# Commercials You Hate, circa March 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079 "2010-03-28T03:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/1 "2010-03-28T03:08:51Z")
Time for us to go off on commercials that make you want to kick in your telly! 1. Apparently McDonald’s sells anti-asshole coffee. Because they have this commercial with this hipster jackass who behaves boorishly to anyone who has the temerity to approach this dolt before he’s had his coffee. Whether it’s his roommate, a cute girl on a bus, or the Mickey D’s employee, he scoffs, “Not until I’ve had my coffee.” He’s such an arrogant dick when he says this. Then he down the coffee and has this look on his face like he just busted a nut. Then he’s strutting around town saying hi to everyone! I’m not sure if it’s the way this tool looks, his outright rudeness, or just the idea that he think’s he’s so special he must not be talked to until he’s had his precious coffee, but I want to punch this guy in the dick every time I see it. 2. This is for Lowe’s I think. Couple in a car are role playing buying an appliance at the store. In the car, the woman plays a dickish salesman, and puffs herself up and says salesman stuff in a dumb voice, like “I don’t have that kind of authority!” She’s just so annoying mimicking the bad salesman I kind of want her to get ripped off. Agree/disagree? Got your own to contribute? ---
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/2 "2010-03-28T03:29:44Z")
Oh yes–that stupid Verizon one where the mom is letting the daughter off in the mall with her friend, by themselves!! Mom looks SOOO worried! But wait, mom can track them with her phone, so the boogieman can’t get her! The kid is like 13 for cripes’ sake. I was WAY younger than that when my mom let me go off unaccompanied anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/3 "2010-03-28T03:29:45Z")
Any cell phone commercial/any cell phone plan commercial. Maybe if I had one, I’d be more interested, and would care deeply how many minutes I got a month and how much it costs. (I’m the dork with a couple of quarters searching the mall for the last phone booth standing.) The one with mommy taking pictures of Baby’s First Steps sending it to the whole enthralled world and then everyone yakking about it is particularly grating. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/4 "2010-03-28T03:47:17Z")
> [@Countrypolitan](#): > > Oh yes–that stupid Verizon one where the mom is letting the daughter off in the mall with her friend, by themselves!! Mom looks SOOO worried! But wait, mom can track them with her phone, so the boogieman can’t get her! The kid is like 13 for cripes’ sake. I was WAY younger than that when my mom let me go off unaccompanied anywhere. Aww, man! Only two replies and someone else already took mine ☹ I wasn’t aware that they were marketing to helicopter parents now, but this is a sure sign that they are. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/5 "2010-03-28T03:48:35Z")
The Procter & Gamble ad campaign that ran during the Olympics was pretty bad. The slogan was “Proud sponsor of moms,” because of course it was invariably the moms who took their future Olympic athletes to practice, meets, games, etc. No dad has ever been involved one iota in raising his kids. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/6 "2010-03-28T04:59:02Z")
I just have to say that DVR prevents me from having much to discuss. It’s so rare that we watch anything in “real time” that commercials have virtually no real effect on me. Oddly enough, as we’re zipping ahead to get back to the show, now and then one wil cause me to slow down to watch what looks like a clever one, but the others just fly by unseen. It’s like Heaven, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/7 "2010-03-28T05:00:26Z")
“Five! Five dollar! Five dollar foot looongs! Any, any, any Five! Five dollar! Five dollar foot looong!” Gah! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/8 "2010-03-28T05:01:25Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Any cell phone commercial/any cell phone plan commercial. Maybe if I had one, I’d be more interested, and would care deeply how many minutes I got a month and how much it costs. (I’m the dork with a couple of quarters searching the mall for the last phone booth standing.) The one with mommy taking pictures of Baby’s First Steps sending it to the whole enthralled world and then everyone yakking about it is particularly grating. Not just that one, but all of the iPhone ones. The vacation one where she miraculously finds _food_ near the _departure gate_. Whoa. That’s like amazing. Couldn’t do that without an iPhone. Airport terminals being such a barren wasteland of food choices. Smarmy twit. I’m not in the market for a smart phone, but I would refrain from buying an iPhone for those commercials alone. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/9 "2010-03-28T05:05:57Z")
The one for that yogurt that is supposedly like dessert (key lime pie, etc.) - where the woman is telling her friend about the yogurt on the phone, while her husband searches for the delicious pie and whatnot in the fridge. It’s annoying on two levels - that woman is really smug and irritating, and at the end she turns to her husband and says “what are you doing?”. He’s a grown man! Does he need permission to look inside his own refrigerator? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/10 "2010-03-28T05:14:01Z")
