# I'm so sick of those Brinks Security Ads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672 "2010-01-20T06:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/21 "2010-01-20T14:46:57Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > [Sarah Haskins on the ads](http://current.com/items/91442708_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-broadview-security.htm), which she calls “rape fables”. Just saw–what was up with the ad where the woman had a party and the guy she was sort of into tried to break in? I guess the scenario of an actual date rape isn’t something that Brinks Security can really protect against, but wow. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/22 "2010-01-20T15:43:17Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > You know the ad. No, I don’t, because I don’t watch ads. Why would you in this day and age? Can’t you just DVR it, or get it on Hulu, or rent it on DVD? I can’t imagine sitting through 7 minutes of ads for every 23 minutes of content. People still do that? ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/23 "2010-01-20T16:36:56Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > No, I don’t, because I don’t watch ads. Why would you in this day and age? Can’t you just DVR it, or get it on Hulu, or rent it on DVD? I can’t imagine sitting through 7 minutes of ads for every 23 minutes of content. People still do that? :rolleyes: Obviously “people still do that”. Sometimes you watch tv live. Sometimes you have it DVRed but you can only fast forward through commercials and not skip them entirely\*, thus you still see them. Hulu doesn’t have everything and why would I buy or rent a DVD months and months after it’s broadcasted? - not all DVRs have the skip 15 seconds (or whatever it is) that I’ve heard about. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/24 "2010-01-20T16:38:02Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Just saw–what was up with the ad where the woman had a party and the guy she was sort of into tried to break in? I guess the scenario of an actual date rape isn’t something that Brinks Security can really protect against, but wow. Everytime I see that one all I can think is how stupid that guy is and how useless the alarm really would be. “Oh hey, I forgot my wallet.” “Ok, come on in.” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/25 "2010-01-20T17:05:09Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > … Edited to throw a few lumps of overpriced compressed carbon at **Sigmagirl** Caught it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/26 "2010-01-20T17:10:16Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > No, I don’t, because I don’t watch ads. Why would you in this day and age? Can’t you just DVR it, or get it on Hulu, or rent it on DVD? I can’t imagine sitting through 7 minutes of ads for every 23 minutes of content. People still do that? > [@zweisamkeit](#): > > :rolleyes: > > Obviously “people still do that”. Sometimes you watch tv live. Sometimes you have it DVRed but you can only fast forward through commercials and not skip them entirely\*, thus you still see them. > > Hulu doesn’t have everything and why would I buy or rent a DVD months and months after it’s broadcasted? > > - not all DVRs have the skip 15 seconds (or whatever it is) that I’ve heard about. Heh…and there are still some of us who don’t even have DVRs if you can believe that! I have basic cable (none of that high-falutin’ premium channel stuff for me ;)) and a DVD recorder that works great if I can’t watch my shows live (and enables me to fast forward through but not skip the commercials) and I have a remote control that allows me to channel surf during commercials, and that’s enough for me. Sometimes I watch commercials, sometimes I don’t but it is all by choice. I am about as technologically advanced as most and I am quite aware of what is available (and I hate Hulu but do watch television online through other sources sometimes) and I could have a DVR if I wanted it, but I don’t have the need or overwhelming desire for one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/27 "2010-01-20T17:14:43Z")
I don’t have enough shows I watch to make Tivo worthwhile. Plus I usually watch the one show I do like (Proj Runway) with my mom, so the Internet’s not really an option for that. So yeah…ads. Still a hassle for some of us. Besides, even on the Internet sometimes they make you sit through ads. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/28 "2010-01-20T17:23:07Z")
Brinks? I thought those sexist pigs had changed their company’s name to “Broadview Security” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/29 "2010-01-20T17:28:59Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > What I want to know is this: if the alarm goes off and you don’t answer the phone, will they still send an officer to check it out? I assume yes, but of course that’s never shown in the ads. I suppose they can only make an ad so violent–they’re not about to show some dude knocking a woman unconscious and dragging her off somewhere–but, shit, I don’t want a security system that only works if I’m able to answer the phone. It depends. My sister-in-law’s alarm went off when they were out of town - the alarm company tried calling them, no answer (and they didn’t know they were out of town). So, they called my father-in-law, who was the second person on the call list in case of emergency. They were calling to ask if they wanted an officer sent to the house. Fortunately, they weren’t home and it was a faulty alarm, not a break in, but if they were home and injured and unable to get to the phone, they were basically screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/30 "2010-01-20T17:52:03Z")
