Just me?

That one actually creeps me out, though I can’t explain why. I think it may have triggered some childhood trauma. It’s something about the figure silently, gradually melting. *shudder*

[chessiegal]

6 minutes ago, AgathaC said:

That one actually creeps me out, though I can’t explain why. I think it may have triggered some childhood trauma. It’s something about the figure silently, gradually melting. *shudder*

Wizard of Oz?  Wicked Witch of the West - " I'm melting!"

[AgathaC]

37 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

Wizard of Oz?  Wicked Witch of the West - " I'm melting!"

Hmmm. Good callout. Though I don’t recall being upset by anything in TWoO. I’m thinking it was some obscure, traumatic children’s show or movie that I blocked out!

[Gharlane]

2 hours ago, AgathaC said:

That one actually creeps me out, though I can’t explain why. I think it may have triggered some childhood trauma. It’s something about the figure silently, gradually melting. *shudder*

Shades of Uncanny Valley?

[Aqua]

26 minutes ago, Gharlane said:

Shades of Uncanny Valley?

The multiple legs in the Bombas socks is definitely Uncanny Valley for me. Ick.

[Gharlane]

I saw a commercial for what I think was a food delivery service but am not sure. What I do remember, however, is fixating on the asshole in a wading pool precariously balancing hamburgers and hotdogs on a floating plate. When that topples, it's going to make a gross mess!

[Baltimore Betty]

Far away places...that haunting melody seems to come from my TV way too many times a day.

[Kemper]

20 hours ago, AgathaC said:

That one actually creeps me out, though I can’t explain why. I think it may have triggered some childhood trauma. It’s something about the figure silently, gradually melting. *shudder*

When we were kids, my mother took my brother, my cousin, and me, to the John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry WV. At the end of the tour the audience was routed down a staircase to a basement-like room. Wax John Brown was lying on a table with friends (wax) around him. All of a sudden he rose up, raised his arm and pointed his finger, eyes bulging, and proclaimed something through the speakers.  While my brother and I laughed hysterically, my cousin shrieked and ran out; to this day she is terrified of wax figures and statues. She is 78. 

[Gramto6]

3 hours ago, Kemper said:

When we were kids, my mother took my brother, my cousin, and me, to the John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry WV. At the end of the tour the audience was routed down a staircase to a basement-like room. Wax John Brown was lying on a table with friends (wax) around him. All of a sudden he rose up, raised his arm and pointed his finger, eyes bulging, and proclaimed something through the speakers.  While my brother and I laughed hysterically, my cousin shrieked and ran out; to this day she is terrified of wax figures and statues. She is 78. 

Wow! Who in the world thought that was appropriate to show to young children? I wonder how many other people that saw that as a child are still traumatized to this day? That should have been adult viewing only, or adult/late teen.

[proserpina65]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:15 AM, AgathaC said:

That one actually creeps me out, though I can’t explain why. I think it may have triggered some childhood trauma. It’s something about the figure silently, gradually melting. *shudder*

The melting grosses me out.

On 9/17/2024 at 12:05 PM, AgathaC said:

Hmmm. Good callout. Though I don’t recall being upset by anything in TWoO. I’m thinking it was some obscure, traumatic children’s show or movie that I blocked out!

Raiders of the Lost Ark?  It's not obscure, but the scene faces melting off the Nazis was really creepy.

4 hours ago, Kemper said:

When we were kids, my mother took my brother, my cousin, and me, to the John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry WV. At the end of the tour the audience was routed down a staircase to a basement-like room. Wax John Brown was lying on a table with friends (wax) around him. All of a sudden he rose up, raised his arm and pointed his finger, eyes bulging, and proclaimed something through the speakers.  While my brother and I laughed hysterically, my cousin shrieked and ran out; to this day she is terrified of wax figures and statues. She is 78. 

That would freak me out now.

 

31 minutes ago, Gramto6 said:

Wow! Who in the world thought that was appropriate to show to young children? I wonder how many other people that saw that as a child are still traumatized to this day? That should have been adult viewing only, or adult/late teen.

Eh, wouldn't have bothered me as a kid, but now, as I say, freaked out.

[Tom Holmberg]

1 hour ago, Gramto6 said:

Wow! Who in the world thought that was appropriate to show to young children? I wonder how many other people that saw that as a child are still traumatized to this day? That should have been adult viewing only, or adult/late teen.

As a kid my favorite exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry was the man sliced vertically in half-inch sections.  (They also had bottles with freaky babies.) So I would have liked it.

[Kemper]

2 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

Wow! Who in the world thought that was appropriate to show to young children? I wonder how many other people that saw that as a child are still traumatized to this day? That should have been adult viewing only, or adult/late teen.

Well, it was the mid-60s... Is it no wonder? 😉

[2soon2tell]

10 hours ago, Kemper said:

When we were kids, my mother took my brother, my cousin, and me, to the John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry WV. At the end of the tour the audience was routed down a staircase to a basement-like room. Wax John Brown was lying on a table with friends (wax) around him. All of a sudden he rose up, raised his arm and pointed his finger, eyes bulging, and proclaimed something through the speakers

I remember going there and being freaked that he was “breathing.” They had the figure’s chest moving up and down. Yeah, still a little freaked by wax figures because of Harpers Ferry. In my opinion, clowns, wax figures and dolls are all poor choices for advertising.

