# 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:** 2
**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 1, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/21 "2016-09-01T21:15:41Z")
> [@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. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Zillow. I figured all of these weren’t even worth mentioning. Non-names for non-businesses. "Hey, Harv, we can get “bfgtu .com”! “Grab it, Morty, grab it!” > [@Ponch8](#): > > In the biotech industry, almost every major company has Gen (as in genetics) in its name. There are Biogen, Amgen, Genentech, Genzyme, and several others I can’t recall right now. It’s impossible to keep any of them straight. It does sound pretty generic. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/22 "2016-09-01T21:27:29Z")
Anything that puts a generic superlative in their generic name. “Quality Roofing Supply”, “Superior Home Improvement”, “Excellent Air Conditioning & Heating Services” for examples. (The only one I’ll let get away with this is Prime Paints because it’s too darn good, sorry) Anything that has to try and convince you as part of its name how good it is, really isn’t. Just like those “Quality Party Cups” - the cheapo red disposable ones everyone gets for a bad house party. They’re not quality at all, and you’re never going to convince me just by putting that word in the name. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/23 "2016-09-01T21:43:23Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Anything that changes initial letters for an alliteration, like Frank’s Fotomat, or Kountry Kitchen, but especially when you didn’t need to change anything, because you already had an alliteration, but you did anyway like Selebration Sereals. Also, anything called “Ye Olde” whatever, and anything with an unnecessary apostrophe, like “Sarah Pastrie’s.” > > Also, a place on Indy far East central, called D&C Pizza. Using a K in place of C drives me nuts. I can understand if the place is German and that’s how they really spell the word, but even then it annoys me. Why does anyone think it’s a good idea to emulate the Klan when choosing a name? ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/24 "2016-09-01T21:52:33Z")
Around here everything seems to have the word “oak” shoe horned in. Stone Oak, Oakwood, etc. A small town next to me was founded by German immigrants in the 1800s. So, of course, everything MUST have a German word added to it. My Friend’s **Haus** Adult Daycare, **Oma’s Haus** Restaurant, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/25 "2016-09-01T22:02:22Z")
Dress Barn. Sure, compare your customers to farmyard animals why dontcha? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/26 "2016-09-01T22:09:11Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Thai Coon” sounds like “tycoon,” Gee, what a coincidence. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/27 "2016-09-01T22:13:59Z")
I think I get why they do it and it doesn’t matter how offensive it is. I see a sign that says Kwik Kleen and I’m grumbling all the way home but when I get there and someone says, “Hey, do you know where there’s a dry cleaner”, I can remember where one is. ---
**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 1, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/28 "2016-09-01T22:15:32Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Dress Barn. Sure, compare your customers to farmyard animals why dontcha? Right up there with the women’s brand Sag Harbor. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/29 "2016-09-02T01:36:49Z")
I don’t quite get the Thrift On By mentioned in the OP. What is that a play on? The one that grinds my gonads is **Fifth Third Bank**. The first time I heard it, I was like Whu-whu-whatt??? mmm ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/30 "2016-09-02T01:39:37Z")
When they try to make it faux-Latin to sound sophisticated. Like I’m going to have a better impression of your sewage treatment plant if you call it “Dookient Waste Solutions.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/31 "2016-09-02T01:44:41Z")
I don’t know what Tuesday Morning sells, and I can’t be bothered to find out. Every time I drive past one, I just think, “What a stupid name.” ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/32 "2016-09-02T01:47:15Z")
> [@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. I see what you mean, but restaurants like [Beef O’Brady’s](https://www.beefobradys.com/) are much the same: drawn up by marketing departments and focus groups. I’ve also noticed that trucking companies are no longer trucking companies. Now they’re “Logistics”. There’s “XPO Logistics,” “Ceva Logistics,” “Americold Logistics,”“Werner Global Logistics,” it goes on and on. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/33 "2016-09-02T01:52:51Z")
Hair salon near us: Sty Lynne. I don’t want “Sty” anywhere near my hair. No matter how stylin’ it is. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/34 "2016-09-02T02:06:58Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > I see what you mean, but restaurants like [Beef O’Brady’s](https://www.beefobradys.com/) are much the same: drawn up by marketing departments and focus groups. > > I’ve also noticed that trucking companies are no longer trucking companies. Now they’re “Logistics”. There’s “XPO Logistics,” “Ceva Logistics,” “Americold Logistics,”“Werner Global Logistics,” it goes on and on. Ditto “Solutions”. You can’t just have Penfeather’s Lawnmowing anymore, it has to be Environment Solutions. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/35 "2016-09-02T02:17:38Z")
There is an apartment complex somewhere in Sacramento called Seacrest or Seaview or something like that. I shake my fist at them. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/36 "2016-09-02T02:24:41Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > XFinity Gahhh. This. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/37 "2016-09-02T03:18:11Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > I stumbled across [Vom Fass Oils](https://www.facebook.com/vomfasshoustonricevillage). Firefox blocked me from the company’s website, saying it wasn’t secure, but I’ve seen an actual Vom Fass store, so it’s real. > > “Use our olive oils and Vomit Fast” is the obvious slogan. I think “vom” in this case means some variation of “from”. There was a prominent citizen in my city named Vom Stahl and I thought the same thing whenever I saw it. Me, if I had a name like that, I’d change it to “Von”. There is a Chinese restaurant around here that I’ve heard is very good, but a name like “Food Lee” is not particularly appealing IMNSHO. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/38 "2016-09-02T03:26:40Z")
I’ve mentioned this one before on here, but i guess it was a while ago. I have to read “Get 'Ur Done” everyday since they are around the corner from my house. Makes me want to cry for America. Also, I used to work for a company that had the most generic name ever: “Strategic Business Solutions” ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/39 "2016-09-02T03:36:26Z")
A local rival to the ubiquitous Starbucks on every corner is Rocky Mountain Chai. I don’t know if I hate this because of my hate for John Denver and his perpetually 1/8-tone flat singing or if it’s just too cutesy for so early in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/40 "2016-09-02T04:08:57Z")
Just drove by a restaurant this week called King Crawfish. Under the name it says “Specializing in Chinese, Japanese and American Cuisine.” Nothing says Chinese and Japanese food like crawfish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673.md?page=3)