I’m a little bothered by the Musinex commercials, which is odd, because I’m usually not opposed to getting rid of sinus and chest congestion. It’s just that the animated mucus in the commercial is just an ordinary working class schmo. He’s got a wife and kids, he goes out dancing on weekends, he and his family stay at these fleabag hotels on vacation, he’s got a big extended family. I just sort of feel for the guy, because he doesn’t have much going for him. He’s mucus, for God’s sake! How’s he going to make something of himself being mucus? Coughing him out just seems like kicking a guy when he’s down. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/11 "2010-03-28T05:50:23Z")
That one “Red Robin” commercial where the woman’s trying to quiet her crying baby, and finally sings part of the ad jingle. The baby answers with “yummmmm” and, presumably, all is well. I don’t know why I hate this commercial so much, but it annoys the shit out of me. I actually don’t mind the other version of this ad, though (the one with the hiker and the yeti). I think I just like the look on the hiker’s face after the yeti answers his jingle. And those insufferable high fructose corn syrup ads make me reach for the remote every time I see them. The smug arrogance of both parties is just irritating. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/12 "2010-03-28T05:51:58Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I’m a little bothered by the Musinex commercials, which is odd, because I’m usually not opposed to getting rid of sinus and chest congestion. It’s just that the animated mucus in the commercial is just an ordinary working class schmo. He’s got a wife and kids, he goes out dancing on weekends, he and his family stay at these fleabag hotels on vacation, he’s got a big extended family. I just sort of feel for the guy, because he doesn’t have much going for him. He’s mucus, for God’s sake! How’s he going to make something of himself being mucus? Coughing him out just seems like kicking a guy when he’s down. Last I heard, he was going to night school to get a degree and apply for a promotion to phlem ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/13 "2010-03-28T07:44:17Z")
The Susan G. Komen foundation ad in which the woman says, “I didn’t really have a say in whether I wanted to lose my mother to cancer, and now that I’ve done the walk, I feel like I’ve finally had my say.” It’s a good cause, but assuming that this woman actually meant that she didn’t have a say in whether she would lose her mother (not whether she _wanted_ to lose her), what does it mean when her mother is already dead? There’s a commercial for a local home furnishings place that leads with the following four words: “Quality. . . Comfort. . . Stylish. . . Affordable. . .” The non-parallel construction grates on me every time I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/14 "2010-03-28T10:29:07Z")
[This showcase](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzQCn8KT1fk) of irresponsible behaviour and excruciating singing. Even though it’s probably irrational of me for what’s ostensibly supposed to be an amusing advertisement, I find their dismissive attitude towards risking their and other people’s lives to be repellent. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/15 "2010-03-28T11:53:16Z")
“WOW! THATS A LOW PRICE!!” My ears may start bleeding. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/16 "2010-03-28T11:56:36Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > “WOW! THATS A LOW PRICE!!” > > My ears may start bleeding. Totally agreed! That is the one I hate the most right now. Of course, the marketing team have done their job, because they have made me remember not to ever go to Staples. Geicko is a close second. I don’t care which one - pick one. They all suck. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/17 "2010-03-28T13:07:44Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > The Susan G. Komen foundation ad in which the woman says, “I didn’t really have a say in whether I wanted to lose my mother to cancer, and now that I’ve done the walk, I feel like I’ve finally had my say.” It’s a good cause, but assuming that this woman actually meant that she didn’t have a say in whether she would lose her mother (not whether she _wanted_ to lose her), what does it mean when her mother is already dead? What I hate about those commercials is that they seem to say that breast cancer is somehow nobler than other forms of cancer. What about people who have, say, pancreatic cancer? Nobody has these big events for those people, with tears and hugs and whatnot. (By the way, I mean no disrespect to breast cancer survivors. I just mean to say that all cancer is equally bad.) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/18 "2010-03-28T14:52:50Z")
I have to say all of the ones mentioned so far … Though I do agree, the Yeti Red Robin one is sort of cute, though as a place to eat Red Robin is rather underwhelming. I am not a fan of huge hard to eat piles of food that “gourmet” burgers have become. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/19 "2010-03-28T15:19:20Z")
Every time I see Ben Stein hawk that NON-FREE credit score scam service[sup]1[/sup] I yell at the TV “You are a WHORE!” He is smart enough to know better, but he does it anyway. :mad: [sup]1[/sup] Service in animal breeding sense ---
**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:** [March 28, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/20 "2010-03-28T15:25:14Z")
The Volkswagen ad where the wife keeps punching the salesman in the arm. I find myself rooting for him to turn around and clock that bitch in the throat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079.md?page=2)