[Deskisamess]

Not sure if it's a Kleenex or Puff's commercial, but the kid with the snot bubble can please just go away. Right now. So so gross.

 

[Prevailing Wind]

GMC: "There's DNA and then there's Heavy Duty DNA - HDNA"  Wouldn't that be HDDNA?

[chessiegal]

13 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

GMC: "There's DNA and then there's Heavy Duty DNA - HDNA"  Wouldn't that be HDDNA?

What is Heavy Duty DNA? GMC - I'm assuming that's the car company? Which would explain a lot.

[Ghost of TWOP Past]

I only caught part of it but there was some face cream stuff which the huxter crowed "Only takes a nanosecond to apply!" Yes, please give me the cream I can apply one billion times per second. 

[chessiegal]

I agree, the nanosecond is silly. I get what they are going for, but I have spent way too many nanoseconds trying to think of a better way to say it. 🤣

[Prevailing Wind]

7 hours ago, chessiegal said:

I'm assuming that's the car company?

I think it's more SUVs, but, yeah.

[dleighg]

1 hour ago, Ghost of TWOP Past said:

I only caught part of it but there was some face cream stuff which the huxter crowed "Only takes a nanosecond to apply!" Yes, please give me the cream I can apply one billion times per second.

That one drives me bananas (as a trained scientist, I can't help but do the math). It's for Bobbi Brown makeup I think.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I'm tired of the Draft Kings commercial where Kevin Hart is telling LeBron James that he's old and slow.       I know it's just a script for the commercial, but Kevin's disrespect to someone who could pound him into the ground like a fence post is bizarre. 

Edited September 21, 2024 by CrazyInAlabama

[xls]

I feel so bad for this lady like why don't someone have her over for TG instead of expecting her to cook for months ahead? Or everyone bring a dish knowing how sick she is?? Thats some very inconsiderate mooching family she must have!😡

[Gharlane]

7 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

I tired of the Draft Kings commercial where Kevin Hart is telling LeBron James that he's old and slow.    

I despise both of them, TBH, but I am very tired of the Planet Hollywood(?) one with the tattooed-face "singer" making an $88K bet and making this stupid face when he wins $160K.

 

40 minutes ago, xls said:

I feel so bad for this lady like why don't someone have her over for Thanksgiving instead of expecting her to cook for months ahead? Or everyone bring a dish knowing how sick she is?? Thats some very inconsiderate mooching family she must have!😡

I haven't seen that one yet, b ut I hate that PSA campaign.

[chessiegal]

PSAs to highlight the dangers of smoking are supposed to be horrific. Somehow cute puppies and unicorns wouldn't cut it.

[Crashcourse]

13 hours ago, xls said:

I feel so bad for this lady like why don't someone have her over for TG instead of expecting her to cook for months ahead? Or everyone bring a dish knowing how sick she is?? Thats some very inconsiderate mooching family she must have!😡

Maybe she was used to fixing TG dinner in the past before she got sick, and the family knew she still wanted to make the dinner.  Plus, it gives her something to do and it makes her feel useful, despite her illness. 

[Deskisamess]

There is a commercial for Fanduel that runs during Cleveland Guardian's games. The young woman in the commercial looks very young, skimpy top, she is sort of hunched in her posture, and she has one of those husky needs to clear her throat voices.

It's bad enough that gambling is now a part of all major and college sports, but this commercial sends both hubby and I for the mute button.

[dleighg]

I keep seeing this ad for Del Webb (sp?) "retirement villages" where a husband and wife are touring, and loving everything they see. (Personally, as an introvert, it would give me hives to live somewhere like that, where everyone expects you to want to socialize all the time). Anywhere at the end there are a bunch of people socializing around a fire pit or whatever, and the couple is asked "Would you like to join us?" The wife, with a little frown, says "no." Her husband looks at her like, are you crazy? And of course she says "we would LOVE to join you."

I HATE that trope (same as they do on cooking shows: I don't like this...... I LOVE it"

[Kemper]

On 9/18/2024 at 6:28 PM, 2soon2tell said:

I remember going there and being freaked that he was “breathing.” They had the figure’s chest moving up and down. Yeah, still a little freaked by wax figures because of Harpers Ferry. In my opinion, clowns, wax figures and dolls are all poor choices for advertising.

I had forgotten about him "breathing"...my cousin poking me and telling me! How could I have forgotten that? I do remember my brother (he was about 10) laughing hysterically. At the time we thought my cousin was being dramatic; she was 15 and enjoyed teasing us. We had no idea about the statue fear until decades later.

Edited September 22, 2024 by Kemper

[Haleth]

i think the grandma in the anti smoking PSA insists on cooking for Thanksgiving because it’s always been her job and no one is going to take that away from her. I just hope the stuff she cooks in Oct is going into the freezer. 🤢

Edited September 22, 2024 by Haleth

[DrSpaceman73]

I don't like the apple ai commercials with Bella Ramsey.  It's like she forgot how to act.  And I generally like her. But those commercials are just hard to watch.