I have my address on the cans.
I bring my own food on the plane.
I read books about submarines.
I go to the bathroom before movies.
I remember where I parked. Sometimes I snap a picture of the aisle name/number.
Either I’m pathetic, or these damn commercials are.
Like doreen mentioned, the man has gone beyond merely rinsing out the garbage cans to thoroughly cleaning them out with a rag and spray bottle of cleanser/disinfectant This isn’t “old person” behavior. This is what used to be called “anal retentive” behavior. In fact, the commercial immediately reminded of the SNL sketches with Phil Hartman as “The Anal Retentive Chef/Carpenter/Gardner” where he’d launch into various work projects only to get derailed by his obsessive need to make sure everything was properly clean, neat, and organized.
I have never cleaned a garbage can/receptacle.
We don’t hear protests from anyone, though it’s true our closest neighbors are probably 200 yards away…
Actually, I think the real sin in the Progressive garbage can commercial is at the end, where the homeowner notices his hedges are in need of trim and Dr Rick tells him “no one is looking at the hedges” - I know people who have gotten HOA fines for their hedges that were much better trimmed then those were.
I’d bet there are HOAs that forbid addresses on cans.
I can’t believe there has (afaik) never been a sit-com based on a HOA situation. Messages from commiseraters would provide endless stories.
Nothing about an HOA is funny.
Not even if one of the owners is secretly a space alien, another is a resuscitated caveman, etc.? Anyway, if recent fare is any indication, being funny is not a prerequisite of a tv comedy.
My town has a unique code printed on every trash and recycle can; it’s up to the homeowner to keep track of these codes on the event a can is damaged or stolen (yes, stolen… The town has started giving new addresses larger recycle bins; they’re in very high demand).
So, it’s not exactly an annoying commercial, but that Verizon commercial with Einstein? It finally occurred to me after seeing it a dozen or more times that it’s Paul Giamatti. 
Yes it is. I can’t exactly say why it’s annoying, but it may be they way he says “Kaput”. On the plus side, it’s finally being shown in it’s short form.
There was also a holiday one in which Giamatti played Ebeneezer Scrooge. Such a versatile actor.
There’s an eHarmony ad where two young girls see an older couple at the beach. On TV, the the Asian girl says something. The YouTube video cuts off before she says it. I think she says, ‘Cool,’ but I’m not sure. It bugs me that I’m not certain.
Goals?
Someone earlier noted the massive dumbness of ads where people are shown watching a football game on TV, and at least one of them is clutching a football.
Not sure if it’s the same advertiser, but I caught an American Express ad last night in which one of the couch potatoes was holding a basketball. I could never have accepted that they were watching a televised basketball game, if it wasn’t for that cluing me in.
Yep, she says, “goals!” 
Would the movie Over the Hedge count? The villian is the president of the homeowners’ association!
LOL I remember that one but didn’t catch that it was also Giamatti!
Also, who’s the woman? She kind of reminds me of Cecily Strong but I’m pretty sure it’s not her.
I’m pretty sure it is her.