# commericals that do a diservice **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965 "2012-10-07T04:13:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/1 "2012-10-07T04:13:25Z")
Watch this ad from CVS [Ad in question](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktT9_GJ_fyY) Pop quiz: What is wrong with the ad? A. Nothing B. It is for CVS C. It has an character named Bonnie D. Other Answer: D. Look at how the actress is wearing the helmet. It is pushed all the way back on her head so that her forehead is plainly showing. If she were do a face plant her forehead would absorb all the force of hitting the ground, and the helmet would not even be splattered with blood, ready for the next idiot inline to put it on and lather, rinse, repeat. Sorry but this is a hot button of mine. When riding my bicycle, I often see this method of wearing a helmet, usually by a female. I always stop and try to educate, but I have no clue if it takes. CVS you aren’t helping. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/2 "2012-10-07T06:00:17Z")
What’s next? People talking on the phone with the receiver under their chin? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/3 "2012-10-07T06:04:51Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > What’s next? People talking on the phone with the receiver under their chin? What if there was no one even speaking on the other end and the actors were just … \… acting?! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/4 "2012-10-07T06:23:28Z")
To spelling. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/5 "2012-10-08T13:15:55Z")
Is that the ad with the woman riding a segway inside the store? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/6 "2012-10-08T13:38:09Z")
See, the ides is that this ad is the first in a series. In the next, she will smash her face, and we’ll learn about CVS’s in-store surgery service. Next will be their smashed-face healing and hair gel. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/7 "2012-10-08T13:59:35Z")
It’s because of people like you, OP, that TV commercials showing someone flying into outer space in their extended cab pickup truck must display “DO NOT ATTEMPT” at the bottom of the screen. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/8 "2012-10-08T14:16:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s because of people like you, OP, that TV commercials showing someone flying into outer space in their extended cab pickup truck must display “DO NOT ATTEMPT” at the bottom of the screen. How do I get supplemental oxygen in my Ford F-250? Need Answer Fast. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/9 "2012-10-08T14:53:15Z")
I’d of said D because she’s riding that damned contraption inside the store. It’s wide and goes way too fast. In reality, she’d have a collision with a display in an aisle or another customer within the first 30 seconds of being inside the store. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/10 "2012-10-08T14:59:57Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s because of people like you, OP, that TV commercials showing someone flying into outer space in their extended cab pickup truck must display “DO NOT ATTEMPT” at the bottom of the screen. WTF? Because of people like me? I wear a helmet correctly and urge others to do the same. I don’t need a disclaimer as I know she is wearing it wrong. You on the other hand could maybe use some reading comprehension lessons. ---
**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/11 "2012-10-08T18:07:46Z")
I said D because vitamin D and hand sanitizer aren’t going to do anything to prevent the flu. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/12 "2012-10-08T19:46:52Z")
Those cell phone ads where the children bitch about their minutes and lack of extra features. Giving in to that attitude with a new cell phone plan is the LAST thing a good parent should do. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/13 "2012-10-08T20:43:05Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s because of people like you, OP, that TV commercials showing someone flying into outer space in their extended cab pickup truck must display “DO NOT ATTEMPT” at the bottom of the screen. Don’t forget, the commercial where the luxury sedan is going 50mph on an unplowed highway (they’re in front of the plows, natch) has no disclaimer at all. That’s totally cool, just make sure you don’t drive your jeep on top of your roof, because that could be dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-do-a-diservice/636965/14 "2012-10-11T05:57:00Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I’d of said D because she’s riding that damned contraption inside the store. It’s wide and goes way too fast. In reality, she’d have a collision with a display in an aisle or another customer within the first 30 seconds of being inside the store. That’s where I was going. She has to suddenly swerve around people. I hope that was green screened, as, otherwise, she likely ran into them several times.