how many people are going to set the alarm every time they enter and exit the house? are you kidding me? the woman and kid playing in the yard set the alarm as they walk in the back door…thats just silly. at home with kids playing in the yard you would never set the alarm for the billion times those kids run in and out. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/31 "2010-01-20T18:00:23Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Brinks? I thought those sexist pigs had changed their company’s name to “Broadview Security” or something like that. Sick of getting prank calls asking to speak to “Jar-Jar”? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/32 "2010-01-20T19:02:35Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Brinks? I thought those sexist pigs had changed their company’s name to “Broadview Security” or something like that. Indeed, they’re now “Broadview.” So named because they watch over the broads, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/33 "2010-01-20T19:25:03Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > how many people are going to set the alarm every time they enter and exit the house? are you kidding me? the woman and kid playing in the yard set the alarm as they walk in the back door…thats just silly. at home with kids playing in the yard you would never set the alarm for the billion times those kids run in and out. What about the helicopter mom “there’s a pedophile lurking around every corner” crowd? I could see the most paranoid of them doing it, even though there’s no need. These commercials are set in what appear to be middle-class to upper middle class suburbs in the USA, not downtown Juarez. American suburbs are probably among the safest places on the planet, crime-wise. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/34 "2010-01-20T19:31:55Z")
Y’all are completely forgetting about the comforting glowy-blue light their security system wraps every inch of your house in. Those skittish bad guys don’t stand a chance! ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/35 "2010-01-20T19:35:32Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Everytime I see that one all I can think is how stupid that guy is and how useless the alarm really would be. > > “Oh hey, I forgot my wallet.” > “Ok, come on in.” Right, that guy was an invited guest in that home only hours earlier; if he was coming back because he was in a Ted Bundyesque sexual frenzy after being bewithched by the hostesses’ musky emissions, the alarm wont do anything but ensure the cops find a warm body… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/36 "2010-01-20T19:37:37Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Right, that guy was an invited guest in that home only hours earlier; if he was coming back because he was in a sexual frenzy after being bewithched by the hostesses’ musky emissions, the alarm wont do anything but ensure the cops find a warm body… Well, I figured he meant that if you know the person whom you’re attacking, you don’t need to bust in. Most acquaintance rapists don’t just slam in the door–they’re invited in but once there they don’t take no for an answer. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/37 "2010-01-20T19:37:52Z")
Oh … and the commercial with the woman telling her date “Oh, I just had a bad breakup.” Then why the hell are you dating so soon? Mr. Frustrated Nice Guy But Not Really Nice kicking down her door probably isn’t the appropriate response, whether she was telling the truth or bullshitting. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/38 "2010-01-20T19:40:12Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Oh … and the commercial with the woman telling her date “Oh, I just had a bad breakup.” Then why the hell are you dating so soon? Mr. Frustrated Nice Guy But Not Really Nice kicking down her door probably isn’t the appropriate response, whether she was telling the truth or bullshitting. I thought the guy breaking down her door was supposed to be her crazy ex. (I.e., she was talking about the break up as a way of explaining the crazy break in.) Besides, what’s so bad about dating again if you’ve just broken up with someone? ETA: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkr0-nVwmQY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkr0-nVwmQY) Here’s the ad. It is her ex that breaks in, not the guy she’s dating currently. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/39 "2010-01-20T19:43:47Z")
The thing about the one with the woman and the kid – if the guy was that aggressive enough to break in like that, in the middle of the day, while people were at home, would he really be scared off by an alarm? Wouldn’t he stop and think they might come in and see him? Shouldn’t we have some burglars who are a wee more subtle? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672/40 "2010-01-20T19:44:41Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Well, I figured he meant that if you know the person whom you’re attacking, you don’t need to bust in. Most acquaintance rapists don’t just slam in the door–they’re invited in but once there they don’t take no for an answer. I thought since she knew the guy (as he had been an invited guest in her home earlier that evening) he sure wouldn’t want to leave her alive to ID him when the “afterparty” wraps up… ETA—the ad I am talking about is totally different than the one you just linked to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-those-brinks-security-ads/525672.md?page=3)