# Business names that thoroughly irritate you for no valid reason **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673 "2016-09-01T17:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/201 "2016-09-08T14:42:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > AFFLE HOUSE > > Whether you read it as Awful House or as Offal House, either way it wasn’t appetizing. It’s “aff-el” House. We don’t have “woffles” in our house, we correctly pronounce the word like snaffle and baffle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/202 "2016-09-08T14:44:03Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Krispy Kreme has always bothered me. The spelling is an issue, but also the apparent contradiction (at least in my head). Not to mention, at least in my experience, the donuts are neither Krispy nor Kreme-y. No, I don’t like 'em and I don’t understand the love. To continue the “K” theme, there’s a place near us called Kevin’s Corner Kafe. I can understand why they’d avoid the middle K, but why not just stick with the correct spelling of Cafe? Plus it’s not really a cafe - it’s a seafood house. They could have called it Kevin’s House of Krabs! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/203 "2016-09-08T14:59:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > There was a Waffle House near a freeway off ramp near my last house. > > Which had their tall trademark sign of black block letters against a backlit yellow background. With a W whose backlighting kept failing & not being fixed. > > So there it was, a shining beacon in the dark calling all hungry travelers: > > AFFLE HOUSE > > Whether you read it as Awful House or as Offal House, either way it wasn’t appetizing. Brief hijack: one Waffle House near my college had a sign that went partially dark for many months before they finally fixed it. It was forevermore known as the Waffle Ho. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/204 "2016-09-08T17:48:03Z")
Not my own, but comedian Brian Regan complained in one of his acts about a truck for a roofing company he saw: “Fiedler’s Roofing Company.” His complaint, and I agree: if your name is Fiedler, and you start a roofing company, how can you not call it “Fiedler on the Roof”? How can you _not_? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/205 "2016-09-08T18:35:46Z")
You overestimate the literary \*nous \*of roofers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/206 "2016-09-08T23:12:13Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Not to mention, at least in my experience, the donuts are neither Krispy nor Kreme-y. No, I don’t like 'em and I don’t understand the love. Yeah, I went there \*once \*during their boom when they opened up a shop nearby. Was expecting good eclairs, from the name, but alas… 😃 I admit to finding a pretty good sofa at Weekends Only (my friend worked there) and decent barware at Tuesday Morning, when I lived near STL. I also used to have an account at Fifth Third Bank. The name threw me, but I asked the lady who did my paperwork what it was all about, and was satisfied. Near me, there’s a huge RV dealership named \*\*Camping World: RVs and More! \*\* that irrationally bothers me. More what?? Trucks that can carry campers? Camping equipment like tents? Parts for RVs? I will probably never find out. However, they have improved on the old name when they bought the company: **Tom Raper RVs**. And since Mr. Raper was apparently a hell of a guy, there are various things around town still named after him…:o ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/207 "2016-09-08T23:39:31Z")
The company name is fine, until you get a load at the logo and feel rage boil inside of you: [Fantastic-5G](http://fantastic5g.eu/) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/208 "2016-09-10T13:04:04Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I am annoyed by most dot-com names that are (or appear to be) the soulless products of focus groups picking from available combinations of letters. Trivago and Zoosk, you’re at the top of that list. I understand why this kind of naming is essential for success and it still annoys me. My wife and I decided to start our own internet based business and thought up a product-appropriate name for ourselves, and snapped up the URL. not 6 months later, before we even began selling anything, we got a cease and desist letter from the lawyer of a company who thinks they own everything “smarty” that exists on the web. Not having any actual customer base or goodwill associated with our current name, we just mashed up something that rolls smoothly off the tongue, changed our name, and told the Smarty ladies that they can go away now. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/209 "2016-09-10T13:12:24Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > The company name is fine, until you get a load at the logo and feel rage boil inside of you: > > [Fantastic-5G](http://fantastic5g.eu/) You have a problem with zero-origin counting? Obviously you’re not a tech geek. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/210 "2016-09-10T13:51:54Z")
Another thing that really ticks me off are companies with deceptive names. Coldwell Banker, I’m looking at you! (They are not a bank, nor do they sell mortgages. They are, in fact, a real estate company. I discovered this when I dropped by one of their offices to inquire about pre-qualifying for a home mortgage and the receptionist looked at me like **I** was the idiot.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/211 "2016-09-10T14:19:36Z")
They also don’t sell refrigerators or air conditioners. The misleading swine!!1! 🙂 In fact they were founded over a century ago as a real estate sales company by a Mr. Coldwell and a Mr. Banker. [Coldwell Banker - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldwell_Banker) Speaking of misleading names … Whatever you do, don’t try to fly Southwest Airlines in the northeast. They don’t go there. And if you do fly them to the southwest you’re stuck. They don’t fly back the other direction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/212 "2016-09-10T16:13:31Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Brief hijack: one Waffle House near my college had a sign that went partially dark for many months before they finally fixed it. It was forevermore known as the Waffle Ho. Similarly, there’s a Red Lobster in Colorado that is responsible for us calling the entire chain “Ed Lobster”. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/213 "2016-09-11T16:48:31Z")
There’s an assisted living facility for seniors with Alzheimer’s and dementia called “Autumn Leaves”. It’s a very peaceful image, until you realize that it’s reminding us that _all the patients are about to die_. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/214 "2016-09-11T17:17:08Z")
Referring to the elder years as the autumn of life has a long literary tradition. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/215 "2016-09-11T20:28:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > There was a Waffle House near a freeway off ramp near my last house. > > Which had their tall trademark sign of black block letters against a backlit yellow background. With a W whose backlighting kept failing & not being fixed. > > So there it was, a shining beacon in the dark calling all hungry travelers: > > AFFLE HOUSE > > Whether you read it as Awful House or as Offal House, either way it wasn’t appetizing. “Without it a waffle would turn out just awful.” :p Gotta love “Sesame Street”! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/216 "2016-09-11T20:31:35Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Not my own, but comedian Brian Regan complained in one of his acts about a truck for a roofing company he saw: “Fiedler’s Roofing Company.” His complaint, and I agree: if your name is Fiedler, and you start a roofing company, how can you not call it “Fiedler on the Roof”? How can you _not_? Maybe they considered it, and didn’t want to end up on threads like this one? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/217 "2016-09-12T22:45:28Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > Near me, there’s a huge RV dealership named \*\*Camping World: RVs and More! \*\* that irrationally bothers me. More what?? Trucks that can carry campers? Camping equipment like tents? Parts for RVs? I will probably never find out. However, they have improved on the old name when they bought the company: **Tom Raper RVs**. And since Mr. Raper was apparently a hell of a guy, there are various things around town still named after him…:o At least he wasn’t named Tom Rapist. What’s a raper anyway? A rapier that’s put an eye out? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/218 "2016-09-12T22:47:31Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Not to mention, at least in my experience, the donuts are neither Krispy nor Kreme-y. No, I don’t like 'em and I don’t understand the love. The ones I get are [del]creamy[/del]kremey. Cream filled or GTFO. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/219 "2016-09-12T23:27:27Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > At least he wasn’t named Tom Rapist. > > What’s a raper anyway? A rapier that’s put an eye out? 😃 Ouch, that’s the rapiest rapier I’ve ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/220 "2016-09-14T20:34:43Z")
I saw one yesterday that annoyed me. Driving north on Route 3 in Massachusetts, I passed a tech firm that has the effrontery to call itself “iRobot.” You can only hope the proprietors are paying a royalty to the Asimov estate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673.md?page=12)