# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/121 "2016-09-04T02:56:39Z")
“DEER XING” I always read it as deer zing. Yes, they do! If you make it with a cross, “+ing” it would look like it said “deer ting”, and some sensitive woman would complain to her husband, “lookout, Pa, there’s deer ting all over the road!” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/122 "2016-09-04T03:19:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “DEER XING” > > I always read it as deer zing. Yes, they do! > > If you make it with a cross, “+ing” it would look like it said “deer ting”, and some sensitive woman would complain to her husband, “lookout, Pa, there’s deer ting all over the road!” Max Headroom, whose name came from the headroom sign in a parking garage, had a villain named Ped Xing. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/123 "2016-09-04T05:44:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Excellent camouflage. They hope … > > My favorites are every time you come up on a hill crest or blind curve on a rural road there are signs that say “Do Not Pass”. > > My comment: “Colonel DoNot sure explored a lot of this country back in the old days. Then he went and named every damn canyon, ditch, and road cut after himself. Sheesh what an egomaniac!” 😃 Some guy named Frontage got a lot of roads named after him, too. ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/124 "2016-09-04T09:01:29Z")
Oh yes. Drug names. I remember thread somewhere here about bad / unfortunate car names, but not drugs (someone should open one). There is generic antihypertenson drug around here called Byol. Not sure how should be officially pronounced, but as I do sounds like some suicide / euthanasia pill (bye all). ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/125 "2016-09-04T10:50:14Z")
My friend was proud to join Siemens Healthcare and then it became…Siemens Healthineers (Get it? Health + Engineers) It’s so bad, I have to think it’s a deliberate ploy. After all, here I am telling people about it. And apparently there’s a Healthineers song, but I haven’t found it yet. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/126 "2016-09-04T11:20:59Z")
There is a thrift shop near here called **His Hem Thrift Shop**. I’m assuming it’s a church based business, as the “t”'s in thrift are ugly, stylized crosses. No idea _whose_ hem, why his _hem_ is important, or why a hem is part of the thrift shop experience. I initially assumed the crudely hand-lettered sign was a typo (and tried to decode it), but it’s been there for years. ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/127 "2016-09-04T12:00:53Z")
> [@yo\_han\_go](#): > > Oh yes. Drug names… [Vagisil](http://vagisil.com/), anyone? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/128 "2016-09-04T12:54:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > There is a thrift shop near here called **His Hem Thrift Shop**. I’m assuming it’s a church based business, as the “t”'s in thrift are ugly, stylized crosses. > > No idea _whose_ hem, why his _hem_ is important, or why a hem is part of the thrift shop experience. > > I initially assumed the crudely hand-lettered sign was a typo (and tried to decode it), but it’s been there for years. Not a typo. In the Gospel of Matthew there’s a brief scene where a very ill woman comes up to Jesus in the crowd and touches the hem of his robe, believing that doing so will heal her (spoiler: it does). Not saying the name is a GOOD name, but it isn’t a typo. Probably the name is a lot less confusing for those who attend church three-plus times a week… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/129 "2016-09-04T13:03:12Z")
There’s a church in town called “New wineskins ministries.” I’ve read the Jesus parts of the bible, but clearly not retained everything, because that had to be explained to me. ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/130 "2016-09-04T13:23:47Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [Roly Poly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roly_Poly), a regional sandwich/wraps fast food chain. Have no idea if their stuff is any good. I’d never eat there because I think the name’s stupid. I wouldn’t eat there because I don’t want to eat a [roly poly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae). They’re too cute to hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/131 "2016-09-04T14:59:43Z")
Ralphs (grocery store). When I was in college, a bad night of drinking could cause you to ralph all over the floor. Don’t want to buy my groceries there. Oops A Daisy (florist) so fucking annoying We’re Alarmed! I want my home security company to be serious. Very serious ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/132 "2016-09-04T15:09:11Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Some guy named Frontage got a lot of roads named after him, too. That’s “fronn-tajj” to you. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/133 "2016-09-04T15:10:11Z")
Shopping centers and apartment houses with pretentious names. The Trails at Rock Creek Falls at Copper Lake The Centre at Post Oak Pretty much any of these jerkoff names that fit the formula of XXXX at/on/in YYYY ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/134 "2016-09-04T15:19:05Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Shopping centers and apartment houses with pretentious names. > > The Trails at Rock Creek > Falls at Copper Lake > The Centre at Post Oak > > Pretty much any of these jerkoff names that fit the formula of XXXX at/on/in YYYY I drive by The Place at Something Something Apartments or something. Really irritating name and I suspect it’s part of a set or chain or whatever you call multiple apartment complexes under one brand. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/135 "2016-09-04T17:34:18Z")
Three pages and no mention of Kum and Go gas stations? I shudder with revulsion every time I see one. ---
**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/136 "2016-09-04T17:48:14Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Wait I’ve bought like 6 dresses there. What do they sell where you live? Mrs. Gap reminds me that only the ONE she went to was dressless. My bad. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/137 "2016-09-04T18:18:38Z")
Badcock Furniture Gaylord Resorts I don’t care how proud you are over owning a business, sometimes it’s better to name it something else rather than using your own name. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/138 "2016-09-04T18:22:02Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > Three pages and no mention of Kum and Go gas stations? I shudder with revulsion every time I see one. Not sure I’ve ever seen one. Agreed that it is a pretty awful name. Then again, I did specify names that irritate you “for no valid reason.” I’d say the reason for being irritated by “Kum and Go” gas stations is quite valid! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/139 "2016-09-04T18:32:51Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Badcock Furniture > Gaylord Resorts > > I don’t care how proud you are over owning a business, sometimes it’s better to name it something else rather than using your own name. Fails Donut Factory. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673/140 "2016-09-04T19:28:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Ye Olde Gyfte Shoppe? Pronounced of course “Yee oldie giftie shoppie” I read this as “old English” for The Old Grift Shop and was going to give them points for honesty. I used to live near a strip mall Vietmanese restaurant called Poo Ping Palace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-thoroughly-irritate-you-for-no-valid-reason/764673.md?page=8)