So I am walking back to my office and one of my co-workers calls me to her desk.
She said ‘I just got a message from Katie (a woman who left the company a while ago) and she saw you in an ad on Facebook. She sent it to me’.
And, sure as shit, my wife and I and our twin boys are in an ad for the IVF clinic we used. It is my wife on the left , the doc holding the twins and then I am on the right.
Kinda odd.
Slee
and you probably had something like " we reserve the right to use you for promotional purposes and signing this agreement signifies your consent to do so with out remuneration" in a contract somewhere
I found out that some clinics and drug companies put this when I signed to try a new antibiotic that they had given my doc to use and his nurse took a snapshot of me taking the pill
I saw that ad too!
Text below the picture read:
“Even ugly Dads can have beautiful babies at Acme IVF Clinic” 
One time when I was leading a meeting a couple people came in with cameras and said the company wanted them to get some archive pictures. After the meeting they handed out releases and said the would probably just go into a computer folder and be forgotten about. I didn’t want to sign, but it’s the company I work for, I didn’t want to look combative on that when I don’t care all that much so we all signed the damn thing.
And of course every three months someone sends mean email with a link and a bunch of smirk. And at the link is my ugly face standing in front of a whiteboard looking constipatedly serious. Or a profile shot where I look drunk and about to pass out laughing. Most of the time is has only been internal but two or three times it was customer facing, and once printed in a full color newsletter.
And the stupid thing is they were probably sent to that meeting because it is a diverse group, many of who are good looking. But nooooooo, they just use the two damn pictures of me. I really, really wish they would get an image consultant who would let them know that I am not even close to someone whose picture should be next to the company logo.:smack:
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Does it bother you? Does it seem like an invasion of your family’s privacy; or do you not care, or even think it’s kind of cool?
Did you sign an agreement like nightshadea said?
Clap… the golf kind.
It doesn’t bother me.
I am trying to get a link to the ad but not having much luck.
Slee
Is it about a sale?
“It’s “Double or Northing” days at Acme IVF.
Just Look at these Happy Jackpot Winners!”
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I am trying to get a link to the ad but not having much luck.
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You could wait until it comes to the Straight Dope but we probably don’t get such high-class ads.
I’m thinking it’s more creepy and, even if you signed a paper, you’d think they would call you and ask directly if you want to be in an ad. HIPAA and all.
Yeah the user agreement gives Facebook permission to use any photos you upload in their marketing.
I wouldn’t be happy without express convent.
After we got married, the photographers asked permission to use our photo in their store. We negotiated an extra copy as payment. I can’t see what an IVF clinic could offer after you already have twins.
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I can’t see what an IVF clinic could offer after you already have twins.
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You didn’t see the sign at the front that said “Satisfaction guaranteed or double your children!”
“…But wait! There’s More…!”
What would you say if we tossed in a second child? (…you pay only an extra shipping and handling charge, and an extra college tuition)
A while ago, I had an old friend email me out of the blue: “Do you ever look at your work’s web site?”
Well, I guess I’d been the focal point on the home page… for… “Yeah, you’ve been up there for a month or so.”
Luckily, I wasn’t picking my nose. I was leading a meeting outside, everyone sitting on the grass with shoes off, and me drawing bullet points and stick figures on a bigass pad of paper. So it made this look like a fun place, and me like a Grownup Hippie who hosted not-too-boring meetings.