# Again with the annoying commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089 "2017-06-28T22:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 253
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5046 "2024-01-25T20:09:03Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It really can’t go wrong. - Imagine explaining your weight gain. “I needed more containers for leftovers.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5047 "2024-01-25T20:46:07Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > - Kleenex box covers - “tissues already come in a box” - yes, but probably not one that matches your decor if you are the type of person who cares about that > > - Floor mats for an previously owned vehicle - yes, you don’t need them, but where the hell did you get them? Did you sell the vehicle and take them out? > > - Finally, the one that actually annoys me - “old butter containers are for recycling, not leftovers”. The three arrows are the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Recycle is last for a reason Yes, these annoy me also. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5048 "2024-01-25T21:53:23Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > …they can’t be thrown out because “we might need them someday” > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I have about twenty empty gelato containers in my cabinets to use for leftovers. Of course we don’t need that many… I think that is exactly what they are getting at here - the whole “we may need them someday…” perhaps is an old-ism. If the message from the commercial is hitting close to home, well, then… ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5049 "2024-01-25T22:11:35Z")
I disagree that these are old-ism because everyone I know who does these things was doing them by the age of 30. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5050 "2024-01-25T22:28:22Z")
Yeah. Old. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5051 "2024-01-25T22:29:51Z")
If I had a lawn, you’d be barred! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5052 "2024-01-25T22:42:47Z")
DIL needed new cupboards in her kitchen. She said “I don’t have room for anything.” They just stored dishes in the dishwasher. When she remembered to turn it on they didn’t eat out of paper plates. I volunteered to organize her cupboards. I threw away no less than 500 empty butter, yogurt and cottage cheese containers. No lids that worked on much. If you could find it. When I got back from the dump she had plenty of room in her cupboards. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5053 "2024-01-25T22:45:50Z")
Balance of nature. Praying, then taking the product. Is it like a saying grace thing? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5054 "2024-01-26T04:18:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I threw away no less than 500 empty butter, yogurt and cottage cheese containers. No lids that worked on much. My first thought was “Those margarine containers should have missing or broken or slightly-too-small lids.” . > [@doreen](#): > > I disagree that these are old-ism because everyone I know who does these things was doing them by the age of 30. Yeah… 30 years ago. It’s so funny to me that people my age get offended by the “parent-isms”. Folks, I think we’re too close to the trope to see the humor… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5055 "2024-01-26T06:37:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > When I got back from the dump she had plenty of room in her cupboards. The Dump??? You could recycle those things. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5056 "2024-01-26T06:56:44Z")
It’s supposed to be a recycling center. We just call it the dump. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5057 "2024-01-26T09:37:07Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > If only my husband kept every container because we didn’t have specific plastic/glassware to store leftovers. No, he keeps every single takeout container even though we have plastic/glassware to store leftovers. I went on a WestPac in 1984 (six-month cruise of the western Pacific). When I returned, our cupboards were stuffed with plastic plates from all the Lean Cuisine meals **kaylasmom** had eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5058 "2024-01-26T13:40:28Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Balance of nature. Praying, then taking the product. Is it like a saying grace thing? The purveyors of food pills invented for the market niche of “won’t-eat-my-veggies toddlers in adult bodies” found a way to be even _more_ annoying? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5059 "2024-01-26T14:16:51Z")
There’s the McDonald’s commercial where the dude is indecisive in the Drive-thru. I suppose he’s meant to be endearing, but I hate that guy with a passion normally reserved for the UNC athletic program. You should know what you want when you get in the drive-thru lane! Stop holding up the fucking line, and take a lap while you make up your mind! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5060 "2024-01-26T19:06:12Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Floor mats for an previously owned vehicle - yes, you don’t need them, but where the hell did you get them? Did you sell the vehicle and take them out? Yes, that’s exactly it. Some people “salvage” whatever they can before trading in a vehicle. I did a similar thing when my car cratered - engine fried, sold for parts. Since they were lowballing me and since the thing was just going to be parted out, I salvaged the cargo net. I think that’s the only part of the car I removed. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5061 "2024-01-26T19:14:13Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I think that is exactly what they are getting at here - the whole “we may need them someday…” Yeah, that’s because the"I may need that someday" doesn’t really hit when you are young and mobile and unsettled. You don’t really have space and you don’t want to be moving out all the time. But when people get their own space, especially if they are buying not teeming renting, then habits of frugality emerge. Keeping things because you “might need them someday” usually leads to drawers and closets and sheds and garages full of junk. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5062 "2024-01-26T20:59:57Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > You should know what you want when you get in the drive-thru lane! Stop holding up the fucking line, and take a lap while you make up your mind! So very true. > [@Irishman](#): > > Keeping things because you “might need them someday” usually leads to drawers and closets and sheds and garages full of junk. Guilty as charged here. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5063 "2024-01-26T21:15:13Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Keeping things because you “might need them someday” usually leads to drawers and closets and sheds and garages full of junk. That is why my basement looks the way it does. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5064 "2024-01-27T21:25:24Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I did a similar thing when my car cratered - engine fried, sold for parts. Since they were lowballing me and since the thing was just going to be parted out, I salvaged the cargo net. I think that’s the only part of the car I removed. When a friend of mine bought her current car she realized that it didn’t have an ashtray. So she ran back to her old car, which she had traded in, and grabbed the cupholder-insert ashtray that had come with it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5065 "2024-01-27T21:46:38Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Irishman](#): > > > > Keeping things because you “might need them someday” usually leads to drawers and closets and sheds and garages full of junk. > > Guilty as charged here. My parents did that, so there’s a jar of screws and another of nails in the garage, and one of buttons in the sewing kit. My approach is to use the retail stores as my cache of such things, accepting that I’m paying them for the work of keeping such things stocked and organized. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=254)