# Flo from Progressive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341 "2015-09-23T21:18:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 23, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/21 "2015-09-23T23:42:30Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I find Flo funny and quirky, but I sure would hate to work with her every day. Some days, she just gets on my nerves. She also has a surprising mean streak. “Sprinkles are for winners.” :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/22 "2015-09-24T00:16:04Z")
[She has a secret past.](http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/1/7/18/enhanced-buzz-19446-1357599659-11.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/23 "2015-09-24T00:45:16Z")
The character is getting stale, but it’s been good sometimes. There are worse long running commercial characters, like that stupid lizard. ---
**Author:** ![brovolone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/24 "2015-09-24T01:40:40Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > [She has a secret past.](http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/1/7/18/enhanced-buzz-19446-1357599659-11.jpg) _gasp_ ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/25 "2015-09-24T01:43:36Z")
no I hate all insurance commercials ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/26 "2015-09-24T02:16:30Z")
Progressive is a major sponsor of my favorite sports team (Cleveland Indians) and they have cornered the market on radio ads for the Indians (I listen exclusively on the radio) so during the summer I head Flo ads about 18 times per game, 162 games a year. We’ll round that up to 3000 times because I’m sure I don’t just hear her there. Last year was the worst year ever because they started the “Flo Sings” ads in 2013 and ran all the same ads in 2014. So I heard those 2-3 ads a total of 6000 times. I have a friend who works in the Progressive ad department and I think he’s a funny guy. And the ads aren’t that bad. Not that bad like, 20 times. By time 2000 you really want to take it out on Flo personally. I don’t think I can vote objectively. I’m sure I’d feel differently if she wasn’t constantly in my ear. But she is, so I said “Depends on the day”. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/27 "2015-09-24T02:20:06Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Last year was the worst year ever because they started the “Flo Sings” ads in 2013 and ran all the same ads in 2014. So I heard those 2-3 ads a total of 6000 times… Don’t call her Mary. Don’t call her Jo. Her name is Mary Jo. And she’s invisible. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/28 "2015-09-24T03:37:21Z")
Her makeup is a definite turn-off for me. Otherwise, meh. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/29 "2015-09-24T05:15:51Z")
I don’t like that people can make that much money doing commercials. Plus on her first commercial that they played forever, she encouraged the poor guy to get excited then told him to calm down. What a douche. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/30 "2015-09-24T05:17:10Z")
I think the commercials are entertaining on tv, but when they are on the radio they are a bit mote annoying. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/31 "2015-09-24T05:20:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She also has a surprising mean streak. > “Sprinkles are for winners.” :eek: > > 😃 I found her quite annoying in the early commercials, but I like her more as the tough-minded veteran. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/32 "2015-09-24T05:45:52Z")
As far as commercial spokespeople go, she’s alright. Better than talking lizards and stacks of money with googly eyes. How long has she been doing these? Feels like forever now. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/33 "2015-09-24T09:31:52Z")
I’d bone her. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/34 "2015-09-24T10:24:36Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Now I’m picturing the fish sweats, which would have to be worse than the meat sweats. Ack. 😛 Now I am too. Thanks for the nightmares! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/35 "2015-09-24T11:22:35Z")
She’s got Betty and Veronica eyes. Real-life people don’t have eyes like that. She also has a retro hairdo that looks as if it’s got so much hairspray it can deflect incoming missiles. But I find her appealing, for all that. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/36 "2015-09-24T12:47:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She also has a surprising mean streak. > “Sprinkles are for winners.” :eek: > > 😃 I especially enjoy that particular spot–the washed-out look, the hiccup in the soundtrack, and the animated logo that make it seem like something from the '70s. Very well done. With all this talk about Flo, why is nobody complaining about her young colleague/trainee, Jamie? Now _he’s_ annoying! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/37 "2015-09-24T12:55:11Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > She’s cute, has a good smile, and can laugh at herself. Also she’s got some good writers backing her up. > > I confess, I don’t like that I like her. But…hey. I also liked the cave-men. I love the cavemen. Their short-lived sitcom—which was unfairly lambasted by critics and then killed by the 2006 writers strike—was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/38 "2015-09-24T13:02:11Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I love the cavemen. Their short-lived sitcom—which was unfairly lambasted by critics and then killed by the 2006 writers strike—was excellent. And Flo appeared in it [that one time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IOVo0fIXA). ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/39 "2015-09-24T16:47:16Z")
I saw Stephanie in some of her pre-Flo days commercials. She was bright and appealing, a very girl-next-door type. She looked like someone it would be fun to be around. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341/40 "2015-09-24T16:59:44Z")
I like her, but I’ve never bothered to check if Progressive has better rates than my current company. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-from-progressive/732341.md?page=3)