Helzberg Diamonds, a jeweler here, is running a campaign that pisses me off. “That Guy does (something thoughtful or nice). Regular guys go to Helzberg.”
A store near where I used to live had a sign in the window that said “50% off all lingerie.” I always thought they’d get a lot more business if it read “Our lingerie is half off.”
Stupid, lame-ass slogans have bothered me much less since my husband and I have started saying, after hearing one, “Because all the good slogans were taken!”
(“What can Brown do for you?” is one of the worst examples. It sounds like something that sounded really good in an advertising boardroom somewhere, and just sounds beyond lame in the real world.)
There is an ad for {awnings?} where poor Harry is trying to talk, and the bitch he married keeps interrupting, telling Harry to tell them about the discount. Over and over. I would love it if just once, Harry stopped and called her an ignorant cunt who has made his life a living hell. But that’s just me.